Vegan Marbled Chocolate Banana Bread

🛒 Ingredients

• #Base Banana Batter;
• 250 g all‑purpose flour,, 3 large ripe bananas (mashed well, approx. 300 g)
• 100 g coconut sugar or caster sugar.. 1 tsp baking powder.. ½ tsp baking soda
• Pinch of fine salt,, 80 ml melted coconut oil or neutral vegetable oil
• 60 ml unsweetened plant milk (oat or soy works best)
• 1 tbsp apple cider vinegar,, 1 tsp pure vanilla extract
• #Chocolate Swirl Batter;
• 2 tbsp unsweetened cocoa powder,, 1 tbsp extra plant milk
• 30 g dairy‑free chocolate chips (optional)

👩‍🍳 Instructions

1. 1

   Prep: Preheat oven to 170 °C (340 °F). Grease and line a 900 g loaf tin. Mix plant milk with vinegar and set aside for 5 minutes until slightly curdled.

2. 2

   Make base batter: In a large bowl, mix mashed banana, sugar, oil, curdled milk, and vanilla until smooth. Sift in flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. Stir gently until just combined — do not overmix.

3. 3

   Divide & flavour: Take roughly one‑third of the batter into a separate bowl. Sift in cocoa powder and add the extra milk; mix until smooth. Fold half the chocolate chips into the plain banana batter, and the rest into the chocolate batter.

4. 4

   Create marbled effect: Spoon alternating dollops of plain and chocolate batter into the loaf tin. Use a knife or skewer to gently swirl through the batter once or twice — do not mix fully, to keep the marbled pattern clear.

5. 5

   Bake: Bake for 45–50 minutes, until a skewer inserted into the centre comes out clean or with just a few moist crumbs. Leave to cool completely in the tin before slicing.