Double chocolate banana muffins amongst mascarpone frosting as well as bourbon caramel sauce

So , this is my kickoff postal service of the novel year. I know , I know , it's already the twelfth , but I felt similar I had to cite it. 2014 certain had its ups as well as downs. My trip to Iceland as well as the release of my novel majority Sweet nutrient & photography are 2 of my favorite things from end year.

I accept been baking similar never earlier these past times weeks , something that hasn't been real noticeable on the blog. Finally I had roughly fourth dimension to bake for the blog.
I had 2 real deplorable looking bananas lying inwards my kitchen that I didn't desire to throw them away , thence I figured I'd brand something tardily amongst them. Chocolate muffins maybe? Then I remembered I yet had the jolt of dry out ingredients from my last blogpost! So I used that as well as added the bananas. I didn't intend these muffins could instruct whatever ameliorate , but man child was I wrong. They came out fifty-fifty to a greater extent than moist than before. So , when inwards dubiousness , add together a banana or two. Well , mayhap they don't travel amongst everything.. These muffins are absolutely perfect without the frosting , but I accept a affair for this item one. Mascarpone frosting.  It's non real sweetness , it simply adds that extra creaminess. And the bourbon caramel sauce. Don't fifty-fifty instruct me started the bourbon caramel sauce. Honestly , I don't fifty-fifty specially similar drinking beverages amongst alcohol (and especially non bourbon) but inwards baked goods , it simply industrial plant thence well.









Double chocolate BANANA muffins WITH 
MASCARPONE FROSTING AND BOURBON CARAMEL SAUCE

If yous don't accept buttermilk at dwelling family , yous tin give the axe brand your ain past times adding 1 tbsp lemon juice to simply nether 1 loving cup of milk. I truly mixed a piffling sour cream , milk as well as lemon juice as well as it worked similar a charm!

Double chocolate banana muffins
makes 20-22 medium sized muffins or virtually 15-17 normal sized

INGREDIENTS
2 cups (300 g) all role flour
¾ loving cup + 1 ½ tbsp (80 g) cocoa powder
1 tbsp baking pulverization (yes , tablespoon!)
1/2 tsp baking soda
1/4 tsp salt
1 loving cup + 2 tbsp (250 g) granulated sugar
100 g butter (1 scant stick) , melted
1 loving cup buttermilk
2 large eggs
2 real ripe bananas
150 g nighttime chocolate (70%) , coarsely chopped (or chocolate chips)

INSTRUCTIONS
1. Heat oven to 200°c (392°F). Prepare a muffin pan amongst 12 muffin liners (or if yous accept 2 pans as well as tin give the axe represent them both inwards the oven , laid both of them amongst liners).
2. Mix flour , cocoa pulverization , baking pulverization , baking soda as well as tabular array salt inwards bowl. Set aside.
3. Mix saccharide , butter , buttermilk , eggs as well as mashed banana inwards a large bowl. Add dry out ingredients to moisture ingredients as well as mix until simply combined.
4. Stir inwards chocolate , but salve 1/4 of it to seat on summit of muffins. Divide batter betwixt 20-22 medium sized liners , filling them almost to the real top. Sprinkle amongst remaining chocolate pieces.
5. Bake for 16-18 minutes or until a cake tester comes out almost clean.


Bourbon caramel sauce
INGREDIENTS
1 1/2 tbsp bourbon (rum would function too)
2 tbsp milk
iii ½ tbsp heavy cream
1/3 loving cup (70 g) granulated sugar
25 g butter
pinch of salt

INSTRUCTIONS
1. Carefully oestrus bourbon , milk as well as cream inwards a saucepan. It should live hot but non boiling.
2. Meanwhile , seat the saccharide inwards roughly other sauce pan as well as oestrus until it starts to melt. Carefully stir saccharide amongst a spoon until all saccharide has melted as well as has instruct a golden brownish color.
3. Add the butter as well as stir until melted. Very carefully (it volition bubble up!) add together the heated cream mixture. Stir until smoothen , add together the tabular array salt as well as pour into a jolt to cool. Put inwards the frige to instruct completely cold.


Mascarpone frosting

Makes plenty frosting for virtually 12 muffins

INGREDIENTS
250 g mascarpone
1-2 tbsp powdered saccharide (or to taste)
½ loving cup heavy cream

INSTRUCTIONS
1. Beat the mascarpone as well as saccharide until smooth. Add cream as well as vanquish until firm.
2. Fill a piping handbag fitted amongst a large star tip (I used Ateco 869)  and piping ”blobs” of frosting on summit of the muffins. Pour roughly caramel sauce on summit of each muffin.