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Warm muffins go fantasically with a morning tea party. Muffins are easy to make and just as easy to eat. In fact, many people say that they favor muffins over cakes when they’re in a hurry during tea time because they are more convenient to eat. One of the most popular banana bread recipe is this one as the primary ingredient is a nutritious fruit. Below is a yummy coffee-banana bread muffin recipe which you can prepare at home in practically no time.

What you need:

- Ripe and mashed bananas – three (3) to four (4)

- Softened butter – third of a cup

- Sugar – three-quarters (3/4) of a cup

- Egg – one (1)

- Vanilla essence – one teaspoon

- Espresso – one tablespoon

- Flour – one and a half (1 1/2) cups

- Chopped walnuts – 1 cup

- Baking powder – one (1) teaspoon

Instructions:

- Preheat the oven to 350F.

- This recipe caters for 12 muffins; therefore, grease and flour 12 muffin molds.

- In a bowl, break in the egg and beat till fluffy.

- Add the sugar and stir using a wooden spoon.

- Add the mashed bananas and softened butter to the mix and stir using a wooden spoon till the mix is well incorporated.

- Add in the vanilla essence and espresso and mix all the ingredients together well.

- In another bowl, mix together the flour, walnuts and baking powder.

- Sprinkle the dry ingredients on top of the wet ingredients and mix well to make a smooth batter.

- Pour the finished batter in the muffin molds (fill only three-quarters of the way).

- Bake in the pre-heated oven for twenty-five (25) to thirty (30) minutes until the muffins are done. You can check by inserting a skewer; if it comes out clean then the muffins are ready.

- Cool for approx. ten (10) minutes before removing from the mold, then cool on a cooling rack.

While cream cheese frosting is the most common frosting to be served with banana bread, below are some interesting frosting recipes which you can try out.

Browned Butter Frosting

What you need:

- Butter – third of a cup

- Powdered sugar – 3 cups

- Vanilla extract – 1 teaspoon

- Milk – four (4) tablespoons

Preparation:

- Heat the butter in a pan over low heat till just browned.

- Take off the heat and cool.

- Add the confectioners’ sugar, vanilla and milk to the butter and beat well to get the mixture to a spreading consistency.

- Spread on the cooled muffins, decorate with cut bananas and cool some more before serving.

- You may wish to put the frosting in a piping bag and pipe it in your preferred design on the muffins.

Passionfruit Glace Icing

What you’ll need:

- Icing sugar – one cup

- Passionfruit pulp – 1 1/2 cups

To prepare:

- Mix the icing sugar and passionfruit pulp in a bowl.

- Gently drizzle over the baked muffins and cool for some time before serving.

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