Banana Cupcakes with Chocolate buttercream Frosting

What will you do when banana skin turns brown and it is begging you " Please eat me before I go Bad". Well.. you can eat them but won't taste that good or you can make some banana cupcakes.These cupcakes are also one way to add fruits to your diet :).This is one of my favourite cupcakes.I made the egg less version and it tastes really good and also is moist and has a good texture.The recipe for the cupcake is from here.


Ingredients:

125g (4oz) butter

175g (6oz) sugar

2 eggs/egg substitute equivalent to 2 eggs

2 large mashed ripe bananas

1 tsp Baking soda

2 Tbsp boiling milk

1 tsp baking powder

225g (8oz) flour

Cream butter & sugar till light and fluffy.

Add eggs/ egg replacer one at a time.

Mix in mashed bananas.

Add baking soda that has been dissolved in hot milk.

Lastly mix in sifted flour & baking powder. Don't over beat the batter.

For a cake bake it in a 20cm ring pan on 170 C (325 F) for about 45 mins.

This mixture will produce around 18 standard size cupcakes

and they are baked at 170 C (325 F) for approx 18-25 mins.

You want them to be light golden brown and a toothpick

comes out clean.

Note: They are even better the next day. If you can wait that long

Chocolate frosting:

1 cup unsalted soft butter

2 cup confectioners sugar

1 /2 cup cocoa powder

3 tbsp milk

1 tsp vanilla

How to make the frosting:

Cream butter and sift in the confectioners sugar and cocoa powder. Add the milk and vanilla. Mix until well incorporated.


How to frost the cupcakes



For decorations I used Royal Icing star flowers which is optional.

This goes to Poornima's "For th Luv of Chocolate" Event.