Today I am introducing a classic of vegan cuisine, my chocolate banana bread. My vegan, refined sugar-free banana bread tastes great, is quick and easy to prepare, goes well with breakfast, tea or dinner and can be varied again and again with your favorite ingredients. A jack of all trades, it is in season all year around!
So easy, so quick, so delicious and so versatile!
My chocolate banana bread has so many good qualities that I hardly know where to start! Since it is easy to prepare, it is ideal for bakers who are not yet very experienced. On the other hand, the basic recipe offers a multitude of possibilities to change the taste, which makes it very attractive for experienced bakers. By the way, your not so fresh and brown spotted bananas are perfect for this recipe!
A chocolate banana bread goes well with every meal: for breakfast you can toast it lightly and spread it with delicious nut butter. Add a few berries or fruit wedges and breakfast can begin. Do you have guests in the afternoon? Your vegan, refined sugar-free banana bread scores again, especially with a delicious chai latte. As you and your guests like as spiced chai latte, turmeric latte or pumpkin spice latte. As a dessert in the evening, it shines again, for example with a nice cream.
There is one thing for sure: it tastes so good, you will bake another one soon! And now back to taste variations:
A host of taste options:
Let’s start with spices: You can use gingerbread spice instead of banana bread spice. If you make the spice mix yourself, try it with a little cinnamon, a little cumin and more or less vanilla.
Do you prefer to make the spice mix yourself? Check my recipe card that gives you some ideas like using cinnamon, nutmeg and others to create your own spice mix – just as you like.
Another taste option is to partially replace bananas with pumpkin. Or use walnuts or hazelnuts instead of pecan nuts. A handful of raisins give another flavor variant. Regarding the sweetness, you can replace a part of the maple syrup with coconut blossom sugar or simply leave completely – check how much sweetness you like.
Which one is your all-time favorite banana bread recipe? I am looking forward to many great recipe variations from you! The comment box is just below the post.
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Vegan, Refined Sugar-Free Banana Bread
Equipment
- 20 cm (7-8 inch) baking pan
Ingredients
- 2 large ripe bananas
- ½ cup maple syrup (100-120 ml)
- 4 Tbsp canola oil or coconut oil
- 5 Tbsp soy milk
- 1 Tbsp apple cider vinegar
- 1 cup rolled oats (80g)
- 1 cup wholegrain spelt flour / whole wheat flour (120g)
- 2 tsp baking powder
- 2 tsp spices of your choice e.g. 1 tsp cinnamon, ½ tsp cardamom, ½ tsp vanilla or ground tonic bean, ¼ tsp nutmeg
- 1 pinch salt
- ¼ cup vegan chocolate chips (35g)
- 1 small hand full pecan nuts
Toppings:
- 1 reife Banane
- Schokodrops
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 170 °C (349 °F) and prepare baking pan.
- Roughly chop pecan nuts.
- Smash two bananas with a fork then add to a large bowl.
- Add maple syrup, soy drink, oil, apple cider vinegar and stir well.
- Add flour, oats, baking powder, vanilla, salz and spices and stir well.
- Pour the dough into the baking pan and then place in the preheated oven for 30 minutes. After that time cover the banana bread with a baking sheet, reduce the heat to 150 °C (300 °F) and bake for another 20-25 Min.
