Healthy Chocolate Tahini Vegan Banana Bread
Ingredients
- 160 g all purpose flour 1 ¼ cups sifted
- 52 g cocoa powder ½ cup
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 1 tsp baking soda
- ½ tsp salt
- 2 Large very ripe mashed bananas or 3 medium
- 100 ml oat milk
- ⅓ cup neutral oil
- ⅓ cup tahini * good quality light tahini from hulled sesame seeds
- 2 tsp pure vanilla extract
- ½ cup sugar
- 1 tsp apple cider vinegar
- 1 ½ tsp espresso powder
Toppings
- extra tahini
- cacao nibs
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 175° C and prepare a loaf pan.
- Mash the bananas in a medium sized bowl.
- Add all of the wet ingredients to the bananas and mix to combine.
- Sift all of the dry ingredients into a mixing bowl. Stir to combine.
- Add all of the dry ingredients to the wet and mix until just combined. Do not overmix, this will create a dense loaf.
- Pour the mixture into a loaf pan and place in the centre of the oven.
- Bake the loaf for 40-45 minutes. Check to see that it doesn't over bake then the loaf will be dry.
- Remove the loaf from the oven. After a few minutes remove the loaf from the pan and place it on a cooling rack to cool completely.
- Once the loaf has cooled, I like to decorate it with a tahini drizzle and cacao nibs. If the tahini isn't smooth enough to drizzle, try heating it slightly in the microwave. Stir and then drizzle.
- Store in an airtight container. Enjoy! :)