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Easy Plantain Bread (Plantain Cake)

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If you are not familiar with plantain bread (plantain cake), you are in for a treat. This bread is gluten-free, delicious, and is a perfect alternative to banana bread and a great way to use your ripe plantains.
Plantain Bread - Savory Thoughts - Plantain Bread topped with butter and bite off. If you are not familiar with plantain bread (plantain cake), you are in for a treat. This bread is gluten-free, delicious, and is a perfect alternative to banana bread and a great way to use your ripe plantains.

Savory Thoughts: “There is no love sincerer than the love of food.” ― George Bernard Shaw

In Haiti, we eat a lot of plantains. Caribbeans in general, eat a lot of plantains. This is to include boil, fried, or baked.

So it’s no secret we would also found a way to turn plantains into desserts as well or serve it as bread.

Plantain Bread - Savory Thoughts - batter for plantain bread. If you are not familiar with plantain bread (plantain cake), you are in for a treat. This bread is gluten-free, delicious, and is a perfect alternative to banana bread and a great way to use your ripe plantains.

This bread is by far my favorite to make! If you are familiar with banana bread, it is pretty much the same method. The key is to make sure the plantain is ripe enough or soft enough. Once it starts turning yellow with brown or black spots, just like a banana, then it’s time to turn it into a dessert.

This bread/cake can be served for breakfast, lunch, or dinner. It’s the BEST!

Plantain Bread - Savory Thoughts - Bread fixed on a purple tablecloth with a glass of milk and plantain bread in dessert plates with butter knife. If you are not familiar with plantain bread (plantain cake), you are in for a treat. This bread is gluten-free, delicious, and is a perfect alternative to banana bread and a great way to use your ripe plantains.

How to make plantain bread (Plantain Cake)?

Very easy! You will need the following ingredients.

Plantain, gluten-free flour or pancake mix, sugar, butter, baking powder, sour cream, eggs, vanilla extract. See step-by-step picture in the recipe notes below.

Can plantains be substituted for bananas and Can plantains be too ripe?

Yes, you can use bananas in place of plantains and follow the same steps to make this bread. The riper the plantains, the sweeter it will be. In the end, it will taste as if you were eating banana bread.

Plantain Bread - Plantain Cake - Savory Thoughts - Ripe plantains for plantain bread. If you are not familiar with plantain bread (plantain cake), you are in for a treat. This bread is gluten-free, delicious, and is a perfect alternative to banana bread and a great way to use your ripe plantains.

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Plantain Bread (Plantain Cake) Recipe

If you are not familiar with plantain bread (plantain cake), you are in for a treat. This bread is gluten-free, delicious, and is a perfect alternative to banana bread and a great way to use your ripe plantains.

Course Breakfast, Dessert, Side Dish, Sides
Cuisine American, Haitian
Keyword Plantain Bread, Plantain Cake
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 50 minutes
Resting Time 10 minutes
Total Time 1 hour
Servings 12 People
Calories 131 kcal

Ingredients

  • 2 plantains very ripe
  • 1 cup gluten-free pancake and waffle mix
  • 1/4 cup sugar
  • 1 stick salted butter soften
  • 2 tsp baking powder
  • 1 tsp nutmeg
  • 2 large eggs
  • 1/2 cup sour cream
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract

Instructions

  1. Pre-heat oven to 350 degrees. 

    Cut the plantains in small pieces to make it easier to mash. 

  2. In a kitchen aid mixer or using an electric mixer, mash the plantains. 

  3. Cream together the butter, eggs, sugar, baking powder, nutmeg, and vanilla extract one at a time. Combine to a smooth consistency. 

  4. Fold in the flour and sour cream; alternate between each fold. 

  5. Pour in a greased loaf pan or bundt pan. Bake for 50 minutes or until toothpick comes out clean. Let cool and enjoy for breakfast or with ice cream for dessert. 

Recipe Notes

Plantain Bread (Plantain Cake) Recipe Tip:

Plantain - the more yellow they are, the sweeter the plantains will be. 

