The internet probably has a thousand and one varieties of Banana bread. So I gave a lot of thought before posting this…. But I do have my own USP 🙋♀️ Unique Selling Potential 🤷🏻♀️
- Whole bran wheat flour
- Date sweetened
- Cacao powder
- Walnuts
Now that I have justified the need to post yet another Banana bread recipe 😬 lets get right into the twist…. Flavored with dark rum 😬 don’t worry it will not have any ill-effects on you.. just adds a mild rum flavor. If you like boozy bread, by all means increase the rum quantity or better still, drizzle rum on the sliced bread!
I am going to stop providing irrelevant ideas now 🤭 Lets get down to business!
This is yet another straightforward recipe. Just mix all the dry ingredients, mix wet ingredients; combine and bake. I bake it in a 4 inch width loaf pan and it takes 45 mins to finish….. perfectly cooked, mildly sweetened chocolate banana nut bread.
Chocolate Banana nut bread with a twist
Ingredients
Dry Ingredients –
- 2 cups Whole wheat flour with bran
- 1/2 cup Cacao powder
- 1 tbsp Baking powder
- 1 tsp Cinnamon powder
- 1/2 tsp Nutmeg powder
- 1/4 tsp Salt
Wet Ingredients –
- 1/2 cup Olive oil
- 10 Dates soaked
- 2 Bananas very ripe
- 1 shot dark rum
Instructions
- Mix all Dry ingredients in a large mixing bowl, set aside
- Blend the dates with the Bananas to a smooth puree
- Mix the banana date mixture with olive oil and add the rumMix well to combine
- Add the dry ingredients little by little to the wet mixture and combine well
- Pour into a parchment paper lined bread-loaf pan
- Bake at 350 degrees hot oven for 45 minutes
- Remove from oven and check with a fork for done-ness
- Let cool for minimum 30 minutes before slicing
