This week I went for a more traditional flavour combo, banana and chocolate. Its a combination we see often in crepes for brunch. I caramelized the bananas. I’ve never caramelized fruit before and thought it was about time I did. It was a fun experiment and it smelled so good! I think it gives an extra diminution to the fruit. I’ll definitely try it with more fruits in the weeks to come! To caramelize 2 bananas you simply put a tbs of butter and a tbs of sugar in a skillet and while it melts you cut each banana once length wise and once across, put them in the skillet and flip them once in a while until they are caramelized. Here is the recipe for 16 cupcakes:

cake:
- 3/4 cup of butter
- 1 1/4 cup sugar
- 2 eggs
- 2 cups of flour
- 2 caramelized banana, mashed
- 2 tsp of baking powder
- pinch of salt
- 1/4 tsp cinnamon
- 1/4 tsp nutmeg
- 1/4 cup of cream
- 1/4 cup of milk

method:
- preheat the oven to 350
- beat the butter until it is light and fluffy
- add the sugar and beat thoroughly
- add the eggs one at a time and beat in between each addition, then beat on high for 30 seconds
- add the bananas
- sift the flour, baking powder, salt, cinnamon and nutmeg together and combine with the butter/sugar mix
- add the cream and milk and combine until smooth
- line a cupcake pan with paper cups
- bake for 20 minutes

icing:
- 3 egg whites
- 140g of sugar
- 1 1/4 cup of butter cut in 1 inch cubes
- 75g of dark chocolate

method:
- melt the chocolate in a double boiler and set aside
- combine the egg whites and sugar in a double boiler
- whisk a little until all the sugar is melted away
- take off the double boiler and beat on high until cooled and turned into a firm meringue, touch the bottom of the bowl to make sure its at least body temperature
- add the butter one cube at a time while beating on a lower speed
- beat on high until you get a nice fluffy texture (it will turn to a cottage cheese kind of texture about half way through, just keep beating)
- fold in the melted chocolate

Enjoy :)

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