I think of muffins as a treaty weekend breakfast, but these look so darkly elegant, especially in their matching dark-brown, tulip-skirted party frocks, that they positively beg to be brought out with coffee after dinner. Certainly, while most muffins are at their best pretty well straight out of the oven, the bananas in the mixture make sure these beauties keep their moist, eat-me texture long after those less favoured have staled and lost their allure.
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Those were delicious! Just for fun, I have added to few of them a bit of cinnamon, and the mixture of cocoa, bananas and the cinnamon flavour was incredible! :))
Posted by Villemo on 30th Jul 2011 at 10.34
Just made these and they are easy and delicious.
Posted by TracyP on 10th Aug 2011 at 18.55
Whilst these have a delightful texture - moist but not dense - ad they're very easy to make, I've got to confess that on their own, I found the taste a bit boring. I'd recommend adding some chocolate chips or some cinnamon or some nuts or some peanut butter frosting or something!
Posted by Alice206 on 28th Sep 2011 at 19.15
I am going to make them now for the second time but add some cinnamon as the 1st time they were a bit dull. I will also chop up some chocolate to put on top and hope they turn out a bit nicer... :) Ily Nigella - you are truly an inspiration and I read your books for hours at a time. I also want to become a journalist when I grow up and I just read that you are also a journalist...May my love of food be as strong as yours :)
Posted by Lulubell97 on 6th Oct 2011 at 3.35
These, for want of a better word, are boring. Although visually appealing, the cocoa doesn't give the little muffins the oomph they deserve. I am working on stirring some dark choc chips or some melted 70% in to give it more of a chocolate bite... Or maybe as suggested above, some cinnamon would work too...
Posted by ohjonny on 19th Dec 2011 at 9.16
Made these muffins today to take as a dessert for a dinner at a friend's place and they were absolutely delicious! They actually said that these were the best muffins they've ever had. And this was such an easy and quick recipe!
Posted by Chá Vermelho on 18th Jan 2012 at 0.41
Being well known as the "Mrs Cropley" in the family, I am about to attempt these delicious looking muffins! I will let you know how I fair!
Posted by Vixen1970ish on 14th Nov 2012 at 11.15
I made these with a bit of tweaking to make them waaay more moist and scrummy using inspiration from your incredible banana loaf. dont have a picture yet but here is the recipe... http://www.thegirlwiththebutterflynecklace.com/2012/11/moist-banana-chocolate-rum-and-caramel.html they went down better than anything else i have baked! cant wait to make again sometime this week. all 12 got eaten in less than 10 mins and people keep bugging me for the recipe.
Posted by thegirlwiththebutterflynecklace on 16th Nov 2012 at 20.55
Very simple recipe and the outcome was so soft and banana perfumed :) I just have to say that they are not sweet enough for me, so next time I'm adding more sugar and some more chocolate chips (i'm thinking about some white chocolate chips).
Posted by l_miriam on 10th Feb 2013 at 23.43
The results were simply delicious! I made a batch of six following this recipe but with a little twist. I cooked cocoa with condensed milk, once the mixture had cooled to room temperature I added oil and mixed in the mashed bananas and folded in flour, which had been sifted with baking powder. The muffins got great reviews. Thanks Nigella :)
Posted by sapnagangwar on 13th Feb 2013 at 15.25
Have made these muffins a few times now, they are a weekend treat in my house, so easy to make and super delicious. Love love love!!!
Posted by Jo74 on 10th Apr 2013 at 19.32
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