Cacao, Date and Chia Seed Banana Bread

Saturday, 14 March 2015


This banana bread is gooey, bananary and packed with goodness. It's oil free and vegan (obvy) and tastes delicious.

Ingredients:

  • 250g of wholewheat flour
  • 50g of raw cacao powder
  • 2/3 of baking powder
  • 2/3 of bicarbonate of soda
  • 3tbsp of chia seeds
  • 120g of almond milk (you can use any non-dairy milk)
  • 200g of medjool dates (chopped and stones removed)
  • 5 ripe bananas
  1. Preheat the oven to 180c and line your bread tin with greaseproof paper.
  2. In a jug with 120g of water, soak your chia seeds for 15 minutes. They should go goopy and start to stick together.
  3. Meanwhile, sieve the flour, cacao, baking powder, bicarbonate of soda into a bowl. Stir.
  4. In a blender, add the bananas, almond milk and dates and blend together.
  5. Pour out the blender mixture and stir into the dry ingredients.
  6. Add your chia seed 'eggs' and mix together. Make sure everything is well combined and light and fluffy.
  7. Cook in the oven for roughly 45 - 60 minutes. It can vary depending on your oven. I ended up cooking my bread for just over 2 hours. You will know when your bread is done if you stick a cake tester (or a chopstick) into the bread and it comes out clean.
  8. Serve with banana slices on top! Or not. This last part is completely optional.

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