Ingredients
- 2 small bananas mashed
- 120g self raising flour
- 2.5 tbsp cocoa powder
- 140g caster sugar
- pinch salt
- 1 avocado peeled and mashed
- 120ml whole milk
- 1 egg
- 1 tbsp crunchy peanut butter
- 200g Chocolate Philadelphia
- 1 dozen banana chips
- 20g crushed nuts
Accompaniment
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Description
Using avocado instead of butter makes these chocolate, banana and peanut butter treats a little less naughty and are a great way to include avocado into a fussy child's diet.
Method
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For the cupcakes:
1 - preheat the oven to 170C.
2 - sift the flour, sugar, cocoa powder and salt into a bowl and add the mashed avocado and bananas. Beat slowly using either a paddle-beater or electric hand whisk. Continue to beat until mixture looks "sandy" and is a fairly even chocolate brown.
3 - add the milk and beat at medium speed for a few minutes.
4 - add the egg and beat well (high speed) until well combined.
5 - place 12 cupcake/muffn cases into a cupcake tray and fill each to 2/3rd with mixture.
6 - bake for 20-25 minutes until sponge bounces back when pressed. A metal skewer or knife inserted should come out clean of mixture.
7 - leave to cool for 5-10 minutes then remove from tray and place on a wire rack to cool completely.
For the topping:
1 - put the chocolate Philadelphia into a piping bag or gun and swirl onto the top of the cooled cupcakes.
2 - place a banana chip onto each and sprinkle with crushed nuts.
Chef's Tips
I cheated for the frosting on this one and used a tub of Chocolate Philadelphia. The flavour is perfect for this cupcake but you could make your own frosting with 40g unsalted butter, 100g plain cream cheese, 200g icing cugar and 2tbsp cocoa powder but why make life harder?
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