Super soft and moist vegan Chocolate cherry banana bread is loaded with chocolate flavor and the addition of sweet summer cherries. Soft and tender, and the chocolate cherry combo is hard to beat!
The banana and chopped cherries keeps this vegan chocolate banana bread moist and sweet, without needing to add any refined sugar or butter.
The batter has both cocoa powder AND chocolate chips for that lush double chocolate flavor. Just like in this Vegan Chocolate Coconut Cake or this Vegan Banana and Chocolate Bread.
Ingredients
These are the ingredients needed to make this double chocolate banana bread with cherries.
- Ripe bananas, the riper the better! This adds sweetness and the texture of a ripe banana is smooth and creamy compared with the hard and starchy green banana. So you want those brown spots!
- All purpose flour, in this cherry chocolate cake I used organic all purpose flour. It can also be substituted with white wholewheat flour or gluten-free flour for baking.
- Cocoa powder, use a good quality that is unsweetened
- Baking powder and baking soda, I use a mix of both oil them that makes this cake soft and fluffy.
- Vegan yoghurt, I use unsweetened coconut yogurt.
- Coconut oil, or other neutral tasting oil, like sunflower oil or avocado oil.
- Brown sugar, ads a slight caramel flavor to this banana bread. For a defined sugar free cake, use coconut sugar.
- Apple cider vinegar, it will react with the baking powder and baking soda for a moist and fluffy vegan banana bread to make the cake rise better in the oven and hold together better when sliced.
- Salt, just a pinch to balance all the flavors.
- Chocolate chips, I used dark vegan chocolate chips. A chopped chocolate bar also works great!
- Cherries, fresh or frozen, pips removed and roughly chopped. The cherries ads so much flavor in this banana chocolate cherry bread.
See recipe card for quantities.
Instructions
Making this chocolate cherry banana cake is easy. Take a look at the instructions below. to see the recipe card at the bottom.
- In a large mixing bowl, mash the banana well with a fork. Add the vegan yoghurt, vinegar, coconut oil and sugar and stir well.
- Sieve in the flour, cocoa powder, baking powder and soda and the salt. Add to the banana mixture and stir until just combined. Then gently stir in the chocolate chips and cherries.
- Pour the batter in the prepared pan and top the bread with some halved cherries and a little extra chocolate chips. Bake for about 40 minutes, depending on your oven.
- Let the bread cool down in the pan before removing. Vegan cakes are a little delicate so be gentle.
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Super soft and moist Vegan Chocolate Cherry Banana Bread. So easy to make and the chocolate cherry combo is hard to beat!
- 2 very ripe bananas, mashed
- 4 Tablespoon s vegan yoghurt
- 1 Teaspoon apple cider vinegar
- ⅓ Cup coconut oil or neutral tasting oil, melted
- ⅓ Cup brown sugar or coconut sugar
- 1 Cup all purpose flour
- ½ Cup cocoa powder, unsweetened
- 1 Teaspoon baking powder
- 1 Teaspoon baking soda
- ¼ Teaspoon table salt
- ⅓ Cup (50 g) vegan chocolate chips, or a chopped bar of chocolate if desired
- 1 Cup (170 g) cherries, (fresh or frozen) pips removed and roughly chopped
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Preheat the oven to 175C (350F)
Grease a 25cm (10 inch) bread pan and dust with a little cocoa powder or line with parcment paper.
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In a large mixing bowl, mash the banana well with a fork. Add the vegan yoghurt, vinegar, coconut oil and sugar and stir well.
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Sieve in the flour, cocoa powder, baking powder, baking soda and the salt. Add to the banana mixture and stir until just combined. Then gently fold in the chocolate chips and cherries.
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Pour the batter in the prepared pan and top the banana bread with some halved cherries and a little extra chocolate chips if desired. Bake for about 40 minutes, depending on your oven.
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Let the bread cool down in the pan for at least 15 minutes before removing. Vegan cakes are a little delicate so be gentle.
Robin Ward
Hi there,
Love your recipes, the one above you seem to have missed the quantity for the coconut milk n the ingredient list. I make a vegan spelt banana bread for my cafe and love the idea of A choc cherry Version. Cherry’s only available in Australia around Xmas so will have to wait for a bit unless we get some imported ones from the US.
Helena
Hi Robin!
So happy to hear you like my recipes 🙂
Sorry, it is soupsed to be yoghurt, I have changed the recipe now. If you don’t have cherries in season, you can use frozen ones or other berries. For example raspberries or strawberries.
Hope you enjoy!