Gingerbread Banana Bread with Chai Frosting
A gingerbread flavoured moist banana bread with a creamy chai frosting.
Ingredients
Banana Bread
- 1 cup wholewheat flour
- 1 tsp baking powder
- ½ tsp baking soda
- 2 tsp ground cinnamon
- 1½ tsp ground ginger
- ½ tsp ground nutmeg
- ¼ tsp ground cloves
- Pinch of sea salt
- 2 large eggs (can sub for flax eggs)
- 3 ripe bananas (mashed)
- ¼ cup greek yogurt (can sub for coconut yogurt for vegan)
- ¼ cup blackstrap molasses
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
Chai Frosting
- ⅓ cup room temperature cream cheese (can sub for vegan cream cheese)
- ½ tbsp room temperature salted butter (can sub for vegan butter)
- 2 tbsp coconut sugar
- ¼ tsp ground cinnamon
- ⅛ tsp ground all spice
- ⅛ tsp ground ginger
- Pinch of ground cardamon
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350°F.
- Whisk the dry ingredients in a bowl and set aside.
- In another large bowl, whisk the eggs first, and then add the rest of the wet ingredients and whisk together. Combine the dry ingredients with the wet ingredients. Pour into a 9x5 inch loaf pan that’s been lightly greased and lined with parchment paper.
- Bake for 45 minutes in the oven, or until a toothpick comes out clean.
- For the chai frosting: in a bowl, mix together all the chai frosting ingredients, and spread on the banana bread. Slice and enjoy!