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Vegan Banana Gingerbread

December 13, 2016

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Recipe for a Christmas Special Vegan Banana Gingerbread

This quick bread or cake is just another way to use up the languishing overripe bananas, albeit with a Christmas makeover 🙂 Trust me on this, the flavours of banana and ginger (plus other spices) go pretty darn well together, in case you were harbouring some doubts on how this vegan banana gingerbread is going to turn out.

vegan banana gingerbread

This eggless banana gingerbread turns out really moist (despite its ‘veganness’) and the recipe I’m sharing with you makes a small loaf. You can forget about saving this cake because it wont last minutes after it’s out of the oven. This recipe size is perfect for small families, but you can easily double the recipe and bake a full loaf.

Let me update you with a couple of other virtues of this recipe before sharing it with you I’ve made it with powdered organic jaggery, which not only gives it a dark brown colour but also a mellow sweetness, that goes well with the ginger flavour. To completely avoid refined sugar, you can skip the dusting of icing sugar. This small loaf of vegan banana gingerbread uses only 2 tablespoons of oil in its making, so it is also reasonably less calorific than the usual banana breads.

vegan banana gingerbread

 

So keep that mug of hot chocolate (or this Mexican boozy hot chocolate) ready. Because this simple vegan banana gingerbread is all set to make you really happy this holiday season!

vegan banana gingerbread

Vegan Banana Gingerbread

This is how a simple banana bread gets a Christmas makeover - with the mellow sweetness from jaggery and the medley of ground spices - no sugar used and very little oil. {vegan, eggless}
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Prep Time 10 minutes mins
Cook Time 25 minutes mins
Total Time 1 hour hr
Course: Snack
Cuisine: American
Ingredients Method Notes

Ingredients
  

  • 3/4 cup plain flour
  • 1/2 tsp baking powder
  • 1/4 tsp baking soda
  • 1/8 tsp salt
  • 3 bananas (medium sized, overripe)
  • 1/2 cup jaggery powdered (or use brown sugar)
  • 2 tsps ginger ground
  • 1/2 tsp nutmeg grated
  • 1/2 tsp cinnamon
  • 1/2 tbsp apple cider vinegar (or lemon juice)
  • 2 tbsp cooking oil

Method
 

  1. To make this vegan gingerbread, rease a small sized loaf tin (7" x 3" or 6 x 3") with oil or butter. Preheat oven at 180°C.
  2. In a bowl, mix the flour, baking soda, powder and salt.
  3. In another bowl, mash the bananas. Whisk well the oil, jaggery, ground spices until you get a smooth mixture.
  4. Add the dry ingredients to this and mix well.
  5. Scrape out the batter into the prepared loaf tin and bake for 25 minutes.
  6. Cool the cake in the tin for 10 minutes. Unmould and allow to cool for 30 minutes or more before slicing.

Notes

This vegan banana gingerbread is melt in mouth moist, with the spicy warm notes of ginger dominating over that of the banana. The nutmeg and cinnamon assist in lending a Christmas touch to this gingerbread. You can double the recipe and bake in a regular sized loaf tin. Increase baking time to 45 minutes or so, accordingly.
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Comments

  1. Aparna Datt says: December 16, 2016 at 6:29 am

    I am going to try this for sure….. when you say ginger powder you mean saunth powder ? Also which flavour less oil is good for vegan baking ?

    Reply
  2. nandita says: December 19, 2016 at 5:28 am

    @aparna – yes saunth powder and rice bran is good oil for baking with neutral flavour

    Reply
  3. Preeti Garg says: December 19, 2016 at 8:19 am

    Most refined oils go well for neutral flavour, I’d think, lije sunflower or peanut

    Reply
  4. Andi Thomas says: January 17, 2017 at 10:43 pm

    The recipe neglects to mention when and how the vinegar is used.

    Reply
    • Andi Thomas says: January 18, 2017 at 6:25 pm

      I made this last night and its not lasted very well. I just can’t stop eating it!!!!
      Thanks for this amazing recipe.

      Reply
      • nandita says: January 22, 2017 at 3:34 am

        Glad you liked it 🙂

        Reply
    • J. Morgan says: December 13, 2017 at 11:20 pm

      I was wondering this as well… I’m just going to add it to the mashed banana & cross my fingers I don’t waste my expensive organic ingredients ????

      Reply
      • Nandita Iyer says: February 8, 2018 at 8:57 am

        Sorry the quantity was mentioned in the post itself but somehow missed it in the ingredients! Have updated now, thank you for bringing it to my notice.

        Reply
    • Nandita Iyer says: February 8, 2018 at 8:58 am

      updated!

      Reply
  5. Aparna Sinha says: June 8, 2017 at 4:15 pm

    I made this with olive oil but forgot to put in the lemon juice/ACV! It still turned out well. I wonder if there is a healthier flour one could replace the all purpose flour with – like whole wheat or oat?

    Reply
    • Nandita Iyer says: June 22, 2017 at 11:06 am

      Yes, part whole wheat or oat should be good 🙂 But texture is also important, so it’s ok to use part all purpose flour, and eat more fibre in your general diet thru the day to compensate

      Reply
  6. Pal says: September 29, 2017 at 10:56 pm

    Hey Nandita, the ingredients list doesn’t have oil in it 🙂

    Reply
    • Nandita Iyer says: February 8, 2018 at 8:57 am

      Sorry the quantity was mentioned in the post itself but somehow missed it in the ingredients! Have updated now, thank you for bringing it to my notice.

      Reply
  7. Rex Destiny Shelver Roskos says: October 20, 2017 at 4:56 am

    How much oil should be used in this recipe? I read that very little is used but lack to see a quantitative amount in the ingredient list or recipe.

    Reply
    • Nandita Iyer says: February 8, 2018 at 8:40 am

      Let me check this out now, thanks!

      Reply
    • Nandita Iyer says: February 8, 2018 at 8:57 am

      Sorry the quantity was mentioned in the post itself but somehow missed it in the ingredients! Have updated now, thank you for bringing it to my notice.

      Reply

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