This healthier banana bread with apple and raw cacao nibs is sheer comfort food. Eaten warm, straight from the oven its exactly what you need on a dark winter’s afternoon – yes, its hard to believe that it gets dark here in London at 4pm mid winter. Still, it’s a great excuse to curl up with a cup of tea and a piece of cake!
I don’t know about you, but I often find banana bread can be quite dense, so here I‘ve added apple for a lighter, fruitier edge, and raw cacao nibs for a little bit of crunch. The loaf isn’t too sweet, just completely delicious!
And by the way, raw coconut sugar is a nice alternative to refined sugar, but its kind of expensive, so I try to buy it when it’s on offer. Just go ahead and substitute with any sweetener of your choice if you prefer.
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Spelt Banana Bread with Apple and Raw Cacao Nibs (Vegan)
Ingredients
- 2 medium-sized ripe bananas
- 60ml | ¼ cup oat milk (or milk of your choice)
- 60ml | ¼ cup vegetable oil
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 vegan eggs**
- 40g | 1/3 cup coconut sugar (or normal sugar)
- 170g | 1.5 cups spelt flour
- 1.5 teaspoon baking powder
- ¼ teaspoon baking soda
- 30g | ¼ cup raw cacao nibs
- 1 apple (peeled and chopped into small pieces)
** To make two vegan eggs: 2 tablespoons of either chia seeds or flax seeds mixed with 6 tablespoons warm water. Leave to stand 10 minutes until it thickens.
Method
- Preheat the oven to 170C | Gas mark 4 and line a loaf tin with greaseproof paper.
- Mash the bananas in a large bowl with a fork, and mix in the milk, oil, vanilla extract and vegan egg, followed by the coconut sugar.
- Place the flour in a separate bowl, sift in the baking powder and bicarbonate of soda, add the cacao nibs, then mix well.
- Pour the wet mixture into the dry ingredients and stir until combined.
- Lastly fold in the peeled, chopped apple pieces.
- Scrape the batter into the loaf tin and bake in the oven for 40-50 minutes, or until a knife inserted into the cake comes out clean.
- Cool on a baking tray and enjoy!