Banana Chocolate Chip Cupcakes

Total Time: 45 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 25 mins

Ingredients

• 3/4 cup sugar
• 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/3 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
• 1/2 cup unsalted butter
• 1 pinch salt
• 3 very ripe mashed bananas (slice, then mash with a fork)
• 2 large eggs
• 1/8 teaspoon cinnamon
• 3/4 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 1/3 cups confectioners' sugar
• 1/2 cup unsalted butter, at room temp
• 1/8 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon

Recipe

• 1 for banana chocolate chip cupcakes:.
• 2 preheat oven to 350 degrees. line 2 standard (6 cup) muffin tins with paper liners; set aside.
• 3 combine the sugar, flour, baking soda, baking powder, cinnamon and salt in a bowl.
• 4 in a separate bowl combine the eggs, melted butter (you can microwave it), vanilla and banana mash.
• 5 pour the wet mixture into the dry and stir only until you can no longer see the dry ingredients.
• 6 gently mix in the chocolate chips.
• 7 drop batter into the 12 cups, filling each about 3/4 full.
• 8 bake cupcakes for 25 minutes (you'll know they're done if an inserted toothpick comes out clean).
• 9 remove cupcakes from tins and let cool for about 1 hour, preferably on a wire rack.
• 10 for buttercream frosting:.
• 11 dice the butter.
• 12 using an electric mixer, mix together all ingredients until the mixture looks and feels like frosting, about 3 minutes.
• 13 use a butter knife to spread the frosting onto the cooled cupcakes. decorate with additional banana slices, chocolate chips or coconut flakes.