Vegan Marbled Chocolate Banana Muffins

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My favourite ever activity when staying with friends is to bake, in fact as I'm writing this we are watching the Great British Bake Off whilst devouring these delicious vegan marbled chocolate banana muffins. Every year when I stay with my best friend for a week in summer we bake together, and this year I took the opportunity to use our baking adventure to give you guys a recipe! The best way to enjoy these muffins is warm, with a cup of tea (with almond milk of course) whilst having a catch up with a good friend. 

VEGAN MARBLED CHOCOLATE BANANA MUFFINS 

These muffins are a perfect afternoon snack, breakfast on-the-go option, or an after dinner dessert. As always my recipes are adaptable and suitable for substitutions for example you could use any other type of non-dairy milk in this recipe such as soya, oat, rice however be cautious that these may cause crying results. You could also substitute plain flour with almond meal, spelt flour, wholemeal flour or gluten free flour however as I did not experiment with these then the results will vary. Alike most of my recipes this can be used as a base to develop to suit your own personal preferences, but please let me know how you get on if you choose to substitute any of the ingredients via my email or instagram (@positivesoph). 


Yields 9 muffins 
Ingredients
3 medium sized ripe bananas
170g golden caster sugar 
1tsp vanilla extract 
2tbsp sunflower oil
170g plain flour 
3/4 tsp bicarbonate of soda 
pinch of salt 
3tbsp cocoa powder 
3tbsp boiling water 
(alternatively to marbling the cocoa powder, you could just add chunks of chocolate)
80ml unsweetened almond milk 

1. Preheat the oven to 180 degrees Celsius 
2. Mash the banana in a large mixing bowl before mixing in the caster sugar, sunflower oil, almond milk and vanilla extract 
3. Once mixed together, add in the flour, bicarbonate of soda and the pinch of salt and mix once more until just combined, being careful not to over mix 
4. Separate one large spoonful of mixture into a separate bowl to form the chocolate marble layer


5. In a small bowl, combine the cocoa powder with boiling water until the chocolate is thoroughly dissolved
6. Add the chocolate mixture to the separated cake mixture and combine until fully incorporated 
7. Using a silicon muffin tray, spoon in the unmodified mixture until the cases are around 3/4 full, then spoon in one tbsp worth of the chocolate mixture into each case
8. Using a knife or cocktail stick, swirl the chocolate mixture into the unmodified mixture to create a marbled effect 


9. Place the muffins into the oven and cook for 18-20 minutes, or until the muffins are golden brown and springy to touch 
10. Remove from the oven and leave to cool for 5 minutes before removing from the silicon tray
11. ENJOY !!

Please send me photos if you recreate this recipe at my email (positivesoph@gmail.co.uk) or tag me on instagram (@positivesoph) and let me know any feedback you have! 

Keep yourself grounded, be mindful, as always keep your soul happy !!

- Sophie :)

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