☕ a little bird told me

sometimes a treat is in order:

no not a cake, but a book:

from the hummingbird bakery :

their cake making methods are quite different from

any I have used before:

so I decided to try it their way:

chocoNana muffins

you will need:

two over ripe bananas ~ mashed:

120g plain flour:

120g caster sugar:

1 tablespoon baking powder

1 teaspoon ground cinnamon:

80g softened butter:

2 eggs 

100ml milk:

*icing ingredients ....

250g sifted icing sugar:

100g softened butter:

50g cocoa powder:

about 50ml milk:

some grated chocolate 

heat your oven to 170°c/ gas 3:

line your muffin tin with cases:

in a large bowl add the flour, sugar, cinnamon and butter:

with a handheld electric mixer, whizz slowly until you

get rubble ~ like this ☟

s l o w l y  add the milk and continue mixing:

then add the eggs and combine well, scraping the

sides of your bowl with a spatula:

stir in the mashed banana by hand then

spoon the mixture into your cases:

they should be about two thirds full:

bake for 20 minutes until golden and springy to touch:

cool on a rack then ....

carefully mix the softened butter to your 

sifted icing sugar + cocoa powder:

if you haven't disappeared under a puff of sweetness ....

add the milk, little by little until the mixture is

stiff but not too stiff:

then beat it into a light fluff and pile onto

your muffins:

top with your grated chocolate:

*I used green and blacks espresso 

tasty results:

what do you think about this method of

muffin making?