Vegan Chocolate Banana Spice...BROWNIES?

As I was wondering what to bake today I thought...what about banana bread? I got home and thought oh well what about chocolate banana bread? And what if I added spices? Well we'll see what happens here.

I first thought of calling this "Chocolate Banana Spice Cake" but as you will see it turned out differently than I first thought!

The ingredients I chose:

 

Wheat flour

Sugar

Vegetable Oil

Vanilla extract

Cocoa powder

Baking powder

Baking soda

Banana

Cinnamon

Ginger

Clove

Nutmeg

 Oh hey, looks like this is going to be vegan, surprise.

Here's what I did:

Preheated oven to 325 degrees.

Sliced up one banana.

Added 1/4 cup of vegetable oil.

Mashed that up with a fork, then added some vanilla.

Ended up adding about 2/3 cup of sugar, mixed that.

Added 1/4 cup of cocoa powder. Actually maybe a little bit more.

Then I added the spices. It's really up to you what kind and what amount of spices you add. I added cinnamon, cloves, nutmeg, and ginger. A few dashes of each, though I added at least 3 times as much cinnamon as any of the other ones.

Added about 2/3 cup of wheat flour.

Mixed everything and ALMOST FORGOT THE BAKING POWDER AND BAKING SODA.

 I added about 1/4 tsp baking powder, and about 1/8 tsp baking soda.

I put it all in an oiled baking pan and put it in the oven. It seemed done after about 20 minutes.

When I took it out, I added some powdered sugar on top.

The Verdict:

Well, it looks like I've made brownies. Yup. That's really what this is. Chocolatey, moist, gooey brownies, with a bit of a banana flavor. I can taste the spices a little bit, not too much, but I like that I added them. I like the ginger and may want to add more next time.

Oh man you guys this is really good.

For next time, I would try to eliminate the oil. Maybe use applesauce or something. Would it be as good? I hope so!

For the title of this blog entry I've gone with "Vegan Chocolate Banana Spice Brownies" but they are mainly "Vegan Brownies" with side notes of the other descriptors. I think if I wanted to go for something that is truly "chocolate banana spice" and not just brownies, I'd add slices of bananas, some dashes of cinnamon, and maybe some whipped cream, as a top layer! OH MY GOD...

Or what if I used canned pumpkin instead of banana...

Anyway, the final amounts:

One banana
1/4c vegetable oil
Some vanilla
2/3c sugar
1/4c-ish cocoa powder
A few dashes of ginger, clove, and nutmeg
10 or so dashes of cinnamon
2/3c wheat flour
1/4tsp baking powder
1/8tsp baking soda

Bake these at 325 for about 20 minutes. Makes one small pan of brownies. You may want to double the recipe.