Delicately Sweet Chocolate Banana Muffins
- 50 grams Unsalted butter (or margarine)
- 40 grams Sugar
- 2 Eggs (medium)
- 100 grams Cake flour
- 10 grams Cocoa powder (unsweetened)
- 1 tsp Baking powder
- 55 grams Dark chocolate
- 120 grams Banana
- 1 Powdered sugar
- Preheat the oven to 180C.
- Bring the eggs to room temperature.
- Break up the chocolate.
- Soften the butter.
- Cream the butter, add the sugar, and mix.
- Divide the egg into 3-4 portions and add one portion at a time, mixing well with each addition.
- Put the chocolate in a heatproof container, wrap with plastic wrap, and melt in the microwave.
- Mash the banana with a fork.
- Add the melted chocolate and mashed banana to Step 2 and mix well.
- Combine and sift the dry ingredients and add to Step 4.
- Use a rubber spatula to fold the ingredients into the batter.
- Pour the batter into the muffin cups and bake at 170C for 25-30 minutes.
- *I baked these on the bottom rack.
- Adjust according to your oven.
- Once baked, remove from the cups and let cool on a rack.
- *They're good when freshly baked, but if you let them cool, they will be moist and delicious.
- Dust with powdered sugar to taste and enjoy.
- You can also bake this recipe by using 4 large muffin cups or 2 medium pound cake pans.
- The main image shows 2 large muffins and 1 pound cake.
- Regarding Step 6: Fill the muffin cups to about 70%.
- It would be easy if you use a large spoon to fill the cups.
- Regarding Step 6: When you put the baking sheet into the oven, the temperature will fall, so preheat to 180C, then reduce to 170C after putting the baking sheet in the oven.
- Regarding Step 7: Insert a skewer into the muffins.
- If it comes out clean, they're ready.
- It's just a tad sweet, so please add more sugar if you'd like a sweeter muffin.
butter, sugar, eggs, flour, cocoa, baking powder, chocolate, banana, sugar
Taken from cookpad.com/us/recipes/143309-delicately-sweet-chocolate-banana-muffins (may not work)