BANANA CUPCAKES

This Recipe Makes 1 Dozen (12) Cupcakes

Banana Cupcakes is a kind of cake produced using mashed up bananas. It is regularly a sodden, sweet, cake-like snappy bread. It can be prepared in various ways. for example, a layer cake, as breads & as cupcakes/muffins. Steamed banana cake is found in Chinese, Indonesian and Vietnamese cooking.

It is also referred to as banana bread or banana cake. Banana bread initially turned into a standard element of American cookbooks with the advancement of baking powder & baking soda in the 1930s.

National Banana Bread day is 23 February.

Banana Cupcakes Ingredients:

• 150 grams butter/margarine, room temperature
• 1 egg
• 1 teaspoon vanilla essence
• ½ cup milk
• 1 ½ cups all purpose flour
• 1 ½ teaspoons baking powder
• 150 grams castor sugar (¾ cup)
• 2 ripe bananas
• confectionery sugar for decorating (optional)

Method:

1. Preheat oven to 180°C or 356°F.
2. Add butter/margarine to a pot & put it on medium heat.
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4. Thereafter, drop in the castor sugar. Mix & allow butter to melt, combining both ingredients.
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6. Once the butter/margarine has melted & the castor sugar is well combined, switch off the heat & set aside.
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8. Peel bananas & place them in a large mixing bowl.
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11. Next, pour the melted butter & castor sugar mixture into the bowl of bananas.
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14. Using a masher or a fork, mash up the bananas & combine with the butter mixture.
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17. Crack in the egg & add in the vanilla essence.
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19. Beat using a whisk or a fork.
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21. Next, add in the flour & baking powder.
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23. Fold well, using a wooden spoon until you get a batter.
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25. Next, pour in the milk.
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27. Mix until the batter is smooth.
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29. Next, line a muffin tray with cupcake liners, this can be omitted but I feel it gives a good look to the cupcakes. I have also sprayed some spray & cook before placing the liners, as this holds them in place.
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31. Now for the fun part, carefully spoon the batter into the cupcake liners, avoiding any spillage over the ends.
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33. Place cupcakes into the preheated oven & allow to bake for 35 minutes.
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35. They should be nice & golden when done.
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37. Carefully remove the cupcakes from the muffin tray & place on a cooling rack.
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41. Serve as is or take it a step further & sift over some confectionery sugar when cooled.
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44. These Banana Cupcakes can be stored in a airtight container in a cool place for up to a week.
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47. The inside should be fluffy & moist.
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