Chia Seed Banana Bread ~ 香蕉种子蛋糕

This moist Chia Seed Banana bread makes a great snack or a quick breakfast.  Loaded with chia seeds and lots of banana flavour, one can enjoy it with a cup of steaming hot coffee or tea.

Chia Seed Banana Bread ~   香蕉种子蛋糕
Ingredients 

• 150 gm plain flour
• 90 gm wholemeal flour
• 1 tsp bicarbonate of soda
• 2 'L' eggs
• 3 Tbsp Chia seeds
• 1/8 tsp salt
• 55 gm caster sugar
• 55 gm brown sugar (I used Muscovado sugar)
• 300 gm over ripe bananas, mashed. (about 3 bananas)
• 1/2 cup canola oil
• 1 tsp vanilla
• 1/2 tsp cinnamon
• 1/3 cup Buttermilk (1/3 cup milk + 1 tsp vinegar or lemon juice)
• 1 banana, slit into half

Method

1. Line a 9 x 5 x 3 inch loaf pan with parchment paper, set aside.
2. Mix the  buttermilk and let it sit for about 10 mins. or more.
3. Whisk the plain flour, wholemeal flour, salt and bicarbonate of soda thoroughly.
4. Add in the chia seeds and cinnamon.  Mix well.
5. In another bowl, beat the eggs, caster sugar, muscovado sugar, oil, buttermilk and vanilla till well incorporated.  Add in the mashed bananas.  Mix till well combined.
6. Make a small well in the flour mixture and gradually pour in the wet ingredients.  Mix till well incorporated but do not overmix.
7. Pour batter into the prepared loaf pan, level the surface and place the two halves of banana on top.
8. Bake in a preheated oven @ 170 deg.C for 50 to 55 mins. till golden brown and a skewer tested comes out clean.
9. Remove from oven and let sit in pan for ten mins. before lifting the cake to cool on a wire rack to cool completely.