Banana-Chocolate Cupcakes
By: Anonymous
Published: Thursday, December 17, 2009 - 1:18am

Ingredients




1/4 cup butter or margarine softened
1 1/2 cups sugar
2 lrg eggs
1 cup mashed bananas - (abt 3 small)
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 cups all-purpose flour
1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda
1/8 teaspoon salt
 cup buttermilk
1 cup semisweet chocolate morsels - (6 oz)
Vegetable cooking spray as needed
1 ct vanilla frosting - (16 oz)

Preparation

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 degrees for 17 minutes. Remove cupcakes from pans immediately, and cool on wire racks. Spread with frosting, if desired. 5 This recipe yields 1 1/2 dozen. 6 Comments: These treats are delicious with or without the vanilla frosting.