It’s like carrot cake. And banana bread. All in one. Two faves.
This Rustic Carrot Cake (meets) Banana Bread tastes delicious paired with a warm mug of tea or your favorite latte. And I'd included an optional accent of cinnamon cream if you want to turn each slice into a sweet, dessert-worthy treat.
Gluten Free or Not?
You have the option of using gluten free flour or not. If you do, I would use one of the 1:1 blends that mimics that same consistency and ratio of a wheat flour.
Carrot Cake Meets Banana Bread
This Rustic Carrot Banana Bread is loaded with healthy-delicious flavor. You can choose between making it with traditional all purpose flour or gluten free flour.
This Rustic Carrot Cake Banana Bread is vegan.
The flavor of this bread combines classic banana bread with nutty-golden carrot cake. This Rustic Carrot Cake Banana Bread has a favorable, rustic texture from the walnuts, shredded carrots and whole oats. It tastes like you would be served this loaf in a cute little bed and breakfast in the countryside.
Golden raisins, coconut shreds or chopped dates would be nice add-ins too!
This Rustic Carrot Cake Banana Bread tastes delicious paired with a warm mug of ginger or chai tea or your favorite latte. And I’d included an optional accent of cinnamon cream if you want to turn each slice into a sweet, dessert-worthy treat.
Fan Favorite
This recipe somehow became a huge fan-fave hit! Maybe it's the texture, maybe it's the nutrition profile or maybe it's just because it sounds pretty yummy. I love this recipe and I am so glad you guys do to. If you have made it - please tag me on IG with a pic! I have already seen a few and you guys are amazing!
Healthy Bake
This bread contains a wide variety of healthy, nutrient-loaded ingredients.
- Carrots add fiber and loads of vitamin A.
- Bananas are rich in fiber. potassium and magnesium. Bananas are a whole food way to sweeten this loaf.
- Walnuts are a great choice for healthy fats.
- Oats are a fiber-rich whole grain.
- This recipe has minimal added sugar - and is only sweetened with maple syrup and bananas and carrots.
My Chocolate Chip Banana Bread is another favorite recipe.
Rustic Carrot Cake Banana Bread for an anytime snack. Pairs well with tea!
Rustic Carrot-Banana Bread with Walnuts
Ingredients
Dry:
- 1 ⅓ cups flour, gluten free optional
- 2 teaspoon ground flax seed
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 2 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
Wet:
- ⅓ cup maple syrup
- 3 whole bananas, mashed
- 2 tablespoon avocado or olive oil
- ¼ cup orange juice, + pinch of zest
- ½ teaspoon fresh ginger, minced - optional
- ¼ cup vegan egg replacer
Fold in:
- 1 cup carrots, grated
- ¾ cup rolled oats
- 1 cup walnuts, chopped
Instructions
- Line a loaf pan with parchment paper or grease with coconut oil.
- Preheat oven to 410 degrees.
- Combine the wet ingredients in a large mixing bowl, mashing the bananas very well with the sweetener, citrus juice and oil.
- Fold in the dry ingredients until a thickened batter forms.
- Fold in the fold-in ingredients.
- Pour batter into pan and sprinkle a few rolled oats over top. I like to add a sprinkle of coarse sugar or a drizzle of sweetener over top too.
- Bake at 410 for twenty minutes, then reduce heat and bake for an additional 15 minutes at 350. The loaf will firm up a bit as it cools, but keep in mind that this is a hearty, more dense loaf because it is gluten-free and contains a lot of knobby, dense ingredients. Tons of texture in each bits.
- Cool a bit, slice and serve. Store leftover, covered, in the fridge or freezer and re-warm to serve.
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Suzanne says
Excellent bread, whole family loved it. I used half white flour and half spelt flour and used real egg versus vegan replacement. Will be making again as soon as this loaf is gone which will be today!
sylvia says
just put this in the oven. are there directions for the cinnamon cream topping? do I grind the cashews? thanks
Jenni says
Wondering if you could use Almond Flour instead of Gluten Free flour in this?
