#12: Chocolate Chip Banana Bread

Last night, I dove into baking banana bread for the first time.  I'm such a rookie!  But, with 3 brown bananas on the countertop (with no hope of being eaten!), I rolled my sleeves up and got to bakin'!

You'll need:

1/2 cup butter 

1 cup sugar 

2 eggs, beaten

3 bananas, smashed

1.5 cups flour 

1 teaspoon baking soda

Pinch of Salt

1/2 teaspoon vanilla 

I'm not sure why I haven't made this before, as it was very simple!

1. Cream together the butter and sugar

2. Add in the eggs and mashed bananas

3. Sift the flour, baking soda and salt, before adding to the mixture

4. Add vanilla, mix

5. Add chocolate chips (I eyeballed this!)

6. Pour into a greased loaf pan

7. Bake at 350 degrees for 60 minutes

Delicious (especially when paired with a cup of tea!)

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Meal 8: Peanut Butter & Chocolate Cupcakes!

Today's meal is a dessert!  Which totally counts as a meal, right?

I started last night, as I wanted to make sure the cupcakes were completely cooled before putting the icing on.

Normally, I like to bake from scratch, but I received some really cool mixes for Christmas that I wanted to try.  These cupcakes are from a Reese's Pieces Cupcake Mix.

Once the cupcakes had baked in the oven, I let them cool for 30 minutes before filling the centre with the peanut butter filling (from the mix that came with the set).

Since the cupcakes had cooled overnight, I used the French Vanilla Betty Crocker icing to put on top. I love icing but can't stand when there is more icing than cake, so I kept it minimal.

It was the first time I have used a proper icing "machine" (what are these things called, really!!), as I normally just use a spoon.  I think they turned out pretty well and cannot wait to jump in after dinner.