Sunday 27 July 2014

Chocolate Swirled Banana Cupcakes

Chocolate Banana Cupcakes

I can't believe it's Sunday again and I haven't blogged since Wednesday. I knew I couldn't go more than a week without posting a recipe though. That's something I want to keep to, if nothing else. I do really miss blogging though, and I cannot wait for my two days off this week to just sit down and blog. Anyway, this week  I am bringing you Chocolate Swirled Banana Cupcakes. Anything that includes chocolate is always a hit for me and there's nearly always bananas in my kitchen that need to be used up.



Banana bread was the first thing that I ever made from scratch, so it's an old favourite of mine. I decided a few months back, after getting bored of the plain banana bread recipe that I would throw some chocolate in the mix, to change things up a bit. This got mixed reviews in my house, some people didn't like the chocolate taste with the banana, but I liked it. As I said earlier, anything with chocolate in it, I will probably eat.
These cupcakes are so easy to make and I made around 18 cupcakes with this recipe. Happy baking!

Chocolate Swirled Banana Cupcakes


Ingredients:

150g caster sugar
120ml vegetable oil
2 eggs
2 bananas
220g plain flour
1tsp baking powder
1tsp cinnamon
1tsp vanilla extract
3tbsp cocoa powder


1. Preheat the oven to 180C/350F/Gas Mark 4 and line the cupcake tin with cases. 

2. In a large bowl, mix  the flour, cinnamon and baking powder. 

3. In a separate bowl,  whisk together the sugar, oil, eggs and vanilla. 

4. Mash up the bananas, in the third smaller bowl. 

5. Slowly add the wet ingredients to the dry ingredients until they're fully combined. 

6. Fold in the bananas.

7. Take two small bowls and divide up the mixture, 1/3 in one bowl and 2/3 in the other. 

8. Add the cocoa powder to the bowl with the smaller amount of mixture, add 2 tablespoons of milk if it becomes to dry. 

9. Place 1 teaspoon of the plain mixture into the cupcakes cases, followed by a teaspoon of the chocolate mixture, then a further teaspoon of the plain mixture on top. Continue to do this with all the cupcakes.

10. Swirl the mixture in the cases, lightly, with a toothpick to make the swirls. 

11. Place in the oven for 15-20 minutes, or until a skewer comes out clean.

Enjoy!




11 comments:

  1. I was thinking of making something banana and chocolate and orientated myself! I wouldn't be able to resist, I'd be eating them all myself, haha.

    http://thoughtsbyvanessa.blogspot.co.uk ♡

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    1. That's okay, I don't see the problem! ;)

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  2. Hey love! I nominated you for the Liebster Blog Award(: Check out the details on my blog: http://typebeautiful.blogspot.com/2014/07/my-first-liebster-award.html

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  3. Mmm these look yummy!

    becschle.blogspot.co.uk
    xx

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  4. Ohmygod these look so good! I love bananas.

    gingercatqueen.blogspot.com

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  5. They look amazing! I'm def going to have to do more baking once Ive had this baby!! Yum!!
    Lianne | TheBrunetteSays...

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    1. You'll deserve a treat! :) Hope you enjoy them :) x

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  6. These look amazing, I'm definitely going to be giving these a try!

    Emma xx || emsylou.blogspot.co.uk || YouTube Channel

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