INGREDIENTS

• Makes 16 muffins
• 4 bananas, mashed
• 1 cup (200g) caster sugar
• ⅔ cup (150ml) oil
• 2 eggs
• 1 teaspoon vanilla essence
• 1 ½ cups (240g) plain flour
• 2 teaspoons baking soda
• ½ cup (50g) good quality dark cocoa
• 100g good quality milk chocolate, chopped into chunks
• 100g flaked almonds

METHOD

1. Pre-heat the oven to 180°C. Prepare a muffin tray with 12 or 16 muffin papers.
2. Sift the flour, baking soda and cocoa together.
3. Mix the bananas, caster sugar, oil and eggs in a large bowl until well combined.
4. Add the rest of the ingredients (flour, cocoa, baking powder, chocolate and 50 gm of the almonds) and stir until just incorporated, without over mixing.
5. Fill the muffin papers to just over ¾ full and sprinkle with the remaining almonds.
6. Bake for approximately 20-25 minutes or till cooked in the middle when tested with a knife.

Recipe thanks to Australian Bananas.