Christmas

Festive Banana Gingerbread Cake

November 28, 2020
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1 Ratings
Photo by plantbasedrecipes
  • Prep time 20 minutes
  • Cook time 30 minutes
  • Serves 6-8
Author Notes

Easy to make, vegan and moist banana gingerbread loaf - best festive snack for holidays. —plantbasedrecipes

Ingredients
  • 3 pieces ripe bananas
  • 1/4 cup canola oil
  • 1/4 cup soy or almond milk
  • 2 cups flour
  • 3/4 cup cane sugar
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1 teaspoon gingerbread spice
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 1 teaspoon apple cider vinegar
  • 1 pinch salt
Directions
  1. Preheat the oven 365 F. Grease loaf pan and line with parchment paper.
  2. Mix apple cider vinegar and soy (almond) milk and set aside ( it will be used as a vegan buttermilk substitute).
  3. In a large bowl, use fork to smash bananas. Mix canola oil, buttermilk, and vanilla extract and set aside. In a separate bowl, which together the flour, sugar, baking powder, salt and gingerbread spices.
  4. Pour the banana mixture into the dry ingredients and stir gently until combined.
  5. Pour the batter into the loaf pan. Bake for 30 min, or until well risen and a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean. Leave to cool completely before slicing.
  6. Tip: for the lemon glaze (optional) sift confectioner's sugar (80g) into a bowl and stir in the lemon juice (1-2tbsp) until smooth. Dizzle over the cooled cake.
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