makes
12
prep
20 minutes
cook
14 minutes
difficulty
Easy
makes
12
serves
preparation
20
minutes
cooking
14
minutes
difficulty
Easy
level
Ingredients
- 2 ½ cups self-rising flour
- 3 tbsp cocoa powder
- ¾ cup soft brown sugar
- 300 g dark chocolate, roughly chopped
- 1 egg, beaten
- a pinch of salt
- 1 tsp vanilla essence or extract
- 1 cup milk
- ¾ cup canola or sunflower oil
- 1-2 bananas, very ripe and mashed
- ½ tsp cinnamon
- 80 g pitted dates, soaked in boiling water (optional)
- Cinnamon sugar, dusting
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 180°C fan-forced.
- In one bowl, sift the flour and cocoa together, mix in the brown sugar and the chopped chocolate and set aside.
- Mash the ripe banana with the soaked and strained dates and add your cinnamon to this mix.
- In another bowl, whisk your egg, vanilla, milk, oil and the banana and date mixture above.
- Create a well in the centre of your flour bowl and pour the banana mixture into the bowl. Fold carefully, and do not over-mix the batter.
- Spoon the mixtures into a 12-hole muffin tray lined with patty cases. Sprinkle the tops with cinnamon sugar.
- Bake for 12-14 mins or until the centre of the muffin is cooked through (see Note).
Note
- Insert a wooden skewer or knife into the centre of one of the muffins before removing the pan from the oven. If it comes out clean or with a few moist crumbs clinging to the pick, the muffins are done.
Cook's Notes
Oven temperatures are for conventional; if using fan-forced (convection), reduce the temperature by 20˚C. | We use Australian tablespoons and cups: 1 teaspoon equals 5 ml; 1 tablespoon equals 20 ml; 1 cup equals 250 ml. | All herbs are fresh (unless specified) and cups are lightly packed. | All vegetables are medium size and peeled, unless specified. | All eggs are 55-60 g, unless specified.
