Kat Cupcake: Bread

September 2, 2018

Summer Squash Bread with Chocolate Chips

Our garden has produced a lot of huge veggies this year including yellow squash!

We have more than we know what to do with so I decided to get creative with baking. I got to thinking that maybe I could make a sweet bread with some of the squash since you can make things with pumpkin or zucchini so why not squash?

Don't get scared off because there's squash in here. I promise you that it will almost just like zucchini bread except a little more fun!

This bread tastes so good fresh out of the oven. You can eat leftovers cold or heat them up with a slather of peanut butter which makes them even more delicious

Summer Squash Bread

Ingredients
1 cup all purpose flour
1 cup spelt flour
1 tsp cinnamon
1/4 tsp nutmeg
1 tsp baking soda
1 tsp baking powder
1/2 cup vegetable oil
1/2 cup sugar
1/2 cup coconut sugar
2 eggs
1 tsp vanilla extract
1/4 cup Greek yogurt
1 cup grated squash
1/2 cup chocolate chips

Directions
1. Preheat oven to 325F. Grease a 9x5 inch loaf pan. Place grated squash in between some paper towels and allow it to sit to drain any excess water
2. In a medium bowl, mix together the flours, cinnamon, nutmeg, baking soda, and baking powder
3. In a separate bowl, whisk together the oil, sugar, coconut sugar, eggs, and vanilla
4. Stir the Greek yogurt into your wet ingredients
5. Gently fold the dry ingredients into the wet ingredients using a spoon or spatula
6. Stir in grated squash and chocolate chips
7. Pour batter into your prepared pan and bake for 50-60 minutes until golden brown on top and a toothpick inserted in the centre comes out clean

October 15, 2017

The Best Healthy Banana Bread

Kat @ Cupcake Kat 8:25 PM 2 Comments

I know you are probably skeptical of the title. You're probably thinking "THE Best? Really Kat? Is this really the best banana bread?". But I assure you, I rarely make the same recipe more than a couple times but I have made this banana bread every single time I had over-ripe bananas too use.

Yes that is correct, I didn't even think about finding or using a different recipes to use my bananas!

This banana bread is so simple. I think the real secret is it being sweetened by honey. This way the banana bread is not only naturally sweetened but you also get a wonder dense yet fluffy texture from the honey. It is so good.

Best Healthy Banana Bread

Adapted from here

Ingredients

⅓ cup melted coconut oil
½ cup honey
2 eggs
1 cup mashed ripe bananas (about 2 bananas)
¼ cup almond milk
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
½ teaspoon salt
½ teaspoon ground cinnamon, plus more to swirl on top

1/4 tsp nutmeg
1¾ cups spelt flour
1/4 cup chocolate chips

1/4 cup walnuts

Instructions

Preheat oven to 325F and grease a 9×5-inch loaf pan. Line the bottom with wax paper
In a large bowl, beat the coconut oil and honey together with a whisk. Add the eggs and beat well, then whisk in the mashed bananas and almond milk. It's a good idea to bring your eggs and milk to room temperature so that the coconut oil doesn't soldify
Add the baking soda, vanilla, salt cinnamon, and nutmeg. Blend together
Stir in the flour, just until combined. Some lumps are ok.
Gently fold in the chocolate chips and walnuts.
Pour the batter into your loaf pan and sprinkle lightly with cinnamon. If you want the swirled effect, run the tip of a knife across the batter in a zig-zag pattern.
Bake for 55 to 60 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean. Let the bread cool in the loaf pan for 10 minutes then serve!