Banana-chocolate Cupcakes

Total Time: 30 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

• 1/4 cup butter or 1/4 cup margarine, softened
• 1 1/2 cups sugar
• 2 large eggs
• 3 small bananas, mashed (about 1 cup)
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda
• 1/8 teaspoon salt
• 1/3 cup buttermilk
• 1 cup semisweet chocolate morsel
• vegetable oil cooking spray

Recipe

• 1 beat butter at medium speed with an electric mixer until creamy; gradually add sugar, beating well. add eggs, banana, and vanilla, beating until blended.
• 2 stir together flour, soda, and salt. add flour mixture to banana mixture alternately with buttermilk, beginning and ending with flour mixture; beat at low speed until blended after each addition. stir in morsels.
• 3 place paper baking cups in muffin pans, and coat with cooking spray; spoon batter into pans, filling cups two-thirds full.
• 4 bake at 350° for 17 minutes. remove cupcakes from pans immediately, and cool on wire racks. spread with frosting, if desired.