Maple Tahini Banana Bread

Take your banana bread up a notch

Ok so, maybe this should be called banana cake, but maybe I only feel that way because I put it in a round pan and topped it with flower petals.

This recipe can be as humble or as fancy as you want. Either way, it is dense, moist, and delicious.

Ingredients

Cake

• ½ cup maple syrup (can sub sugar or brown sugar)

• 2 eggs

• 1 cup mashed overripe banana

• ½ cup full-fat greek yogurt

• 1 tsp vanilla

• ¾ tsp salt

• 1 cup AP flour

• ½ cup hazelnut meal (or almond flour, oat flour, whole wheat flour, buckwheat flour, or more AP)

• ¾ tsp baking soda

• ½ cup butter (melted)

Glaze

• ½ cup tahini

• 1 cup powdered sugar

• 2-4 Tbs hot water

• ½ tsp cardamon

• ½ tsp cinnamon

• ¼ tsp allspice

Instructions

1. Whisk maple and egg until light and foamy ~1 min

2. Add in mashed banana, greek yogurt, vanilla, and salt. Mix well

3. Add in both flours and baking soda. Fold in with a rubber spatula.

4. Slowly fold in melted butter.

5. Pour into the greased pan of your choosing (I like a round pan with olive oil)

6. Bake at 350 until a cake tester inserted in the center comes out clean (30-60 minutes, depending on the pan)

7. While the cake is cooking, make your glaze. Nothing fancy here, just add all the glaze ingredients to a bowl and mix. Start with just a little hot water and add to get your desired consistency.

8. Wait for your cakes to cook before you put the glaze on. Top with sesame seeds for extra charm.

Let me know if you try this out, and as always, I hope you are feeling loved and fed <3