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  • Banana Bran Muffins

    These muffins were a lot less sweet than I thought they would be, if that makes any sense. The scent of cinnamon and bananas might have tricked me into thinking it would be sweeter. It definitely feels healthier than some of the other banana bran muffins recipes I’ve seen.

    There was actually a point where I tasted the batter, and had my doubts. It had a bitter aftertaste that did not work for me.

    So, I was slightly anxious as they were coming out of the oven. What if they weren’t good?

    I ended up gobbling one down, almost straight away. It was yummy.

    Ingredient-wise, it does kind of remind me of the banana bread I posted in April, though that was sweeter and had chocolate.

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  • Chocolate and custard cupcakes

    These are my mother’s chocolate cupcakes. Yummy and chocolatey, and the custard filling makes for a nice surprise inside.

    In my opinion, they’re also exceptional when eaten slightly frozen – when the custard is ice-cold and the chocolate is deliciously chocolatey.  I’ve actually frozen almost all of the cupcakes from this batch – it stops me from eating all of them at once, and increases the odds that there will be something around if I get unannounced visitors.

    Thick vanilla custard cream is available in stores in Norway, so there is no recipe here. If you’re making that as well, the consistency should be somewhat similar in consistency to a Crème pâtissière filling.

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