I love looking at different recipes and spicing them up with my own additions. My love for baking made me search for a simple muffin recipe. The first time I baked them, I had some ripe bananas and had a great idea of incorporating them into the recipe. Since then, I always bake them with bananas. My love for chocolate inspired yet another ingredient chocolate chips *yum*.
- The dry ingredients: flour, baking flour,cocoa,cinnamon,coffee
Ingredients:
2 1/2 cups plain flour
1/2 cup sugar
3 tsps baking powder
1/4 tsp cinnamon
4 tbsp cocoa (for the chocolate colour & taste)
1/4 tsp instant coffee
1 cup milk
1/3 cup vegetable oil
1 tbsp vanilla essence
1 egg
Handful of chocolate chips
Handful of sultanas and raisins
2 bananas preferably mashed
Pre heat your oven at 350 degrees, grease your muffin tin and set it aside.
![greased tin](http://leotunapika.files.wordpress.com/2012/06/greased-tin.jpg?resize=640%2C480)
In a large mixing bowl add your vegetable oil and sugar and mix them well. You can use a wooden spoon for the mixing, I used a cake mixture (wedding gift) though.Then add your egg and vanilla essence and beat the mixture till smooth.
Since I hadn’t mashed my bananas, I added them in and mashed away.
![add bananas](http://leotunapika.files.wordpress.com/2012/06/add-bananas.jpg?resize=640%2C480)
Once the bananas are well incorporated, add the some milk and alternating with the flour. Use a spatula or wooden spoon to fold in the dry ingredients.
Once all are incorporated, add the cake mix (sultanas & raisins) and the chocolate chips. Fold them in, and you are ready to bake.
Using a tablespoon or an ice cream scoop, scoop the batter onto the greased tin.
![in the tin](http://leotunapika.files.wordpress.com/2012/06/in-the-tin.jpg?resize=640%2C480)
Bake them for 15-20 minutes or until when a toothpick inserted in the middle of the muffin comes out clean.
![tada](http://leotunapika.files.wordpress.com/2012/06/tada.jpg?resize=640%2C480)
This recipe made 18 muffins.
![DSC04530](http://leotunapika.files.wordpress.com/2012/06/dsc04530.jpg?resize=580%2C435)
This was yesterday’s dinner, Imagine!!! Served with tea and enjoyed them with our lovely neighbours and friends, the Murigis.
Note: The vegetable oil in the recipe in stead of the usual butter/margarine helps in making the muffins moist.
Verdict:
Pretty moist and delicious, though previous muffins have been tastier.
If I could do it over again:
Add lemon zest. Cakes taste so much better with lemon zest
I love your recipes lookin 4ward to try them all out…very creative
Thanks dear
I am terrible when it comes to baking ( I always warn pple to have health insuarance before eating anything i bake of flour LOL) But this just gave me hope!!!!
I know what you mean, I used to be terrified of baking, but you start and the result is good, you just keep on baking. All you need is to start with a simple recipe