BANANA CHOCOLATE MUFFINS

banana chocolate muffins with banana fudge glaze - definitely not for the faint-hearted!


Soft, chewy chocolate/banana muffin, drizzled with buttery banana fudge.

Banana Chocolate Muffins with Banana Fudge Glaze

225mls single cream
50g cornflour
100g dark soft brown sugar
3 tbsp cocoa
75g butter
125g dark chocolate
75mls sunflower oil
2 tsp vanilla extract
2 eggs
125g golden caster sugar
125g plain flour
2 and a half tsps baking powder
1 large banana chopped

Fudge Glaze
50mls double cream
175g soft brown sugar
50g butter
1 chopped banana
Put the cream, cocoa, brown sugar, and cornflour into a saucepan and whisk together over a medium heat until boiled and very thick and smooth. Take off the heat and beat in the butter and broken up chocolate until melted and combined into a thick, glossy batter. Next, add the oil, vanilla, one of the eggs and mix this in. Finally add the caster sugar and the remaining egg and beat again until smooth.
Then, sift the flour and baking powder into the chocolate mixture, add the banana and beat through until combined.
Pour the batter into muffin cases or tins and bake for 25-30 mins at 180C/ 350F / Gas 4.
To make the glaze, melt the butter and sugar together in a small pan until the sugar has melted. Add in the cream and boil for 2-3 minutes stirring all the time. Take off the heat and add in the chopped banana. Stir and leave to cool until it has thickened enough to drizzle over the muffins and cover them.
These are best eaten on the day that they're made, but they also make a delicious, and very tempting dessert eaten warm with ice-cream and extra banana fudge sauce!