Oma's Easy Banana Bread Recipe (Vegan)

by: Gerhild Fulson  /  Cookbook Author, Blogger, German Oma!

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Oma's easy banana bread recipe, aka Bananenbrot, is so utterly simple to make!

Since it's vegan, everything is just stirred together and it tastes wunderbar! No folding, or creaming, or whipping. Just use a wooden spoon and mix. Bake. Enjoy!

I've needed to include vegan recipes in my recipe box. With one of my grandkids eating this lifestyle, I need to be able to make foods that everyone can enjoy when the family gets together.

That was the basis for creating this recipe. I needed something easy and quick. I needed something vegan and delicious. I needed something to use the over-ripe bananas I had. I NEEDED an EASY banana bread recipe!

I made this banana bread as the birthday cake for my grandson. Everyone enjoyed it. It was so wonderfully moist and nutty!

I was really amazed how easy and quick this banana cake was to make. Even though I normally make banana bread in a loaf pan, using a bundt form made this one look special. All it needed was a sprinkle of powdered sugar over the top. 

I had run out of strawberries, but adding them to the center 'bundt' hole would have looked amazing! Next time!

I've been trying out various vegan recipes after my first attempt at this Simple Vegan Chocolate Cake turned out to be a winner. It's texture and flavor are similar to the chocolate portion of my German marble cake. 

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In fact, I used that same recipe and turned them into mini-muffins that tasted almost like brownies!

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Above, I used that vegan chocolate cake recipe and turned them into mini-muffins. Only took 15 minutes to bake. Almost tasted like brownies. YUM!

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Oma's Easy Banana Bread Recipe

Oma's easy banana bread recipe is so utterly simple to make! Since it's vegan, everything is just stirred together and it tastes wunderbar! No folding, or creaming, or whipping.

Just use a wooden spoon and mix. Bake. Enjoy!

Prep Time 10 minutes

Bake Time 50 minutes

Total Time 60 minutes

Servings:

Makes 8 - 10 servings

Ingredients:

• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1½ teaspoons baking powder
• ½ teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 4 ripe bananas
• ¼ cup light tasting olive oil or  other vegetable oil
• 1 cups granulated sugar
• ¼ cup extra-strong coffee (or water)
• 2 teaspoons rum or 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• ½ cup broken walnut pieces (optional)
• 1 teaspoon powdered sugar for sprinkling on top of finished cake

Instructions:

1. Preheat oven to 350°F
2. Prepare your Bundt pan by spraying with a vegetable spray
3. Into a small bowl, sift together the first four dry ingredients.
4. Into a large bowl, mash the bananas. Stir in the oil, sugar, coffee and vanilla extract until well mixed. Add the dry ingredients and stir until combined. Stir in the walnuts.
5. Spoon batter into prepared Bundt pan and smooth the top.
6. Bake for 45 to 50 minutes or until a wooden toothpick inserted into the centre comes out clean.
7. Let cool in the pan for about 10 minutes before inverting onto a wire rack. Let cool completely.
8. Put 1 teaspoon of powdered sugar into a small sieve and dust over the top of the cake. 

Notes/Hints:

• Make sure to check with a wooden toothpick to see if the cake if done. If there is any moist cake stuck to the toothpick, leave the cake in for about another 5 minutes. Use a new wooden toothpick to check again. It should come out clean. If not, add another 5 minutes. 

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Oma's Easy Banana Bread Recipe (vegan)

By Oma Gerhild Fulson

Oma's easy banana bread recipe is so utterly simple to make! Since it's vegan, everything is just stirred together and it tastes wunderbar!

Ingredients: all-purpose flour, baking powder, salt, baking soda, bananas, oil, sugar, coffee, rum/vanilla, walnuts, powdered sugar,

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Hi, I'm Oma Gerhild! As a food writer and cookbook author, I'm always looking to find ways to pass on my German heritage using local ingredients. Quick and easy. That's my goal. Wunderbar food. That's the result.