Simple Banana Chocolate Cupcake

Seems like cupcake is the latest craze. You see cupcakes nicely decorated everywhere. With all those flavors that we can choose from, let's try Banana Chocolate Cupcake today.

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I found a Banana Chocolate Cupcake recipe at Joy of Baking - Banana Chocolate Cupcake. This seems like a simple recipe to attempt. I reduced the sugar amount as I find the original recipe a bit too sweet to my liking. I have also reduced the oil by half. The cupcake remains soft.

Preparation Time: 20 minutes
Cooking Time: 20 minutes

Pre-Steps
Preheat the oven at 180 degrees Celcius

Ingredients
(A)
1/2 cup of granulated white sugar
1 cup of all purpose flour
1/3 cup of unsweetened cocoa powder (I used Hershey's cocoa powder)
3/4 teaspoon of baking powder
3/4 teaspoon of baking soda
1/4 teaspoon of salt

(B)
1 large egg (at room temperature)
1/2 cup of mashed ripe banana (I used 2 medium size banana)
1/2 cup of water
1/4 cup of milk (I used Farmhouse low fat milk)
1/8 cup of sunflower oil
3/4 teaspoon of pure vanilla extract

Steps
1. In a large bowl, mix all the (A) ingredients together using a whisk.

2. In another bowl, mix all the (B) ingredients together using a whisk.

3. Pour ingredient (B) into (A) and mix them together with a whisk. This will form into a thin batter.

4. Divide the batter equally into 12 lined cupcakes cup.

5. Bake for 20 minutes.

6. If you wish to frost the cupcakes with your favorite frosting, leave the cupcake to completely cool before frosting it.