Flour - I prefer to use the Gluten-free pancake and waffle mix as it is sweet and it also has xanthan gum. 

Plantain Bread (Plantain Cake) Recipe Step-by-Step Picture:

Plantain Bread - Plantain Cake - Ingredients for Plantain Bread. Savory Thoughts.

Plantain Bread - Plantain Cake - Cut up plantains for plantain bread recipe

Plantain Bread - Plantain Cake - Mash plantains

Plantain Bread - Plantain Cake - Mash plantains and eggs in kitchen aid mixer.

Plantain Bread - Savory Thoughts - batter for plantain bread. If you are not familiar with plantain bread (plantain cake), you are in for a treat. This bread is gluten-free, delicious, and is a perfect alternative to banana bread and a great way to use your ripe plantains.

Plantain Bread - Savory Thoughts - batter for plantain bread. If you are not familiar with plantain bread (plantain cake), you are in for a treat. This bread is gluten-free, delicious, and is a perfect alternative to banana bread and a great way to use your ripe plantains.

Plantain Bread - Plantain Cake in loaf plan - Savory Thoughts.

Plantain Bread - Savory Thoughts - toothpick inserted in plantain bread. If you are not familiar with plantain bread (plantain cake), you are in for a treat. This bread is gluten-free, delicious, and is a perfect alternative to banana bread and a great way to use your ripe plantains.

Plantain Bread - Savory Thoughts - Bread fixed on a purple tablecloth with a glass of milk and plantain bread in dessert plates with butter knife. If you are not familiar with plantain bread (plantain cake), you are in for a treat. This bread is gluten-free, delicious, and is a perfect alternative to banana bread and a great way to use your ripe plantains.

Nutrition Facts
Plantain Bread (Plantain Cake) Recipe
Amount Per Serving (12 People)
Calories 131 Calories from Fat 36
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 4g 6%
Saturated Fat 2g 10%
Monounsaturated Fat 1g
Cholesterol 38mg 13%
Sodium 87mg 4%
Potassium 182mg 5%
Total Carbohydrates 23g 8%
Dietary Fiber 2g 8%
Sugars 9g
Protein 3g 6%
Vitamin A 9%
Vitamin C 6%
Calcium 3%
Iron 3%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.

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  1. I have never worked/cooked with plantain. I do remember enjoying it when I was in St.Lucia. This looks like a great recipe to experiment with. I will look for some next time I grocery shop.

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  3. Holy Cow!! This looks incredible! What a stellar recipe packed with so much beauty and flavour. I can’t wait to make this to go with a cup or two of tea. Thanks for another great recipe.

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  6. I married into a hispanic family and we always have some sort of plantain side dish or snack around! This cake looks incredible! I need to make it for my family, I know they would love it!

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  8. I love “platanos”! Platanos is plantains in Spanish. We literally eat them with almost everything in our Puerto Rican meals. Thank so much for this. Now that we have discovered a possible gluten allergy in my son, this is exactly what we need for a holiday snack he can actually have. Banana bread is usually a staple bread for us during the holidays, now we can have platanos!

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    • That’s sweet, Jeannette. Thank you. We are slowly making a switch to gluten-free as well…slowly. We have to make the switch, as well as our children, have a gluten allergy. Enjoy the holidays! I hope he likes the bread.

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  10. I’ve never had plantain bread before but this looks absolutely delicious! I really like banana bread so I’m sure I would love this as well.

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  18. I think I have had so many banana breads already that it is about time to switch to something healthier and… different! This easy plaintain bread looks so good AND it is gluten-free which is just what I need – thank you!

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  25. Yum! I love plantains, but have never had it as a bread. I cannot wait to make this. One quick question, do you know if I can use spelt flour instead of the GF pancake mix?

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    • You can. However, I would be careful as you do not want the texture to be too runny. You may also use regular flour and add a 1 teaspoon baking soda and 1 teaspoon baking powder.

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