Description
If you’re looking for a fun twist on classic banana bread with ultimate flavour, you need to make this vegan coffee banana bread, topped with a smooth coffee glaze! Vegan. No-Egg, No-Dairy.
Ingredients
Scale
Ingredients for the loaf
- 120ml of soy milk
- 1 + 1/2 teaspoons of apple cider vinegar
- 320g of ripe bananas (without skin/peel)
- 120g of caster sugar
- 60g of dairy-free plain yogurt
- 80ml of oil (i use sunflower)
- 280g of plain / all-purpose flour
- 3 teaspoons of baking powder
- ½ teaspoon of baking soda
- 2 teaspoons of coffee granules (in 1 teaspoon of hot water)
- Vegan butter (See step 9)
Ingredients for the frosting
- 200g of icing / powdered sugar
- Brewed coffee (see step 1)
Instructions
Method (banana bread)
- Preheat your oven to 170°C fan and line a loaf tin with grease proof paper. Allow the paper to hang either side of the tin, this makes it easier for lifting out the bread when baked.
- In a small mixing bowl, combine the soy milk and apple cider vinegar. Whisk together then set aside for 5-10 minutes. This creates the vegan ‘buttermilk.’
- In a large mixing bowl, mash the ripe bananas until mostly smooth (a few small lumps are fine).
- Add the vegan ‘buttermilk’, caster sugar, dairy-free yogurt and oil. Mix until smooth.
- Fold in the flour, baking powder and baking soda until no dry ingredients are visible.
- Divide the batter into 2 bowls. Leave one plain banana, then add the coffee to the second bowl, mix to combine.
- Add spoons of each batter into the tin, alternating the flavours (refer to video for example).
- Use a tooth pick or skewer to swirl the batters around, but not too much that you loose the swirls.
- To get the classic loaf ‘crack’ down the middle of the bread, cut some long pieces of vegan butter and place down a line into the batter (refer to video for example).
- Place the banana bread into the oven and bake for for 50 minutes, or until a skewer inserted into the center comes out clean (a few moist crumbs are okay). Check the bread at 40 minutes, to ensure it’s not burning.
- Once baked, allow the banana bread to cool in the tin for about 10–15 minutes, then transfer to a wire rack to cool completely before adding on the glaze.
Method (coffee glaze)
- In a mixing bowl, add in the icing sugar. Brew some coffee (approximately 2 tablespoons with enough water to create a strong coffee). Add this into the icing sugar and mix. You may want to add a splash of dairy-free milk to get it to a drizzling consistency.
- Pour the glaze over the top of the bread and spread out. Allow the glaze to set. It will firm up at room temperature (it will start to dry within around 30 minutes).
- Once ready, use a sharp knife to cut the banana bread into slices, serve and enjoy!
Notes
Store: Store in a sealed container in the fridge. Allow to come to room temperature before enjoying. Best eaten 2-3 days of making
- Prep Time: 5 minutes
- Cook Time: 50 minutes
- Category: banana bread
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American