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    Home > Vegan Dessert Recipes > Vegan Cake Recipes

    Vegan Banana Coffee Cake with Chocolate Streusel

    Posted: Feb 22, 2014 ยท Updated: Aug 17, 2021

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    Vegan Banana Coffee Cake squares served on white plates with coffee.

    So have you ever wondered what it is with all this trend-driven food blogging?

    The other day I came across an article with tips for successful food blogging, one of which was to watch Google Trends to see what recipes are trending so you can cook and share those and draw visitors to your blog like flies to honey. Or maple syrup. Whatever. Apparently everyone who's anyone in the food blog world is doing it.

    I did a double take, gulped, and then wondered -- am I just way, way behind the times because I blog about the simple, everyday food I cook in my kitchen,  hoping that readers will enjoy something that comes straight from the  heart? In a world of a bazillion glamorous food blogs-- each beautifully designed, photographed, and SEO'd to the eyeballs -- am I the bumpkin who shows up to the party without makeup and in last season's shoes?

    Banana Chocolate Coffee Cake -- closeup of slice being lifted out of baking pan with knife.

    In a moment of confusion I turned to Desi, my resident sage. Do you think I should be watching Google Trends before I decide what to cook and post? I asked him.  Like many food bloggers today (and gosh, how they have exploded since I started blogging in 2007!) should I be spending hours on Pinterest and Facebook and Twitter to make sure that my blog gets read by everyone I can possibly reach? Otherwise, in another year, will anyone actually be reading Holy Cow!?

    Well, is that what you want? he asked me back.

    I thought for a moment, but I already knew the answer. No.

    Let me clarify first-- I don't mean to knock every blogger out there who's marketing their blog with savvy (although I will say that headlines stuffed with keywords hurt my eyes  and make me want to look no further). I understand the importance of marketing and I do my share of it. I am lucky enough to have great pictures on my blog thanks to Desi and I made some changes to the blog recently, like adding the Easy Recipe plugin so you could print and share recipes more easily. And I have a Facebook page, a Pinterest page and a Twitter account that I share my latest recipes on. But by no means do I want to spend hours every day selling my blog when I'd rather be creating great food and memorable posts. When I started writing Holy Cow!, all I wanted was to invite those of you who love good food to my kitchen, engage in a conversation about cooking, life and the animals that make it better, and share the simple meals I cook up for my family and friends. Even today that's what I'd rather do with most of the time I spend nurturing this blog.

    Still in the doldrums after my enlightening (if rather one-sided) conversation with Desi, I opened my mailbox and there was a reader email waiting for me. "Vaishali, I love you and your recipes and your website," Ingrid wrote.  "You are an absolute treasure!"

    Treasure? I don't think so, but it was the light bulb moment I had so badly needed. I thought of all those emails and messages you have sent me over the years telling me how much you appreciate the blog (I have saved them in a folder and I look at them once in a while when I am having a bleak blog moment. True story). I thought of all the times you've cooked one of my recipes and written to tell me you loved it -- it  brings a smile to my face each time and helps me keep going.  I thought of the blogs I love, and why I love them-- because they offer up a tasty slice of life alongside simple food. I realized then that my blog is already where I want it to be and the people I blog for -- you and me -- are already here. And if you aren't, you might wander in one day and decide you'd like to  stay back for a chat and some good food.

    And once I realized that I was relieved because, honestly, I've never been the trendy type. To me, life is all about doing your own thing and finding your own niche, not jumping into one created by someone else.

    Here's to bumpkins without makeup! May our tribe increase.

    Closeup of a slice of vegan Banana Chocolate Coffee Cake

    Now for this delicious and healthy Vegan Banana Coffee Cake with Chocolate Streusel. It is moist, delicious, perfectly sweet, and -- in a word-- superb.

    So here it is, as a thank you for sitting through my rant. This recipe's not trending on any search engine, I'm pretty sure, but are bananas and cake and chocolate ever out of fashion?

    Have a great weekend, all!

    Closeup of a slice of Banana chocolate coffee cake on a white plate.

