BANANA CUPCAKES

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Good Food reader, Mita Patel, shares her recipe for these cute, energy-giving, choc-banana cupcakes

Provided by Good Food team

Time 35m

Number Of Ingredients 9

Ingredients

140g wholemeal flour
2 tsp baking powder
50g golden caster sugar
1 medium egg
50g melted butter , cooled
125ml semi-skimmed milk
2 small ripe bananas , 1 mashed, 1 sliced
140g white chocolate , roughly chopped
cinnamon , for sprinkling

Steps:

Heat oven to 190C/170C fan/gas 5. Line a bun tin with 8 paper cases. In a large bowl, mix the flour, baking powder and sugar with a pinch of salt.
In a separate bowl, beat the egg, melted butter and milk for 20 secs; add the mashed banana and beat for a further 5 secs until everything is nicely mixed.
Pour the banana mix into the flour and fold everything together. Once it is almost combined, add 85g of the white chocolate - the mixture will still look a little lumpy. Spoon the cake mix into the paper cases and bake for 18-20 mins until golden and risen, and a skewer inserted comes out clean. Cool on a wire rack.
Meanwhile, melt the remaining white chocolate over a pan of barely simmering water. Allow to cool a bit, then spread on top of the cakes. Add a couple of slices of banana and sprinkle with cinnamon.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 256 calories, Fat 12 grams fat, SaturatedFat 7 grams saturated fat, Carbohydrate 34 grams carbohydrates, Sugar 22 grams sugar, Fiber 2 grams fiber, Protein 5 grams protein, Sodium 0.47 milligram of sodium