Recipe: Banana muffins with lemon icing

These cute banana muffins are delicious with or without the lemon icing. The recipe makes 18 standard-sized muffins or at least 24 mini ones.

Ingredients

100 g (3½ oz) butter
1 cup white sugar
2 eggs
1 tsp vanilla essence
2 bananas, mashed
¾ cup milk
2 cups plain flour
1 tsp baking powder
1 tsp baking soda

Lemon icing

2 cups icing sugar
2 Tbsp butter, softened
1 Tbsp finely grated lemon zest, plus extra to garnish
2 Tbsp lemon juice
1 Tbsp boiling water

1. Preheat the oven to 170°C fan bake.
   
   
2. Arrange paper cases in muffin tins.
   
   
3. Melt the butter in a large glass bowl in the microwave. Stir in the sugar, eggs and vanilla, then the bananas and milk.
   
   
4. Sift in the flour, baking powder and soda and fold together until combined. Divide the mixture evenly between the paper cases.
   
   
5. Bake for 18–23 minutes until cooked through and golden on top.
   
   
6. Allow to cool for a few minutes before transferring the muffins (still in their paper cases) to a wire rack.
   
   
7. To make the Lemon Icing, mix the icing sugar, butter, lemon zest and juice. Add the boiling water and whisk until there are no lumps.
   
   
8. Spread the icing over the cooled muffins with a butter knife, and garnish with extra lemon zest.
   
   
9. Store in an airtight container in the pantry for up to 4 days.
   
   
   

Images and text extracted from Everyday Favourites: Delicious, easy meal solutions for busy families by Vanya Insull, published by Allen & Unwin NZ, RRP: $39.99. Photography by Melanie Jenkins, Flash Studios.