Double Chocolate Banana Bread

Cake

20 Oct

I love Banana Bread but my boys love Chocolate more. Chocolate cupcakes, brownies, or simply chocolate bars. This double chocolate banana bread though is always a hit and hugely popular in our house among our family and friends.

Ingredients:

125 g gluten free all purpose flour (recipe below - or use a gluten free self raising flour)

50 g cacao powder

2 tsps. baking powder

1/2 tsp salt

2 large eggs

200 g soft brown sugar

2 ripe bananas

1 tsp vanilla extract

125 ml vegetable oil

1 cup of chocolate chip or chocolate chunks (I use a mixture of both)

1 1/2 tsps. mixed spice

Method:

Preheat the oven to 180°C / 160° Fan / 350°F / Gas Mark 4 and line the loaf tin.

In a mixer or bowl and all the ingredients of eggs, sugar, bananas, flavouring and oil and whisk together.

Then stir the dry ingredients in until mixed.

Transfer the cake mix into the prepared loaf tin and place in oven for 50 minutes.

Bake until golden and a skewer inserted in the centre comes out dry.

Let cool completely in tin before transferring to a wire rack.

Additional Notes:

My boys love chocolate, and this is is very chocolatey! Reduce the quantities of cacao powder to suit your taste.

Make this into a tray bake but remember to reduce the cooking time (dependent on size of tin).

Some optional items to place in this beautiful banana bread is a handful of nuts or cherries. Throw in items that you enjoy to make this uniquely yours.

Equipment Used:

Loaf tin (approximately 21 cm by 11 cm)

KitchenAid Stand Mixer

Spatula.

Recipe Credit: Gluten Free, Dairy Free Family.

Gluten-FreeDairy-Free

Emma Alexander-Cook

My name's Emma. I've been living gluten-free for over 25 years, and I've been dairy-free for over five years.

Health and Auto-immune Diseases

I have auto-immune diseases and expected to be on medicine for the rest of my life, but I didn't want to live like that. My rheumatology Doctor was so supportive of the change I wanted to make, and with their help, I now manage my auto-immune diseases by being strict with my diet.

It can be quite frightening when you first find out you have to change the way you eat but for some of us' Food is our medicine.'

I have several websites, write blogs, and I'm currently in the process of writing a book.

I trained to be Holistic Health Coach, Meditation and Mindfulness Teacher and Certified Gluten Free Practitioner in order to heal myself, my family and others who find themselves on the same journey as myself.

Websites include:

www.emmaalexandercook.com

www.savemoneyfreezefood.com

www.livefreelovelife.com

www.cooksprojects.com

Photography

Our love for photography started on our travels. We wanted to capture images of the areas we travelled to both for our own records and for our family back at home. Some of these images were reproduced as watercolours. Our favourite images we display at home and friends often asked where we had purchased the pictures! Now you can purchase them online directly from us.

Coaching and Consultancy

Previously an IT Manager my skill set has come in very handy as I am both a Health Coach and also offer consultancy for small business starts up and fellow Health Coaches. This has included building websites and online profiles.

Our Family

Family is everything to me! We have a family of four boys where the age difference between the youngest and the eldest is 18 years. Two of our sons are also Gluten Free and Dairy Free. Emma is a Health Coach who specialises in helping individuals and families achieve their health and wellness goals. Ian runs his own business which began developing a Race Timer for diecast model cars.

http://www.glutenfreedairyfreefamily.com

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