Wholemeal Roasted Banana Cupcakes with Mandarin-Honey Glaze

Inline with making beloved recipes without white flour, here’s a banana and walnut cupcakes recipe made with wholemeal flour :)

Wet Ingredients

• 2 very ripe bananas

• 2 eggs

• 55g olive oil

• 2 tbsp honey

• 1 tsp vanilla extract

• Zest of 1 mandarin (or orange, we didn’t have oranges so I used mandarins instead)

Dry Ingredients

• 180 g wholemeal flour

• 1.5 tsp baking powder

• 1 tsp ground cinnamon

• ¼ tsp nutmeg

• ¼ tsp salt

Add-ins

• 50 g walnuts, toasted and roughly chopped

Mandarin Honey Glaze

• 1 tbsp honey

• 1 tsp mandarin juice (orange can be used instead here too, but we only had mandarins)

• Pinch of flaky sea salt

Steps:

• Roast the bananas

  • Preheat the oven to 180C (350F)

  • Place the bananas in their skins on a foil-lined tray

  • Roast for 15-20 minutes until the skins are black and the bananas are very soft

  • Let cool slightly and scoop out the flesh

• Toast the walnuts

  • Toast the walnuts at 180C for 6 - 8 minutes

  • Let cool and roughly chop

• Mix the wet ingredients

  In a large bowl, whisk together:

  • Roasted banana flesh (the soft inside of the banana after it has been roasted)

  • 2 eggs

  • 55 g olive oil

  • Honey

  • Vanila

  • Mandarin zest

  A few banana lumps are completely fine

• Mix the dry ingredients

  In a separate bowl, combine:

  • Wholemeal flour

  • Baking powder

  • Cinnamon

  • Nutmeg

  • Salt

• Combine

  • Fold the dry ingredients into the wet ingredients

  • Do not overmix

  • Mix only until you can no longer see dry flour

  • Fold in the toasted walnuts

  • If the batter is very stiff (though it shouldn't be), add 1-3 tbsp oat milk

  • Let the batter rest for 10 minutes

• Bake

  • Line your cupcake pan with cupcake papers

  • Pour in the batter

  • Bake at 180C for 45 - 55 minutes

  • Start checking at 45 minutes with a fork or toothpick

  • It’s done when the fork comes out clean or with a few moist crumbs

• Glaze

  • While the cupcakes are still warm:

    • Mix 1 tbsp honey with 1 tsp mandarin juice

    • Brush over the top

    • Sprinkle some brown sugar over the cupcakes too if you’d like :)

• Cool

  • Leave in the cupcake pan for 10 minutes

  • Remove from the cupcake pan and allow to cool some more

Enjoy with some tea :)