Eggless Peppermint Banana Bread

This is a delicious eggless banana bread of the season loaded with peppermint flavors, stuffed with peppermint cream cheese, and topped with white chocolate, candy canes and peppermint crunch candies. 

Banana breads are versatile and that makes them a unique choice to make them with seasonal flavors like Pumpkin Banana Bread and Eggless Banana Almond Gingerbread. This peppermint loaf is an addition to the list. When the bread is stuffed with cream cheese, it is totally delicious! Cream cheese pairs well with many flavors, and so the flavors in these bread blend harmoniously creating the ultimate breakfast experience. This is an eggless loaf, the bananas and aquafaba give a great texture and softness to the bread.  For a variation, this can be baked into mini loaves or even muffins. 

Chocolatey Whole Wheat Date Sugar Banana Bread

Eggless Banana Almond Gingerbread

Pumpkin Banana Bread

Whole Wheat Banana Bread

Pearl Millet Banana Muffins

This loaf has tons of peppermint flavor. Peppermint syrup, peppermint extract, peppermint candy canes, and Andes peppermint crunch. The cream cheese layer has the peppermint crunch and the candy canes. Even with this many layers of peppermint flavoring, this is not overwhelming at all. Both banana and peppermint can be overpowering flavors, but in this loaf, both these are perfectly balanced. Just the right amounts of both!

Peppermint flavor is the flavor of the season. Don’t you agree? Peppermint has a strong odor, with a warm herbaceous taste and a cooling after taste because of the menthol present in higher concentration. This gives a refreshing taste and it is my favorite one. A cup of Peppermint Hot Cocoa or Peppermint Mocha is my go to choice. These Peppermint Hot Cocoa Bombs are  great edible gifts too! Here are more recipes using peppermint.

Peppermint Falooda

Eggless Peppermint Cake

Whole Wheat Chocolate Peppermint Waffles

Peppermint Swirls

Eggless Triple Peppermint Cookie

Peppermint Mocha Muffins

Priya suggested the theme as Festive Recipes in our Shhhh Secretly Cooking Group, and by the way, her blog has a wonderful collection of recipes for each festival. Preethi is my partner this month and her recipe for Tahitian Donut is on my top list to do.  She suggested peppermint syrup and aquafaba as the secret ingredients. I made this loaf using the ingredients. In turn, I gave coconut milk and condensed milk as the secret ingredients and she made this delicious payasam. Any festive occasions are incomplete without a payasam.

This delicious peppermint eggless banana bread with cream cheese is my share for the Bakeathon 2022. This is my 12th baked recipe for this event this month and here are the links to the recipes shared earlier. 

Pumpkin Banana Bread

 

Eggless Banana Almond Gingerbread

 

Pandesal

 

Samosa Chaat Pizza

 

Cheese Hatch Chile Tamale Cups

Cranberry Gingerbread Rolls

Roasted Tandoori Spice Vegetables

Tutti Fruity Sweet Rolls

Baked Millet Handvo

Baked Malai Paneer Pasta

Peppermint Mocha Muffins

Ingredients

All purpose flour - 2cups

Bananas - 1.5 cups

Peppermint syrup - 1/4 cup

Candy canes - 2 tbsp

Peppermint crunch candies - 1.5 tbsp

Baking powder-1.5 tsp

Baking soda3/4tsp

Oil - 1/4 cup

Milk - 1/4 cup

Salt - 1/2 tsp

Sugar - 2/3 cup

Aquafaba - 3 tbsp

Peppermint extract - 1/2 tsp

For the Cream Cheese Stuffing

Cream cheese - 8 -oz, room temperature

Powdered sugar - 3 tbsp

Peppermint candy canes - 1.5 tbsp

Andes peppermint crunch - 1.5 tbsp

Aquafaba - 1 tbsp

Cornstarch - 1 tsp

Topping

Candy canes - 1.5 tbsp, crushed

Peppermint crunch candies - 1.5 tbsp, chopped

White chocolate - 1.5cups

Method

To a bowl, add the cream cheese, powdered sugar, corn starch, aquafaba and beat well until fluffy.

Add the crushed candy canes and peppermint crunch candies. fold in the candies and set aside.

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. 

Toa bowl, add the mashed bananas, aquafaba, peppermint syrup, peppermint extract, sugar, milk, and mix well.

Mix the flour, salt, baking powder, and baking soda. Add it to the wet ingredients and mix quickly.

Fold in the crushed candy canes and peppermint crunch candies.

Line a 9X5-in baking pan with parchment. Pour half the batter into the pan. Spread the cream cheese mixture. Add the remaining batter on top. Tap a few times.

Bake in the oven at 350 degrees F for 58-60 minutes, until an inserted toothpick comes out clean. Remove from the oven and cool completely.

Melt the chocolate chips in microwave in 30 seconds interval. Mix thoroughly to have a smooth melted chocolate.

Pour the chocolate on top of the banana bread. Sprinkle the remaining crushed candy canes and peppermint crunch candies. Let it set.

Slice and serve.