Chocolate Coconut Banana Loaf

Vegan Chocolate Coconut Banana Loaf is a glorious gluten-free cake, intense with chocolate, chewy with coconut and beautifully moist from the banana. Covered with glossy chocolate and snowy with coconut flakes.

INGREDIENTS

1 tablespoon ground chia seeds
3 tablespoons water
150 g white rice flour
75 g oat flour
50 g tapioca flour
100 g desiccated coconut
60 g cocoa powder
2 teaspoons bicarbonate of soda
¾ teaspoon salt
200 ml coconut milk
2 tablespoons apple cider vinegar
3-4 bananas peeled and mashed, 300g
300 g soft light brown sugar
140 ml coconut oil melted
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
Chocolate Glaze
125 g vegan chocolate
50 g coconut oil
1 tablespoon maple syrup
pinch of salt
¼ teaspoon vanilla extract
70 g coconut flakes
Vegan Chocolate Coconut Banana Loaf on a wooden board

INSTRUCTIONS

Pre-heat oven to 180°C/160°C fan/gas mark 4. Grease and line a 9 inch loaf tin.
Make the chia egg by mixing the ground chia seeds in a small bowl with the 3 tablespoons of water. Place in the fridge and it should be ready to use by the time you get to that step.
Mix the flours in a large bowl with the desiccated coconut, cocoa powder, bicarbonate of soda and salt and set aside.
Pour the coconut milk and apple cider in a food mixer and beat until it's frothy, do not overbeat in case the coconut milk should separate.
Add the bananas, sugar, coconut oil, vanilla and the chia egg and beat together until smooth.

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