Chocolate banana peanut butter cupcakes

Chocolate banana cupcakes, topped with creamy peanut butter frosting

 

Recipe:

Chocolate Banana Cupcake (adapted from The Cake Book)

1 1/4 cups all purpose flour

1/4 Dutch processed cocoa powder

1 tsp baking soda

1/4 tsp salt

1/2 cup unsalted butter, softened

1 cup sugar

2 large eggs

1 1/3 cup mashed ripe bananas (about 3 medium)

1 tsp vanilla extract

1/2 cup sour cream

 

1. Preheat oven to 350F, and line cupcake pan with paper liners.

2. Sift together flour, cocoa powder, baking soda, salt into a medium bowl.

3. In a bowl of a electric mixer at medium speed, beat butter until creamy Slowly add in sugar and cream until light and fluffy.

4. Beat in eggs one by one, mixing well after each addition until well blended. Add mashed bananas and vanilla extract, mixing on low until blended.

5. Add flour mixture at low speed in 3 additions, alternating it with sour cream in 2 additions. Spoon batter into cupcake liners, and bake for 20-25 minutes until a toothpick inserted into the centre of the cupcake comes out clean. Cool completely.

 

I frosted it with the peanut butter frosting from here: www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/107660

Done