Go Back
+ servings
Print Recipe
4 from 7 votes

Red velvet banana bread with cream cheese icing

5SP blue, green & purple/3PP
Prep Time10 minutes
Cook Time50 minutes
Total Time1 hour
Course: Baking
Servings: 10
Author: Drizzle

Ingredients

  • 1 egg
  • 2 liquid egg whites 1/4 cup
  • 2 Tbsp sugar
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • 1/2 cup low fat buttermilk 1%
  • 2 medium mashed banana's
  • 1 3/4 cup flour
  • 1 tsp baking powder
  • 1/2 tsp baking soda
  • 2 Tbsp unsweetened cocoa powder
  • 1 Tbsp red food coloring
  • FOR THE ICING
  • 1/4 cup softened light cream cheese
  • 1/4 cup icing sugar confectionery sugar
  • 1/2 Tbsp light butter
  • 1/2 tsp vanilla

Instructions

  • Preheat oven to 350F, spray a regular sized loaf pan with non stick spray.
  • In a bowl whisk your egg, egg whites and sugar together. Add in your buttermilk, mashed banana and vanilla. Mix well.
  • Stir in your flour, cocoa powder, baking powder and soda. Then mix in your food coloring.
  • Pour batter into loaf pan and bake in oven for approx 45-50 minutes.
  • While loaf is baking mix up your icing, cream together your cream cheese, icing sugar, butter and vanilla. Chill icing in fridge. Each serving (with icing) is 5 smart points on all 3 MyWW programs or 3 points plus (old program) if you choose not to make the icing it will be 1 point less.
  • Let loaf cool for at least an hour before icing, then cut into 10 pieces after you have iced the loaf, best stored in the fridge.
  • Nutritional info per serving (not incl banana) Calories 127...Fat 2.4g..Sat fat 1.3g...Carbs 21.2g....Fiber 0.7g...Sugar 6g... Protein 4.1g..