This recipe is something a little bit different. We all know that, despite being delicious, a lot of sweet treats are full of unhealthy fats and sugars, and are best enjoyed in moderation!
I decided to make a perfect treat for when you're craving some sweet, but don't want to fill your body with heavy gluten and refined sugars. This recipe is vegan, gluten free and refined sugar free, and it tastes incredible! This is relatively new territory for me so I was a bit worried about how it would turn out, but it has been very well received so far... in fact we've nearly finished it off already!
If you're a fan of chocolate (who isn't!?) and banana, then this is the recipe for you. Let me know if you'd like me to do more recipes like this, I'd love to experiment with more gut loving ingredients.
Ingredients
For the crumble
75g coconut flour *
75g palm sugar
50ml melted coconut oil
50g almond butter **
50g almond butter **
50g cacao powder
4 very ripe bananas
1 tbsp apple cider vinegar
1 tsp baking soda
1 tsp vanilla extract / 1 vanilla pod
Pinch of salt
70g vegan dark chocolate (optional)
1 tbsp apple cider vinegar
1 tsp baking soda
1 tsp vanilla extract / 1 vanilla pod
Pinch of salt
70g vegan dark chocolate (optional)
*you can substitute this with an alternative flour if you'd prefer, but don't worry if you're not a fan of coconut because you really can't taste it when it comes out the oven. The chocolate and banana flavours are much more prominent.
**you can substitute this for an alternative nut butter, although I find it adds more to the texture than flavour.
Method
- Preheat the oven to 180C/160C fan/350F/Gas 4.
- Grease and line a 1 lb loaf tin.
- In a large mixing bowl mash up of the bananas using the back of a fork (I like to leave a few bigger chunks in there as it adds to the gooey texture). Add the nut butter, vanilla and coconut oil and mix together.
- Add the sugar and flour, sift in the cacao powder and combine well.
- Pour the apple cider vinegar into a separate bowl and add the bicarbonate of soda so that they react together. (Don't make the mistake I made here and combine them in a tiny bowl so that the reaction causes it to spill out all of the table... oops)! Then add this to the mixture cake.
- Tip in the chocolate chunks and fold the mixture together.
- Pour the cake batter into the prepared loaf tin and bake in the preheated oven for 60 minutes or until a skewer comes out clean and the cake is springy to the touch.
- Add the sugar and flour, sift in the cacao powder and combine well.
- Pour the apple cider vinegar into a separate bowl and add the bicarbonate of soda so that they react together. (Don't make the mistake I made here and combine them in a tiny bowl so that the reaction causes it to spill out all of the table... oops)! Then add this to the mixture cake.
- Tip in the chocolate chunks and fold the mixture together.
- Pour the cake batter into the prepared loaf tin and bake in the preheated oven for 60 minutes or until a skewer comes out clean and the cake is springy to the touch.
- I left the cake to cool and a rack for just a few minutes and then enjoyed it warm, I really couldn't believe how delicious this was, and full of natural ingredients!
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I'm really keen to hear your feedback on this recipe, and any other techniques/ingredients you use for paleo and/or vegan recipes.
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