BANANA CUPCAKE WITH FROSTING

I made these for a friend's birthday. I hardly ever use bananas in recipes but ever since I had a banana chocolate muffin I promised myself I would find a nice recipe for cupcakes.

Ingredients for 18 cupcakes:

• 125 grams butter
• 175 grams sugar
• 2 eggs
• 2 large mashed ripe bananas
• 1 tsp baking soda
• 2 tbsp boiling milk
• 1 tsp baking power
• 225 grams all-purpose flour

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 170°C
• Cream butter & sugar till light and fluffy
• Add eggs one at a time
• Mix in mashed bananas
• Add baking soda that has been dissolved in hot milk
• Lastly mix in sifted flour & baking powder. Dont overbeat the batter
• Pour in into the cupcake papers in your cupcake/muffin tin
• After 20 minutes they should be lightly brown on top and bounce back when you press on them with your finger

Ingredients for chocolate butter cream frosting:

• 1 stick butter
• 1/2 cup cocoa
• 4 cups confectioner’s sugar
• 1/4 cup milk

Steps:

• Beat butter on high for about 30 seconds until soft
• Add cocoa and 1 cup of sugar and beat until incorporated
• Add half of the milk and the remainder of sugar and beat until incorporated
• Continue to add milk until you get to the consistency you want

There are many ways to go here, in this case, I simply piped the frosting onto the cupcakes with a large star tip.