Banana Honey-Tahini Almond Bread

ByIvy Liacopoulou
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Banana Honey-Tahini Almond Bread is a twist to the classic cake,  made with ripe bananas and many healthy ingredients such as tahini, honey and almonds.

Homemade Banana bread with tahini image

Although we have not left on vacation this year, we have been away again for a fews days. 

This summer it's been really hot and humid here in Athens, not the kind of weather that one could stay on the computer for long. 

Whenever we can we go to the beach or get away for the weekend.  

We have visited Nafplion a few times and during one of our trips there on our way back we visited Epidavros.

Our last trip was to Sparta last week.    During our stay there we visited Gytheio and the villages of Vamvakou and Arachova (Karyai) on Parnonas, which is the mountain range opposite Taygettus.  Shall write about our trips in another post.

ripe bananas image

When we came back, I found that some bananas which were left behind had became black outside and ripe inside, so the first thing that came to my mind was to make banana bread but not the usual one you all know. 

Banana tahini almond bread image

I made it with  less butter by substituting it with honey-tahini  (if you don't have honey tahini, just add honey to plain tahini until it is sweet enough) and almonds making it a very tasty and much healthier cake. 

If you like tahini you will love this cake.

Collage Banana-Bread with Tahini image

On another note, this month marks the 3 year anniversary of Kopiaste.   I can't believe that I have been blogging for three years.   It seems like yesterday when I started blogging.  The first blog was bilingual as I wrote both in English and Greek and a few months later, I decided to have two separate blogs, one in English and one in Greek.

Thank you all my dear readers for your love and support, as I know I couldn't do it without you!!

A slice of banana bread in a plate image
Banana bread picture

Banana Honey-Tahini Almond Bread

Yield: 12
Prep Time: 30 minutes
Cook Time: 55 minutes
Total Time: 1 hour 25 minutes

Banana Honey-Tahini Almond Bread is a twist to the classic cake, made with ripe bananas and many healthy ingredients such as tahini, honey and almonds.

5.0 Stars (1 Review)

Ingredients

  • 70 grams (2.5 oz) butter, at room temperature
  • ½ cup honey-tahini
  • 1 cup (220 grams - 7.75 oz) brown sugar
  • 2 eggs
  • 3 ripe bananas
  • ½ cup blanched almonds, coarsely cut
  • 2 cups self raising flour
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • ½ teaspoon salt
  • 1 teaspoon mixed spice

Instructions

  1. Pre-heat the oven to 180o C / 350o F.
  2. Beat together butter, tahini and sugar on high speed for 10 minutes, scraping the bowl when necessary 
  3. Lower speed and add eggs one at a time.
  4. Add bananas and mix until they mash, then add the nuts.
  5. Meantime, sieve flour with salt, baking soda and mixed spice 
  6. Add the flour gradually into the mixture and beat until light and fluffy.
  7. Grease a 31 x 11 cm (12 x 4 inches) loaf pan and empty batter, which should not exceed the middle of the loaf pan.
  8. Bake for 45 minutes to 1 hour, depending on your oven, or until a knife inserted in the middle comes out clean.
  9. Cool in pan for 10 minutes. Then take out of pan and cool on wire rack.

Notes

If you do not have mixed spice, you can replace it with a mixture of cinnamon, cloves, nutmeg and ginger powder.

Nutrition Information
Yield 10 Serving Size 1
Amount Per Serving Calories 238Total Fat 6gSaturated Fat 1gTrans Fat 0gUnsaturated Fat 5gCholesterol 37mgSodium 591mgCarbohydrates 43gFiber 2gSugar 19gProtein 6g

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© Ivy Liacopoulou
Cuisine: Greek Cuisine / Category: Cakes

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40 Comments

  1. Hi Ivy! I'm glad to hear you have been taking mini breaks to escape the heat and humidity. The cake looks yummy and I have bookmarked it to try it with the tahini/honey combination. And a very big congratulations for reaching the 3 year mark with blogging! I hope to keep on reading you for another 3 years!
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  2. Congrats and happy blogiversary kai kalo taxidia! I love Nafplion 🙂 Sometimes my aunt sends me the honey-tahini but I used my last jar up so it's just DIY honey-tahini. I love how you use tahini in so many things. It's truly fantastic!

  4. hello ,ivy!a happy blogoversary and congrats ,you make a greaaaaat job!banana-tahini bread it's unique!
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  5. Happy Blogaaniversary....rock on dear Ivy...it's been long since i visited here....hope u r doing good....bread sounds incredible with those ingredients....
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  7. I sometimes think mini breaks are better than very long holidays. Mine breaks for me ar eintense and very enjoyable.
    Congragultaion to your wonderful blog and to you.
    Beautiful cake. Love the picture.

  9. Hey Ivy!!! Happy Blogoversary! I'm glad you've been able to get away. IT's always nice when you can take little trips here and there, it breaks up the days, I think!
    The bread looks delicious, it looks so soft and moist on the inside. Great job on "healthifying" a usually not so healthy bread!

  11. IVY, Happy blog anniversary.
    Banana bread looks delicious. I always in search of banana bread recipes .
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  12. Happy Blog Anniversary !!! And also double congratulations for keeping up both the english and the greek language blog, that's quite a lot of effort. I love banana cake/bread with honey and walnuts. I'll have to try this edition though as tahini is a stable favourite but never thought of adding it in a cake. Thanks for another great combination!
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  13. Ivy, happy birthday to your wonderful blog! Happy birthday to you! Congratulations to promote more ideas, other blogs and have great recipes. With love, Elena.

  14. Happy Blog Anniversary! I wish you to be healthy and be able to blog for many more years. I totally agree with you regarding humidity this summer. And we have also these mosquitos that leave their mark in our bodies every single day. This banana bread looks very fluffy and tasty.
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