Banana chocolate sponge cupcakes recipe, banana and chocolate chunks are a match made in heaven, delicious!
This is the quickest cupcake recipe I have ever made, basically dump all ingredients into the bowl of your stand mixer, mix, bake.
The sponge cake is fluffy and moist with the bananas, it’s flavourful, there’s the chocolate chunks, we love it!
With this recipe, you can make your cupcakes in 40 minutes max.
1 stick + 1 tbsp. (125g) unsalted butter, soft
1 cup + 1 tbsp. (140g) all-purpose flour
1/2 tsp baking powder
1/4 tsp baking soda
1 teaspoon (4 grams) ground cinnamon
1/2 cup (100g) sugar
1 tbsp. + 1 tsp (20g) dark brown sugar
2 eggs (room temperature)
About 1 1/2 (125g) ripe banana, mashed
1 tbsp. whole milk
1 cup chocolate chunks
For the vanilla buttercream:
1 cup (227 g.) butter, softened
3 cups (330 g.) powdered sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 tbsp. heavy whipping cream
1 12 muffin pan – 12 muffin paper cups
Preheat oven to 340°F - 170°C and line a muffin pan with paper cups
Into the bowl of your stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, add all the ingredients except banana and milk, mix on medium low just until all the ingredients are incorporated
Add the milk to the bananas, stir and add to the batter, mix briefly
Add the chocolate chunks, mix briefly
With a rubber spatula, scrape down the sides of your bowl and check that there is no dry flour at the bottom of bowl
Fill the muffin cups with the batter, about 2/3 full
Into the oven, bake for about 20 minutes to 22 minutes (mine took 22 minutes), or until a toothpick inserted in the center of muffins comes out clean
Let cool for about 5 minutes before removing from pan
Let cool on a rack for about a 1/4 hour before piping the buttercream
Into the bowl of your stand mixer, with the paddle attachment, on medium high speed, beat the soft butter until light and creamy
Add 1/2 of the sifted icing sugar, mix well, add the other half, mix until fully incorporated
Add the vanilla and heavy cream, mix until fully incorporated
Pour into a piping bag with the tip you prefer, here I used a large star tip, and decorate cupcakes
These cupcakes can be stored for a few days into your fridge, bring them to room temperature for about 30 minutes before serving
Recipe (slightly altered) from Cupcake Jemma, here is a link to her YouTube channel, click here
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