Ingredients (For Six Large Muffins)

• Three Bananas, Mashed
• 1/2 Granulated Sugar
• One Beaten Egg
• 100g Melted Butter (I used Margarine)
• 1 1/2 Cups Self Raising Flour
• Baking Powder, A Dash (Probably A Teaspoon)
• Vanilla Extract, A Cap Full
• Dark Chocolate Chips, I Used A Small Bag Approx 100g

Method

1. Preheat your oven at 190c (375f)
2. Add the bananas, sugar and egg into a bowl and mix well
3. Add the margarine/melted butter and mix well again
4. Add in the self raising flour and baking powder and fold everything together well until it’s smooth apart from any chunks of banana
5. Add in a splash of vanilla extract and a small bag of dark chocolate chips and give a final mix through
6. Place the mixture into cake or muffin cases, I used some silicone muffin cases in a large six case tray, and bake for approx 30-35 minutes using a skewer to check they are cooked before removing (if you see goo check if it’s cake mix or just banana!)
7. Leave in the cases for a couple of minutes before removing to allow to cool quicker on a rack (I just use a spare oven rack)

Eating And Storage Tips

I made these one afternoon after work and had one fresh out the oven when it was warm and the chocolate was all gooey still. The rest I had cold for breakfasts for the following five days and they were just as delicious just with a different more “set” texture.

If you want to reheat these you absolutely can pop them into the microwave for a few seconds just to get them releasing moisture and melt that chocolate a little bit. I do this more if I’ve made banana bread as a loaf and want to spread something on a slice.

If you want to make these a bit fancier you can place a whole slice of banana on the top of the uncooked cake mixture in each case and sprinkle it with a little sugar but I find this is only good if you will be eating them all within a couple of days.

Should you find yourself out of self raising flour you can absolutely use plain flour but be sure to add in extra baking powder and a bit of baking soda too to make sure it doesn’t fall short of your fluffy rising expectations.