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    Banana Coffee Cake freshly baked in a metal baking pan with chocolate streusel on top.
    Banana Coffee Cake

    Banana Coffee Cake with Chocolate Streusel

    A whole wheat vegan Banana Coffee Cake that's as delicious as it's pretty. The cake has a topping of walnut-and-chocolate-chip streusel. A vegan, soy-free recipe.
    5 from 2 votes
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    Course: Dessert
    Cuisine: American
    Diet: Vegan, Vegetarian
    Keyword: Vegan Banana Coffee Cake
    Prep Time: 20 mins
    Cook Time: 45 mins
    Total Time: 1 hr 5 mins
    Servings: 16
    Calories: 243kcal
    Author: Vaishali ยท Holy Cow! Vegan Recipes

    Ingredients 

    For the streusel topping

    • 1 ยผ cup semisweet chocolate chips
    • ยฝ cup walnuts chopped
    • โ…“ cup sugar
    • 2 teaspoon ground cinnamon

    For the cake batter

    • 1 ยฝ cups whole wheat pastry flour can use half regular whole wheat and half all-purpose flour
    • ยพ teaspoon baking soda
    • ยพ teaspoon baking powder
    • ยฝ cup applesauce
    • ยฝ cup sugar
    • ยผ cup vegetable oil
    • ยผ cup nondairy milk
    • 1 teaspoon vinegar
    • 2 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
    • 3 large bananas mashed
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    Instructions

    • Make the streusel by mixing well all of the streusel ingredients in a bowl. Set aside.
    • Whisk together the sugar, oil and vanilla extract for a minute, either in the bowl of a stand mixer or with a hand mixer. If you don't have either, use a whisk but make sure you beat well for about 2 minutes.
    • Add the nondairy milk, vinegar, mashed bananas and applesauce and beat for another minute until everything is well incorporated.
    • Mix the flour with the baking soda and baking powder. Whisk.
    • Add the flour to the banana-oil-applesauce mix in two batches, beating for 20 seconds after each addition. Scrape the sides and bottom of the bowl with a spatula to ensure everything's well integrated and you don't have any streaks of dry flour.
    • Oil and flour a cake pan. The one I used was a square pan that's 9 X 9 X 2 inches, but you can use a regular 8- or 9-inch cake pan if you'd rather.
    • Pour half of the cake batter in the pan and with a spatula make sure it is spread in an even layer. Sprinkle half of the chocolate streusel topping on the batter.
    • Pour in the remaining half of the batter and smooth over the chocolate streusel. Sprinkle the remaining streusel on top.
    • Bake the cake in a preheated 350-degree Fahrenheit oven for 45 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
    • Cool in the pan on a rack.
    • Slice and eat.

    Nutrition

    Calories: 243kcal | Carbohydrates: 34g | Protein: 3g | Fat: 12g | Saturated Fat: 6g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 2g | Monounsaturated Fat: 2g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 1mg | Sodium: 56mg | Potassium: 260mg | Fiber: 3g | Sugar: 20g | Vitamin A: 43IU | Vitamin C: 3mg | Calcium: 34mg | Iron: 2mg
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    I cook and eat simple, tasty and nutritious plant-based food in my Washington, D.C. kitchen, but I never fight a craving for samosas or French fries. Read more about me here.

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    1. zol1ann

      July 07, 2015 at 10:24 am

      5 stars
      Hello, Vaishali! Full disclosure: I'm a wreck in the kitchen and can barely make edible toast, let alone a baked good but this coffeecake turned out AMAZINGLY well! My partner and I are slowly transitioning our home from vegetarian to vegan and so I am new to Holy Cow, and loving it. To your point above about what to post...trendy is fine if you're in the mood, sure, but genuine and from the heart are always guaranteed winners.

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      • Vaishali Honawar

        July 08, 2015 at 1:34 pm

        Hi zol1ann, thanks for your lovely message, and so happy to learn you enjoyed the cake. Congrats on the vegan journey, and hope you find the blog useful.

        Reply
    2. Kevin

      April 14, 2015 at 2:32 pm

      This looks good, but making it is proving to be problematic. It seems like some of the instructions are missing. You said to mix the streusel ingredients, which I thought meant the toppings. However, there is no mention of when to use the bananas, baking soda, or baking powder in the recipe after.

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      • Vaishali Honawar

        April 14, 2015 at 2:56 pm

        Kevin, add the mashed bananas with the applesauce, and the baking soda and powder are whisked in with the flour before it's added. I've clarified in the recipe. Thanks for pointing out.

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