Vegan banana bread!

[Solly-44]

The photo is not all that and I forgot to take a picture before eating some, but made this today and thought I’d share 😂

It’s an amended recipe from BBC Good Food.

140g vegan butter (I used Pure brand)

140g mix of caster sugar and dark brown sugar

140g flour

1/2tsp baking powder

Chia seed egg replacement (see below)

1tsp vanilla extract

2 mashed very ripe bananas

The recipe calls for 2 large eggs so I mixed 2 tbsp chia seeds with 4tbsp warm water. Leave for 5 minutes to set like a gel and you’re good to go!

I baked at gas mark 5 for 50 minutes.

I’m vegan and have a toddler who isn’t but who has a dairy and egg allergy so I’m looking into substitutes a lot at the moment! Chia seeds seem a good replacement for things like this, pancakes, brownies etc but don’t work well for lighter fluffier type bakes.

[Greendream123]

Looks good. Have you tried chickpea water? I find it works well in pancakes.

[Kitten-whiskers Administrator in reply to Greendream123]

Does it, I will have to try that as well 🙃

[Solly-44 in reply to Greendream123]

I did once and it was a bit of a disaster because I didn’t whisk it long enough! Keep meaning to try again.

[Greendream123 in reply to Solly-44]

I've been lucky I think as I'm too impatient to whisk anything for long!

[Kitten-whiskers Administrator]

Welcome to the Forum Solly, This looks lovely. I have not tried chia seeds as an egg replacer, I am using Flaxseed meal but will definately look at trying chia seeds.

[Solly-44 in reply to Kitten-whiskers]

Thank you! I bought some flaxseed but haven’t tried it yet, will give it a go next week!

[Kitten-whiskers Administrator in reply to Solly-44]

It seems to work very well 😁