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Banana, Honey and Cinnamon Cupcakes

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2 Reviews

Total Time
45m
Prep Time
25m
Bake Time
20m
Makes 12
Makes 12
easy
Easy

About the bake

These banana, honey and cinnamon cupcakes are simply divine. They are a combination of soft, moist banana bread sweetened with unrefined sugar and honey with a hint of warm spice from the cinnamon.

14 ingredients6 steps

    Method

    1. Step 1

      Preheat your oven to 160°C (140°C, gas mark 4) and line a cupcake tin with 12 cupcake cases.

    2. Step 2

      Cream together the butter and sugars until pale and fluffy then add the eggs one at a time beating after each one.

      Ingredients for this step

      • 125gButter (unsalted) (softened)
      • 75gBillington's Unrefined Golden Caster Sugar
      • 50gBillington's Unrefined Light Muscovado Sugar
      • 2Egg(s) (free range) (medium)
    3. Step 3

      In a bowl mash the bananas with the milk, vanilla extract and honey and add this to the butter sugar mixture, beating until just combined.

      Ingredients for this step

      • 3Banana(s)
      • 50mlMilk
      • 0.5 tspNielsen-Massey Vanilla Extract
      • 2 tbspHoney
    4. Step 4

      Sieve in the flour and cinnamon and gently fold in until smooth.

      Ingredients for this step

      • 125gAllinson's Self Raising Flour
      • 0.5 tspCinnamon
    5. Step 5

      Spoon the batter into the cupcake cases until they are 2/3 full, then place in the oven for about 20 minutes until a skewer inserted into the middle comes out clean. Remove from the oven and set aside to cool before transferring onto a wire rack to cool completely.

    6. Step 6

      To make the frosting, beat together the honey, butter and cinnamon until light, then slowly add the icing sugar beating until light and fluffy. Spoon into a piping bag and pipe onto the cooled cakes. Finish with a sprinkle of cinnamon if desired.

      Ingredients for this step

      • 1 tspHoney
      • 125gButter (unsalted) (softened)
      • 0.5 tspCinnamon
      • 75gBillington's Unrefined Golden Caster Sugar

    Ingredients

    • For the cupcakes

      • 125gButter (unsalted) (softened) 
      • 75gBillington's Unrefined Golden Caster Sugar 
      • 50gBillington's Unrefined Light Muscovado Sugar 
      • 2Egg(s) (free range) (medium) 
      • 3Banana(s) 
      • 50mlMilk 
      • 0.5 tspNielsen-Massey Vanilla Extract 
      • 1 tspHoney 
      • 125gAllinson's Self Raising Flour 
      • 0.5 tspCinnamon 
    • For the frosting

      • 2 tbspHoney 
      • 250gButter (unsalted) (softened) 
      • 0.5 tspCinnamon 
      • 500gSilver Spoon Icing sugar 

    2 Baker Ratings

    These didn't rise properly for me. I baked them at 140c (fan) for 25 minutes, until the skewer came out clean. I then let them cool first in the tray (10 minutes) then on a wire rack, but most have now sunken in the middle. Was I too forceful in my folding in of the mixture I wonder?

    This is the first recipe I've tried from this site that hasn't worked perfectly first time!

    Baking Mad

    We are sorry to hear that you experienced challenges when baking this recipe. There are a few reasons why a cupcake might sink; top tips are to make sure that any raising agent (i.e self raising flour, baking powder) have not expired and try not to over beat your butter or over mix your batter as this can cause your mix to have too much air in it meaning it will rise then sink. It is also important not to overfill your cupcake cases with batter, try filling 2/3 full for optimum cupcakes. Happy Baking! 

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    Very nice I loved it!!! I would ad a bit more cinnamon! ❤️

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