I love a good challenge.
Climbing up big mountains, trying to beat my husband at Scrabble and of course baking delicious things with no ingredients.
Well that’s what Joe calls it when I bake with no grains, gluten, sugar, dairy and today I have even gone egg free with this Vegan, Nut, Sugar, Gluten & Grain Free – Banana Bread.
The other week I fancied a slice of healthy goodness and my usual freezer stocks were empty but alas no eggs in the house. So undeterred I set about making a egg, grain, dairy, sugar, and gluten free banana bread – but PLEASE don’t let that put you off. This tastes AWESOME!
I have been experimenting more with tapioca flour and plantain recently which I love! Also I have had different stints of eating egg free as I have briefly followed the Auto Immune Protocol and other gut healing protocols like GAPS as often egg can be problematic for people.
And the cinnamon cream icing is totally optional, I have mainly been eating it all week with organic butter but icing always makes for a more fancy affair doesn’t it.
Also if you are struggling like I used to with IBS, pain, fatigue, skin issues or general poor health then it could be down to poor gut health and that my friend is something I know a thing or two about as healing my gut has been my journey for the past 4 years.
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Can I get an amen for BUTTER?!
In terms of ingredients, I get tapioca flour HERE and plantain from a local world food shop as I live a really multicultural area, but I have seen them sold in Morrisons before too. The coconut cream is available in cartons at large supermarkets now and is basically super concentrated coconut milk.
People often ask me where I get ingredients and supplements from and I honestly get a lot of stuff from Amazon as I have found it to be the cheapest and easiest (also I hate shopping and avoid it at all cost) way of doing it which is why I have a mini shop here so if you can’t find an ingredient then chances are it will be in there.
And if you like the sound of this recipe then make sure you check out:
Banana Bread - Vegan, Grain, Gluten, Nut & Sugar Free
Ingredients
- CAKE
- 80 g tapicoa flour
- 100 g coconut flour
- 85 ml melted coconut oil
- 2 ripe bananas
- 1 plantain
- 3 tbsp coconut sugar
- 150 ml coconut milk
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 1 tbsp cinnamon
- 1 tsp ginger
- 1 tsp raw apple cider vinegar
- 1/2 tsp bicarbonate of soda
- ICING - Optional
- 250 ml coconut cream
- 3-4 tbsp coconut sugar OR 2 tbsp honey
- 1/4 vanilla pod seeds or tsp vanilla extract
- 3 tbsp melted coconut oil
- 1 tbsp cinnamon
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 190c.
- In a food processor blend the plantain, banana, coconut milk, coconut oil, raw apple cider vinegar until smooth but still a thick texture. Meanwhile mix the other dry cake ingredients in a bowl.
- Mix the wet mixture into the dry flour mixture until smooth.
- Pour into greased and lined 2lb/900g loaf tin and smooth the top of the cake mixture.
- Cook until firm and solid in the middle.
- Remove from oven and allow to cool.
- ICING
- Whisk all the icing ingredients in a bowl and then spoon onto cooled cake and place in the fridge for the icing to harden and set.
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