Chocolate banana bread
This lovely and moist, gluten free, no added sugar banana bread has a swirl of dark chocolate and a hint of cinnamon. You might not be able to stop at one slice!
Ingredients
Makes: 1 loaf cake
- 180g unsweetened dark chocolate
- 1 tablespoon unsalted butter
- 1 teaspoon coconut oil, or more as needed
- 2 tablespoons ground cinnamon
- 225g mashed ripe bananas
- 120g coconut flour
- 1 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda
- 1/8 teaspoon sea salt
- 125g almond butter
- 4 eggs
- 1 teaspoon coconut oil
Method
Prep:15min ›
Cook:55min ›
Ready in:1hr10min
- Melt the chocolate, butter and 1 teaspoon coconut oil in the top of a double boiler over simmering water, stirring frequently and scraping down the sides with a rubber spatula to avoid scorching. Remove from heat and stir in cinnamon.
- Preheat oven to 180 C / Gas 4. Lightly grease a 2lb loaf tin with 1 teaspoon coconut oil.
- Sift coconut flour, bicarbonate of soda and salt together in a bowl. Place mashed bananas in a large bowl; fold flour mixture into bananas with a rubber spatula.
- Beat almond butter and eggs together in a bowl until creamy; add to banana mixture and mix well.
- Pour 1/2 banana mixture into prepared loaf tin; top with 2 tablespoons of the chocolate mixture. Use a fork to spread and swirl the chocolate mixture through the banana cake mixture. Repeat with remaining banana cake mixture and chocolate mixture.
- Bake in the preheated oven until top is golden brown and loaf cake is cooked through, 50 minutes.
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Reviews in English (17)
Made this yesterday....so good and so moist! Even my non-paleo friends and family said they really liked it. I did add a little raw honey to the mixture. Will absolutely make this again...very soon!! - 20 Jan 2014 (Review from Allrecipes US | Canada)
I have made this twice now. I liked it the first time but it turned out better the second time. Changes (doubled the recipe both times): 1st time- peanut butter for almond butter Both times- 1 1/2 cups cocoa powder instead of all 2 cups chocolate chips An additional 2-4 tsp coconut oil with the chocolate-cinnamon mixture (to moisten) Used whipped cream to top it off and add extra sweetness but not too much extra carb. - 15 Oct 2015 (Review from Allrecipes US | Canada)
The bread looks delicious, however butter cannot be used when you're eating paleo. - 20 Jun 2016 (Review from Allrecipes US | Canada)