Choco banana muffins
About
I love making banana muffins!
I feel it is a great way to use up your overripe bananas but also to add fruits to your bakes.
My version has the addition of a delicious combo of Rowse honey and cocoa which gives it a chocolatey twist.
It can be enjoyed around the breakfast table, during coffee breaks or as gift to friends and family. For a richer flavour, feel free to substitute your caster sugar with some brown sugar.
If giving them away, I find baking then in greaseproof muffin cases a great option and a way to add a personal touch.
Hermine, Semi-finalist of The Great British Bake Off 2020
Ingredients
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Method
- 1
Preheat your oven to 180C fan/gas 4/350F.
- 2
In a large bowl, add the butter and the sugar and mix.
- 3
Add the 2 eggs and mix until well combined.
- 4
Add the mashed bananas and mix well.
- 5
Sift and fold in the flour, the bicarbonate of soda and the baking powder.
- 6
Add the cinnamon, the nutmeg, the vanilla, the salt and mix well until combined.
- 7
Grease 12 medium muffin moulds or cases.
- 8
Fill a third of each muffin mould or case with the batter.
- 9
Mix the cocoa into the honey and add a full teaspoon of the mixture to the centre of the batter.
- 10
Spoon more batter over the top of the honey and cocoa mixture to fill about two-thirds of the moulds or cases.
- 11
Sprinkle over the oat flakes
- 12
Bake at 180C fan/gas 4/350F for 20–25 minutes. Enjoy warm or cold.