cake bake recipes

Muffins (taken from Mmm…Yummy Cakes)

This tasty recipe calls for fine wholemeal flour – but if you want to make them with white flour, reduce liquid from 375ml to 325ml.

Banana Muffins
3 bananas, mashed
350g/12oz self-raising flour
1 tbsp baking powder
120g/4oz caster sugar
375ml/3fl oz water (but see note above)
135ml/4½fl oz sunflower oil or other plain oil
1 tbsp demerara sugar

1.   Preheat oven to 190ºC/375ºF/Gas Mark 5 and line a 12-hole muffin tin with deep muffin cases.
2.   Sieve flour, baking powder and caster sugar into a bowl and stir.
3.   Mix oil and water together.
4.   Add liquid to dry ingredients a bit at a time and stir thoroughly, making sure the liquid is fully mixed before adding more. Beat until smooth.
5.   Fold in the mashed banana.
6.   Spoon batter into muffin cases, sprinkle top of muffin with a little demerara sugar and put in oven immediately.
7.   Bake for 30 minutes, until well-risen and springy to touch. Cool on a wire rack.

Options
Blueberry and Lemon
Substitute banana for 225g/8oz fresh blueberries and zest of 2 lemons.

Chocolate Chip
Substitute banana for 100g/3½oz cocoa powder and 200g/7oz vegan chocolate drops

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