Banana Cupcakes with the Essential Chocolate

I often cook something for family dinners, but sometimes they don't go as planned. My cinnamon scrolls became a bit burnt on the base, so I nearly made something completely different. However I ran out of time and ingredients, so my family had slightly burnt scrolls. I ended up finishing off the banana cake I started though.

I planned to make a banana cake and use the cream cheese frosting from the cinnamon scrolls. I creamed butter, sugar and egg together and I started mashing bananas. They weren't ripe enough 😥. So I put the mix aside to be used later.

When my bananas were ready, I wasn't. It was late at night and I didn't have the hour needed to cook a full cake. So instead of putting it off again, I made cupcakes instead! Being smaller, they took about 15 minutes to cook.

I also had some left over chocolate. Normally chocolate wouldn't last long around me, but I'm trying to improve my eating habits. So the chocolate was chopped up and plonked on top of the cupcake/muffins. Best. Decision. Ever. The chocolate went beautifully with the banana but didn't overpower it.

After setting a couple aside for personal eating, I took the rest into work to be devoured by my fellow scientists. I was told I could bring them in anytime!

Bake on,

Beth