Paleo banana bread

Ingredients:

• 3 ripe bananas
• ½ cup (125ml) honey, plus extra to serve
• 1 tsp vanilla bean paste
• 1 ½ tsp ground cinnamon, plus extra to dust
• ½ tsp bicarbonate of soda
• ½ cup (125ml) coconut oil, softened
• 3 eggs
• 1 cup (110g) coconut flour, sifted
• 1 cup (100g) almond meal
• 1 tsp baking powder
• 50g walnuts, chopped

Method:

1. Preheat oven to 160°C. Grease and line a 1.5L loaf pan with baking paper.

• Mash 2 bananas in a bowl with maple syrup, vanilla, cinnamon and bicarb soda.

• In a separate bowl, using an electric mixer, beat coconut oil and eggs until combined.

• Combine coconut flour, almond meal and baking powder in a bowl. Fold banana mixture into egg mixture, then fold in the flour mixture and nuts.

• Spread batter into baking pan. Halve remaining banana horizontally and press into the top of the batter.

• Bake for 55 minutes or until a skewer inserted into the center comes out clean. Cool for 30 minutes in the pan.

• Drizzle with extra honey and dust with cinnamon, to serve.