Cook With Me #1 - Wonderful Banana Cupcakes

I love banana bread but sometimes they can be a little dry so I usually go for the alternative and bake banana cupcakes to go along with my cup of tea. Here is a recipe I learnt through trial and error in simple steps anyone can easily follow.


What you'll need:

• 100g unsalted butter
• 70g caster sugar
• 1 egg
• 1 ripe banana, mashed
• 2tbsp milk 
• 1tsp ground cinnamon
• 100g plain flour
• 1tsp baking powder
• a pinch of salt
• mini cupcake pan
• mini cupcake liners

Recipe:

1. Preheat oven to 160 degrees celsius. 
2. Whisk the softened butter and sugar until they lighten up into a pale yellow colour. 
3. Add in the room temperature egg and mix well. Add in the banana and milk and do the same.
4. In a separate bowl mix the cinnamon, flour, baking powder and salt together. Add a third of this into the wet mixture and mix until smooth. Repeat until the dry ingredients have all been combined into the wet mixture.
5. Line the cupcake pan for 16 mini cupcakes and fill them with the banana cupcake mixture about 2/3 high.
6. Bake cupcakes for 20- minutes, checking it once at the 20 minute mark to estimate how much longer it will take.
7. Let the cupcakes cool down slightly, remove them from the pan and let them cool completely before enjoying them with your favourite hot beverage. 

I hope this recipe was easy to follow and that the cupcakes put you all in a good mood for the day ahead of you. Keep smiling and enjoy your day! :)