Grain-Free Cacao & Honey Banana Bread

by | Sep 13, 2018 | Breads, Chocolate, Dairy-Free, Desserts, Gluten-Free, Grain-Free, Recipes, Vegetarian | 0 comments

Inside Scoop: Check out this Grain-Free Cacao & Honey Banana Bread using our new favourite cacao infused honey.

 

So, I got this gorgeous honey.

It’s a cacao infused honey by Beekeeper’s Naturals, and IT IS DIVINE!

Which got me thinking, what can I do with this? Other than coffee and toast, I really want to experiment with this delicious chocolate infused honey. Then I remembered that I’ve also really wanted to recreate our Quinoa Banana Bread in a grain-free way, because, well, why not?

First of all, almond flour is amazing to bake with. It creates a sweet, nutty and moist flavour, and it’s really quite versatile. Second of all, for this moment in time I am (unfortunately) grain-free, as grains irritate my gut.

While our Quinoa Banana Bread is some of the best banana bread I’ve ever had in my life, I thought that we should provide some banana bread options for all of the different types of diets up in here!

This Cacao Honey Banana Bread Is Divine

 

So this Honey Banana Bread was recreated to be almost the exact same, except I changed up the flour and added honey instead of coconut sugar, and it actually contains less sugar overall.

This honey banana bread also is:

  • Loaded with flavour
  • Grain and gluten-free
  • High in fiber
  • High protein & healthy fats
  • Contains veggies – woot woot
  • Can be made easily in 1 bowl

A great alternative for those looking for grain-free options, but it’s also a great treat for anyone who just loves honey banana bread!

Beekeeper’s Honey

 

You can use any raw honey for this honey banana bread, but we’ve been crushing HARD on Beekeeper’s Naturals honey, especially their Superfood Cacao Honey! 

Pretty brilliant if you ask us, infusing 2 superfoods together (plus chocolate our fav), and coming up with a nutrient dense, enzyme loaded sweet treat that totally satisfies.

You’ll be hard pressed to find a honey quite like this one. Beekeeper’s is amazing, they have so many different products, like B.Powered (which is a blend of royal jelly, bee pollen and propolis), they have bee propolis, B.Chill (which has high potency hemp oil), throat spray (for those nasty colds) and obvs just regular, delicious honey.

Their honey is also raw, sourced right from the hive, and non-GMO!

So, naturally, one of our new favourite brands of honey, and not only will we be testing other delicious creations (like this Cacao & Honey Banana Bread), but we will be using Beekeeper’s Naturals all year round to support our immune system.

 

Simple Healthy Treats

 

Keeping it simple in the naughty nutrition kitchen is key! We live busy lives and it’s not always easy to just whip up a banana bread on a whim, especially if it has overly complicated instructions or ingredient list.

Keeping it simple also comes with easy to follow recipes, and simple healthy living strategies. Which is why we neatly packed all of these healthy living tools in our back pocket in the form of a DIY 5 Ingredient Challenge.

For 5 days we challenge you to cook 1 recipe with only 5 ingredients. Check out our awesome sauce challenge here.

You can totally do this challenge at your own speed, but upon signing up you will instantly get:

  • A free mini 5 Ingredient Cookbook
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We would absolutely love for you to join us, sign up for the challenge today, and all you have to do is sign up here:

And, if you’re looking for other delicious recipes like this Cacao & Honey Banana Bread, be sure to check out these amazing Banana Bread Hemp Bites , and these Chocolate Zucchini Muffins.

Get your simple ‘banana bread’ on, and let us know in the comments below what you think of this delicious honey banana bread.

 

Grain-Free Cacao & Honey Banana Bread

I got a new honey, it’s a delicious cacao infused honey. So I decided to whip up a batch of this Grain-Free Cacao & Honey Banana Bread.
Course Dessert, Snack
Cuisine Healthy
Keyword honey banana bread
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 50 minutes
Total Time 1 hour
Servings 8
Calories 326 kcal

Ingredients

  • 1.5 cup almond flour
  • 1/2 cup coconut oil room temp
  • 1/3 cup honey raw, chocolate infused optional
  • 2 eggs room temp
  • 2 bananas ripe, mashed
  • 1 cup zucchini shredded and towel dried
  • 1.5 Tbsp cacao powder
  • 1/2 tsp cinnamon
  • 1 tsp baking soda
  • 1/4 tsp sea salt

Directions

  1. Preheat your oven to 350F.
  2. Mix the almond flour, cacao powder, cinnamon, baking soda and sea salt in one bowl.
  3. In another cream together the coconut oil, honey, eggs and bananas.
  4. Pour the wet ingredients into the dry and fold in the zucchini.
  5. Bake for around 50-60 minutes, or until a toothpick comes out clean.

Recipe Notes

Optional - add a handful of walnuts or pecans to the top of your loaf before you bake. You could also add in 1/2 cup dark chocolate chips for more chocolate flavour.

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