Saying out says
GF and no yeast, well that's us sorted out. Now about some wraps for our salads........ ? We make everything here so a quick, simple and freezing friendly recipe is what we look for.
Brittany Huff says
is there anything I could do to replace a juiced orange I have to way to juice and orange like is there a sugfest amount of orange juice I could use?
cat says
I followed the recipe carefully, included all ingredients, but after the indicated cooking time, it wasn't done at all, so I cooked it 15 more minutes, let cool, and tried to slice. It was marginally more cooked than raw dough. The flavor was decent but I had to try hard to taste it over the texture of raw bread. I'm a good cook, can make things on my own, but sadly have yet to find any good recipes online. I'm going to let it sit until tomorrow, take a wet serrated knife and saw through it gently, turn slices on their sides, and bake. I see no one has commented here in the last month, so I'm not expecting any tips, but wanted to warn new comers -- add 2 backyard chicken eggs if you have them (don't buy factory farm eggs), but if you don't, I'd advise cooking in small muffin tins, so all pieces are small and have the best chance to cook through. Oh, and I used the 2 carrots, but next time would just use one--it's more of a carrot walnut bread than banana bread. I had such high hopes for this, and the walnuts are so expensive, now I wish I'd just thrown out the overripe bananas.
Deb says
Hey Cat, there were other comments on this recipe and their bread seemed to turn out wonderfully...maybe you should try to ask them specifically for help by clicking on the reply option below each post(whenever someone replies to my posts, I get a notification in my regular email). I can honestly say that every single recipe I have made on here has been a success. This is also technically a vegan site, not just vegetarian.. so that is probably why you wondered why eggs were left out as a binder. It can be a little tricky at first, learning how to bake without those ingredients!;) Sorry it didn't turn out for you though...walnuts are pricey. You should try out some of Kathy's other recipes...she is a really great cook!
Ana Wilson says
I just made it but it turned out very doughy and gummy. I doubled the receipe but I put it in the glass shallow container! What went wrong? Btw it is still in the owen after 1:10
Kristin says
What do you recommend if not doing gluten free i don't have xanthan gum
Meredith Youngson says
What a wonderful idea- making this instead of muffins tomorrow !
Julia Uskova says
This bread is soooo amazing! I had it for breakfast every morning the whole week!! I also added a handful of golden raisins... I made a ricotta cream to it: ricotta, stevia, vanilla essence and a bit of soya milk - blend all together to a creamy and smooth consistency....Ahhh soooo delicious!! A warm piece of cake and a dollop of cream on top!!! There is no better morning! 😉 Big THANK YOU for sharing this amazing recipe! 🙂
Nikki says
What is the difference between Grade A and B maple syrup?
Cici says
This came out so great! My first successful gluten free baking experience! 😀 Thank you!
Kelly says
Yum! Looks lots lots of delicious flavors in this! And the texture looks fabulous!
Megan @fittingintovegan.com says
MMMM, all the best stuff all rolled up into a bread!
The Vegan Cookie Fairy says
Interesting that you put in cayenne, I bet that gives a delicious flavour to the loaf.
Sarojini says
this recipe came just in time as my husband has decided to go gluten free- thanks, it looks wonderful 🙂
The Peace Patch says
Two chunkyyumful breads in one...I think I've found my new midnight snack! This is exactly the kind of filling treat I would totally nom on in the middle of the night with a big glass of almond milk. Thanks for the recipe! 🙂
Linda says
Does that mean there's no need for the xantham gum then?
By the way, amazing looking recipe Kathy, I always get excited when I see you have a new post up!
Julie @ The Simple Veganista says
Anything rustic and I'm all in! This looks and sounds amazing...love the ingredients!
Kathy Patalsky says
Yes any non gluten free flour will work
Julie says
This looks so amazing...I must try making it soon. Do you think substituting spelt flour for the gluten-free flour would work?