6 reasons why this Chocolate Banana Bread Recipe, is the actual best thing since sliced bread.
- Chocolate…I could rest my case now, but I won’t.
- Thanks to almond meal instead of flour, it’s gluten free. But you would never know it, cos moist, dense and delish!
- No added sweetener = no sugar hangover.
- It’s dairy free too. I’m not even kidding.
- So easy to cook, it’s downright dangerous.
- Oh, and did I mention? It tastes flipping AMAZING!!!
Hand on heart. I am not making any of this up. When I posted this recipe on Instagram a few months ago. It went crazzzy. So many peeps tried it and EVERYONE loved it!
So as a friend. I’m telling you. You need my Chocolate Banana Bread recipe in your life. Try it (cos you totally have to) and don’t forget to leave me a comment to let me know what you think.
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Amazing Chocolate Banana Bread Recipe
- Cook Time: 45 minutes
- Total Time: 45 minutes
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Oven
Description
You will seriously go bananas for this Chocolate Banana Bread Recipe. Easy. Tick. Gluten Free, Dairy Free, No Added Sweetener. Tick. Absolutely freaking delicious. Tick Tick Tick!
Ingredients
- 1½ cups almond meal
- 2 ripe bananas
- 3 eggs
- ¼ cup coconut oil (or butter)
- 1 tsp baking powder (gluten free)
- 1 tsp vanilla powder or essence
- 1 tsp cinnamon
- 50g dark chocolate 85% cacoa or above (I use Lindt which is dairy free and low in sugar)
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 180C/350F and line a greased loaf tin with baking paper.
- Crack the eggs into a bowl, whisk and set aside. Chop the chocolate into small chunks about the size of a choc chip and, if you need to, melt the coconut oil/butter using a microwave or the stove top.
- In a large mixing bowl, mash the bananas with a fork and then add the almond meal, baking powder, vanilla powder/essence, cinnamon, eggs and coconut oil/butter. Mix until all the ingredients are combined then use a spoon to fold in the chocolate.
- Pour the mixture into your lined loaf tin and place in the oven for 30 to 35 minutes. You will know it’s ready when the top is golden and a skewer comes out cleanly.
- Once cooked remove the loaf tin from the oven. Use the sides of the baking paper to lift the loaf out of the tin and on to a wire rack to cool. Slice into 12 pieces.
Notes
- Think you might eat it all at once? Slice it up and chuck it in the freezer. It makes a great breakfast or snack toasted and slathered in butter – total yum!
- Wanna cook it even quicker? Use the same mixture to cook muffins or mini loaves. It will take you half the time – yay!
- Not keen on using almond meal? I know it’s expensive. When the lovely @lauracooperloves from Instagram made my Chocolate Banana Bread Recipe she used 1½ cups buckwheat flour and just ¼ cup almond meal. It worked a treat.
- Want to make my Chocolate Banana Bread completely refined sugar free? Use a refined sugar free chocolate like Loving Earth instead of regular dark chocolate
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