Warm up this festive season with some chai-spiced banana bread.
During this week of festivities, choose to warm up and indulge in some healthy dessert. Forget the sugar-laced cookies or the brandy-infused pudding – this Chai-spiced banana bread hits the spot perfectly. The natural sweetness of the banana satisfies any after-dinner treat craving, and the Chai is a spice that adds festivity to this recipe!
For your week of madness and festivities, whip up this simple recipe:
Ingredients
- 3 very ripe bananas (the blacker, the better!)
- 1 Tbsp tahini
- 2 tsp cinnamon
- 1 tsp nutmeg
- 1 tsp ginger
- 1/2 tsp clove
- 1/2 tsp cardamom
- Pinch of salt
- 1/2 cup almond milk
- 1 teaspoon of flax seeds soaked in water for one hour
- 3/4 oats processed into a course flour
- 1/2 cup buckwheat flour
- 1/2 cup desiccated coconut
- 2 tsp baking powder
- 1/2 cup chopped pecans
- 1 tsp coconut oil to oil cake tin
- 1 extra banana, sliced lengthways, to push into batter in the tin
Directions
- Preheat oven to 180˚C (350˚F).
- Process oats into a coarse flour using your food processor.
- Peel bananas and mash in a large bowl (leave one for topping).
- Add tahini, almond milk, flax seeds, salt, spices and baking powder. Mix until well combined.
- Add oat and buckwheat flour and mix well.
- Mix in coconut and chopped pecans.
- Oil the cake tin and spoon batter inside.
- Slice the remaining banana in half lengthways.
- Smooth the top of the batter and then press each half of the banana into the mixture.
- Bake for 50 – 60 minutes until golden on top and a wooden skewer comes out clean.
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