Sunday, February 24, 2008

Banana Cupcake!




Have some bananas left and decided to bake banana cupcake. Modified the recipe found on this girl's website where cooking is her passion. To go to her website, please click the link under the food blogs. She is my idol as she is very creative and her cupcake designs are all so pretty!

Banana Cupcake

Preparation time: 15 mins for preheating the oven, sifting the flour and mashing the bananas
Cooking time: 25-30 mins
Serves: 12
Oven temperature: 180C
Cost: about $3 for butter, sugar, flour and bananas

Ingredients:
1. 130g butter, soften
2. 3/4 cup caster sugar (I found them too sweet)
3. 11/4 cup self-raising flour
4. 1/3 teaspoon baking soda
5. 2 eggs
6. 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
7. 1/4 cup milk (may need less)
8. 3-4 bananas, roughly mashed

Preparation:
1. Preheat oven at 180C for 10 mins.
2. Beat butter and sugar till pale & fluffy.
3. Add eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition.
6. Stir in bananas and vanilla extract. Mixture will turn gluey.
5. Fold in sifted flour alternately with milk till they are well-incorporated.
5. Spoon the butter mixture into the muffin cups.
6. Sprinkle some nuts or raisins onto the mixture for variety.
7. Bake for 25 to 30 mins till golden brown.

Tips : Make sure the bananas are very ripe so that the cupcake will smell more fragrant. You may add some lemon juice onto the mashed bananas to prevent them from turning brown quickly.

Measurement from cup to gram
1 cup sugar = 200g
1 cup plain flour = 100g

I like this banana cupcake recipe as it is more fragrant and tastier. Am wondering whether I can reduce the butter as the cupcakes become oily the next day though they still taste good. Cupcakes still taste best when they are straight from the oven.

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