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Coffee Cacao Banana Bread

This delicious recipe for Coffee Cacao Banana Bread comes straight out of the OMS Cookbook and was featured in Australia's leading newspaper for mature readers, The Senior.

Sweets & Desserts
Easy
Time 1.5 Hours
Skill Level Easy

Ingredients List

 

Serves 1
  • 2 teaspoons instant coffee
  • 3 tablespoons boiling water
  • 1/8 cup extra virgin olive oil
  • 2 tablespoons tahini
  • 4 large bananas
  • 210 grams spelt flour
  • 1/2 cup brown sugar
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • 3 tablespoons cacao powder
  • 1 pinch sea salt
  • 110 g apple sauce
Metric - US Imperial

Instructions

  1. Preheat the oven to 180°C (350°F/gas 4).
  2. Combine the coffee and water in a bowl. Add the oil, apple sauce, tahini and mashed banana and mix well.
  3. In a separate bowl, mix together the flour, sugar, baking soda, cacao and salt.
  4. Now mix the wet and the dry ingredients together until combined but do not over-mix.
  5. Pour into a greased 20 × 10 cm (8 × 4 inch) loaf (bar) tin and bake for 50 minutes.
  6. It will be ready when a skewer inserted in the center comes out clean.
  7. Allow the cake to cool before removing from baking tin.

This delicious recipe for Coffee Cacao Banana Bread comes straight out of the Overcoming MS Cookbook and was featured in Australia’s leading newspaper for mature readers,The Senior. 

This recipe has been taken from the Overcoming MS Cookbook and was originally submitted by Gili from Jerusalem, Israel.