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Chocolate-Chickpea Banana Bread

Here's how you make Chocolate-Chickpea Banana Bread
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  • Servings: 12
  • Prep: 15m
  • Cook: 35m
    • The following recipe serves 12 people.

Ingredients

The ingredients are:
  • 3 ripe (354 grams) bananas
  • 1 can (400 gram) garbanzo beans (chickpeas, drained)
  • 1 cup sour cream
  • 2 tablespoon olive oil (extra virgin)
  • 1 cup brown sugar
  • 4 large eggs
  • 1/4 cup cocoa powder
  • 2 cups self-rising flour
  • 1 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda
  • 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
  • 1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
We recommend you get your ingredients ready before you start cooking. Once you're ready, here are the steps to making this delicious recipe

How to Make

  • Step 1: Preheat oven to 170C, fan forced (190C conventional).

  • Step 2: Combine two of the bananas, chickpeas, sour cream, olive oil, sugar, eggs and cocoa powder in the bowl of a food processor or blender and puree until smooth.

  • Step 3: Sift in flour, bicarb and spices, then pulse until smooth.

  • Step 4: Spoon into two medium loaf tines, lined with baking paper.

  • Step 5: Peel remaining banana and slice lengthways into four slices and arrange on top and then bake for 40 to 45 minutes, until testing skewer comes out clean.

We hope you enjoy this recipe!

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