Do you ever read a recipe and just know you have to make it straight away? This was the case with this super healthy banana bread recipe. It looked so nutrition-dense, but more importantly, it looked delicious. And indeed it has proved to be a banana bread recipe which is easy to make and very yummy indeed.
This banana bread is sugar free and gluten free too. It just has wholesome bananas, eggs, honey, nuts and spices. My older boys love this, and it might be the healthiest item in their diet. Oh dear!
The twins would still go for the not-so-healthy Easy Moist Banana Cake though, which is full of sugar and butter.
Super Healthy Banana Bread Recipe
Super Healthy Banana Bread
Ingredients
- 3 ripe bananas (or 4 if they are small)
- 2 eggs
- 80g (1/4 cup) honey
- ½ tsp cinnamon
- 125 g (1 cup) almond meal
- ¾ tsp baking powder
- 80g (1/2 cup) pecans or walnuts
- slivered almonds
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 160 degrees C. Grease and line a loaf tin with baking paper.
- Blend bananas with eggs, honey and cinnamon until completely smooth.
- Add the almond meal and baking powder and mix in.
- Chop walnuts or pecans and mix in gently.
- Pour mixture into the prepared loaf tin and top with slivered almonds.
- Bake for 45 minutes or until ready, when a skewar comes out clean.
- Cut up and eat warm - lovely!
If this sounds just too outrageously healthy, do check out the Easy Moist Banana Cake recipe, it’s a cracker.
I found this recipe in a wonderful book called ‘Avalon Food’ many years ago. The cookbook was produced by parents and friends of Avalon Public School and sales of the book raise funds for the school.
Avalon is a gorgeous small beach suburb on Sydney’s Northern Beaches. It attracts a lot of creative people. Read about Avalon Beach here.
Do you have a no sugar, no flour, no butter recipe to share?
Just for the odd occasion?
Happy baking!
Great review and now I can’t wait to try it. Thanks so much for buying the book Seana and have a fabbo week.
Carolyn
Thanks Carolyn, it really is a beautiful book. That cake was gobbled up rather swiftly too.
It is very, very nutrient dense, so in theory you only need a small slice… but in practice a BIG slice is better!
Tried it today and it tastes great!! The cake was so moist it fell apart though..:(
I made this cake tonight! The taste was delcious. It certainly wasn’t obvious taste wise how healthy it was I was so surprised because it didn’t contain any butter or sugar! Mine fell apart too and some of the cake mix became stuck in the pan however this could have been because I greased the pan with coconut oil and I also didn’t wait for the cake to cool down before I removed it from the pan. This recipe is a keeper though and I’ll definitly be using it again!
Great to hear. So much good stuff in that cake – it’s very energy dense but packed with nutrition, great for picnics as long as no-one is allergic to nuts. Thanks so much for your feedback.