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What I made, and the recipes

I baked a few things for this project, so I will tell you how it went, show you some pictures, and give you the recipes so you can make it too!

The first thing I made was Banana Bread. Here's the recipe:

//Prep Time//: 5 minutes //Cook Time//: 1 hour

__Ingredients: __


 * 3 or 4 ripe bananas, smashed
 * 1/3 cup melted butter
 * 1 cup sugar
 * 1 egg, beaten
 * 1 teaspoon vanilla
 * 1 teaspoon baking soda
 * Pinch of salt
 * 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour

__Directions: __

Preheat oven to 350°F. With a wooden spoon, mix butter into mashed bananas in a large mixing bowl. Mix in the sugar, egg, and vanilla. Sprinkle the baking soda and salt over the mixture and mix in. Add the flour last, mix. Pour mixture into a buttered, 4X8 inch loaf pan. Bake for 1 hour. Cool on a rack. Remove from pan and slice to serve.

Makes 1 loaf.



It was very easy to make, and didn't take very long either. We didn't have any baking soda, so we had to use twice the amount of baking powder, which also worked. When it came out of the oven, it smelled really good and tasted great. I recommend this recipe.

The second thing I made was chocolate cupcakes. Here's that recipe:

//Prep Time:// 10 Minutes //Cook Time:// 20 Minutes

__Ingredients:__


 * 1 1/2 cups all purpose flour
 * 1/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
 * 1 cup granulated sugar
 * 1 teaspoon baking soda
 * 1/2 teaspoon salt
 * 1 cup brewed coffee (can be substituted with water)
 * 1 tbsp white vinegar
 * 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
 * 6 tbsp olive oil

//Frosting://


 * 4 tbsp butter
 * 1/3 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
 * 1 1/2 cup powdered sugar
 * 3 tbsp milk
 * 1 tbsp vanilla extract

__ Directions: __

Preheat oven to 350°F with rack in middle position. Prepare a muffin tin with cupcake liners. In a large bowl, vigorously whisk together flour, cocoa powder, sugar, baking soda, and salt until no visible clumps. In a separate bowl, mix coffee, vinegar, vanilla extract, and olive oil. Pour wet ingredients into dry ingredients and stir until they only just come together. The mixture should be thin and rather lumpy. Ladle the batter into the cupcake liners, filling them about 2/3 of the way. Bake for 18-20 minutes, until a bamboo skewer in the center comes out clean. Remove from oven and let cool in pan for 5 minutes, then move to a rack to cool.

//Frosting://

While cupcakes are in the oven, make the frosting. Melt butter in a small saucepan and remove from heat. Stir in cocoa until smooth. Sprinkle in about 1/3 of the powdered sugar, stir, then sprinkle in about half the milk. Keep alternating with the powdered sugar and milk or vanilla, stirring after each addition, until the frosting is the consistency you want, and smooth. If it's too runny, add more powdered sugar, if too stiff, add some more milk or vanilla.

Makes 12 cupcakes

Here's a good video for different ways to frost a cupcake!

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The cupcakes were actually very easy to make, and it didn't take very long to bake, either. They turned out well, and it was fun to decorate them! I would also recommend this recipe for cupcakes, try it sometime! Home History of Baking Olson's Bakery