Easiest Way to Prepare Yummy Banana and Cocoa Cupcakes

Banana and Cocoa Cupcakes. Cocoa Banana Cupcakes Rochelle Brownlee of Big Timber, Montana shares the recipe for these moist cupcakes with milk banana flavor. The cocoa powder in the frosting boosts the chocolate flavor while the melted chocolate gives it a creamy texture, making it easier to spread. Combine powdered sugar and cocoa; gradually beat into cream cheese mixture.

In a large mixing bowl with an electric mixer on medium speed cream butter and sugar until fluffy. If you have some very ripe bananas hanging about, then do I have the recipe for you. These Chocolate and Banana Cupcakes are so light, buttery, and moist that you'll find yourself hovering over the bananas, counting the seconds until they're just ripe enough to make a new batch. You can have Banana and Cocoa Cupcakes using 9 ingredients and 11 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of Banana and Cocoa Cupcakes

1. You need 180 grams of [90 grams] Plain flour.
2. Prepare 2 tsp of [4 grams] Baking powder.
3. It's 20 grams of [10 grams] Cocoa powder.
4. Prepare 120 grams of [60 grams] Butter or margarine.
5. You need 120 grams of [60 grams] Sugar.
6. Prepare 3 of [2] Egg.
7. Prepare 50 ml of [25 ml] Milk.
8. It's 1 of Vanilla extract.
9. It's 3 small of [1 1/2 small] Banana.

I have adapted this recipe from the book, Cupcakes from the Primose Bakery, by Martha Swift and Lisa Thomas. banana-cocoa cupcakes Cream butter; gradually add sugar, . Most banana cupcake recipes I've tried are a little dense and muffin/bread like. This one is fluffy, soft and very tasty. My Banana Banoffee cupcakes are made with vanilla cupcakes filled with caramel and topped with banana and whipped cream.

Banana and Cocoa Cupcakes step by step

1. Mash the banana with a fork..
2. Melt the butter or margarine in a large bowl for 20 seconds in a 900 W microwave, add the sugar and mix well..
3. Add a beaten egg and mix, followed by vanilla extract and milk, and then mix again..
4. Add the mashed banana and mix well once more..
5. Combine the flour, baking powder and cocoa powder and sift into the mixture. Mix until the lumps have disappeared..
6. Pour the mixture into paper cups (if using side dish cups, use size 9) and bake in an oven preheated to 180°C for 25 minutes..
7. For those that don't want the cupcakes to puff out too much, put the paper cups in something like a pudding mould and they should come out I put mine in so that they become a bit taller..
8. Finished!.
9. I omitted cocoa powder from the mixture and halved the recipe for 10 cupcakes..
10. If you aren't using cocoa powder, mix 1 teaspoon of lemon juice to the mashed banana. This will stop browning..
11. If you leave out the banana, the cupcakes won't be as sweet so slightly increase the sugar or else the bitterness from the cocoa powder will be overwhelming..

And so… the Chocolate Banana Cupcakes were born! These chocolate banana cupcakes are a dark chocolate cake with chunks of banana running through it. Then, they're topped with a swirl of rich, dark chocolate frosting and a fresh banana slice. Pretty delicious… and definitely satisfying all chocolate cravings I had today! Combine flour, soda, cocoa and cinnamon; add to creamed mixture alternately with bananas, beating well after each addition.