Vegan Banana Orange Nut Loaf
I have to admit that I am not much of a baker. Though I have come a long way from not even having baking powder, to baking my own breads at home, I still have that fast pulse effect right before I start to bake. Fancy desserts, gourmet cakes & the beautiful decorations which I so longingly stare at, are still beyond me. May be some day…..
This recipe is however an exception. Many years back, I had saved a piece of Domino’s Sugar bag. On the back was a recipe for a banana bread. That was the first ever bread I baked & baked only that for the many years that followed. Since then the recipe has taken different twists & turns getting better every time. This is where I am today with this particular recipe… more fruits, more flavor & a Vegan version. A really healthy bread that I love to have when I am having breakfast with a tall glass of orange juice. My old treasured bread goes to the BBD #18 : Quick Breads hosted my Mansi of Fun & Food, started by started by Zorra of Kochtopf.
Ingredients:
- 3.5 cups of whole wheat flour (Enriched Flour can also be used)
- 1 cup sugar
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- A pinch of salt
- 2 cups mashed ripe bananas (about 4 large)
- 1/2 Cup ground flaxseed
- ¼ cup Olive Oil
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 4 big oranges Blended + the zest of the oranges
- ½ cup Walnuts or pecans (or any nuts)
- 1 cup Raisins/Craisins/Any Assorted dry fruits
Preparation:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
Grease and flour a 12 inch fluted tube pan.
Sift Flour, salt & baking soda.
Blend the oranges into to a puree. Add the flaxseed to it & combine.
Mash the bananas & mix to the orange & flaxseed. Add oil, vanilla extract to this.
Combine these with the sifted flour mix. with a wooded spoon. It will not be a runny dough.
Stir until just blended.
Coat/dust the nuts, zest, craisins shake off excess flour and gently fold them in the mixture in the bowl.
Pour the mixture into the prepared pan.
Bake for one hour to one and a half hour or until a toothpick inserted in the center of the cake comes out clean.
Cool 15 minutes in pan. Turn on to rack to cool completely.
Lovely nutty, fruity bites & fresh flavors ! I could not ask for more. Enjoy! Sending the bread to JFI: Wheat hosted at Roma’s Space. JFI is a monthly food blog event started by Indira of Mahanandi.
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hmm, yum, Soma, that loaf sure looks delicious!! Can I come over? 🙂
I love love bread with banana and this looks so yumm.
They look professional to me Soma. Love banana bread, the one time I tried baking bread it never rose 🙂 I will give it a try with this recipe.
not much of a baker… after that beautiful loaf I don’t believe it anymore… Domino’s recipe or not. It looks fab Soma!
Yummy banana bread – love it!
Me too want a slice, eggless cake looks wonderful. Perfectly baked! 🙂
Soma, your loaf rocks! yummmm it’s wonderful and with a very nice blend of flavors!
*Hugs* 🙂
Gera
Ahhhhh khide paiye dicho
The slices are adorable 🙂
it looks very tempting… must have tasted delicious with nuts and oranges 🙂
But soma,Your brad looks great and moist…You are sure to be a fantastic baker..love to try this one
Ahh…my kinda bread..Only WW flour..n still it looks way better than mine SOma..banana,orange yumm..sounds so flavorful n healthy..I always click your post link,excited to see some grt pics..yeah..This one has not come out as good as the other ones..but the bread gets the full attention here nuts darn pretty.. so cheers sweetie.. 🙂
Varsha Thanks ! & u did get it right. This is another one from the draft.. ha ha.. i am glad tho’ that u could see the difference.. I will take that as a compliment:-)
Thats a prefect bread Soma…you are amazing baker, am amazed by ur bakes u know…
love vegan bread anytime…
that looks fantastic! thanks for sending them over for BBD:)
The cake looks scrumptious ..And you have made it healthy by using wheat flour!
That looks so yumm..So moist and fluffy..
Soma,
To me the crumb looks absolutely tender! Accompanied by a glass of rice milk for me or a good cup of Rooibos tea and I am a happy camper!
Perfect looking loaf..am yet to try a vegan bread..This has urged me to try one…
Beautiful bread Soma. Banana and orange are my favorite combination. This looks easy to make and I have all things on hand.
This looks so beautiful and sunny.
Bread looks very pro. I loved it more for using only wheat flour. with orange flavor, i am sure it must be an instant hit.
Wow, oranges in bread sounds great. This looks so good…Me too just venturing into baking, once u crack it, its addictive 🙂
Thanks a lot for sending this delicious orange nut loaf to JFI-Wheat. I love recipes that are so heavily tried and tested. The results are always perfect.
I made a very similar bread just last week Soma 🙂 And I am scared of baking too, everytime I get started on a recipe I have my fingers crossed. You cake looks soo good.
what? u r not much of a baker? r u kidding? doesn’t look like that. vegan banana orange loaf nut looks beautiful and tempting enough for me to try…
Great looking bread! Must be so flavorsome with all those ingredients!
Gosh, we are doing the same thing. Posting it for BBD and JFI 😀 though its a diff recipe.
Isn’t bread baking the most satisfying thing ever?
I love the side view of your bread. It looks lovely with all those bits in it and it looks very moist too!
That looks so soft and delicious! Yumm…
hehe, that first para sounds like me… though I am still stuck at quick breads 🙂 Love the color of this bread Soma, love banana nut bread and the orange juice sure might have added to the taste!
hi soma,
I am taking baby steps in baking ….the first para echoed so much me! 🙂 your recipe for bread looks easy and the pics are proof enough that u are damn neat and patient at baking. I love banana bread, thanks for another interesting recipe.
TC
You do an excellent job for not being a baker! I am loving all your entries you sent to Homemade bread 🙂
Looks soft and delicious !
Ok … go ahead and set the bar higher … somehow I bake a banana cake … now you go one step ahead and say orange. Huuuuffff.
Chotobelar fruit cake mone koriye dile Soma. 🙂
This looks just fabulous! It looks so soft and perfect!
So adorable. I came to know from wheat event
oh i love to eat bananas raw. i also love foods and recipes with banana in it. they taste very very good
i became a Vegan three years ago and i can say that my health have been very very good. meat and dairy substitutes like soy also works well for the body.
i’m a veggan and being a veggan means engaging in a more healthy lifestyle~.”
Thank you! Wasn’t sure what to do with the huge number of tangerines I pulled off of my tree yesterday! Looks like they are put to good use with this recipe! Smells great!