• Home
  • Blog
  • Recipes
    • Cakes & Cheesecakes
    • Brownies & Bars
    • Cupcakes & Muffins
    • Cookies & Biscuits
    • Breads
    • Desserts
    • Ice-Cream & Frozen
    • Chocolate
    • Smoothies & Drinks
    • Appetizers & Salads
  • By Collection
    • Breakfast & Brunch
    • Lunch & Dinner
    • Healthy
    • By Cuisine
      • Pakistani & Desi
      • Middle Eastern
      • Italian
    • By Occasions
      • Eid
      • Parties
      • Ramadan
    • Tutorials
  • Order
    • Gallery
      • Children’s Cake
      • Big Birthdays
      • Celebration Cakes
      • Anniversary Cakes
      • Gourmet Cakes
      • Cupcakes
      • Cookies
      • Cakepops
      • Dessert Tables
    • Flavors
    • Prices
    • FAQs
  • Meet
    • Contact
    • Media
    • Testimonials
  • SHOP
    • Facebook
    • Instagram
    • Pinterest
    • Twitter
    • YouTube
Bake Fresh

Bake Fresh

June 30, 2018 · 7 Comments

Whole Wheat Banana Chocolate Muffins {no sugar,jumbo, bakery style}

Breakfast & Brunch· Healthy· Uncategorized

Sharing is caring!

6 shares
  • Facebook
  • Email
  • Print

Breakfast is the most important meal of the day. This will come as a shocker for those who know me from quite a while and my mom will give this scornful look because I gave her not so good times when it came to breakfast. But in my defense, people change and if that change is for good then well, pat on the back. From a pepsi on empty stomach to without sehri fasting, I have come a long way. Lesson learnt before any lesson actually so thankyou Allah mian. I have realized a couple of things about breakfast, it sets your mood for the day, it keeps you full and less hungry for the entire day, you are more productive, energetic and alert. But healthy nutritious breakfast is a must. (sorry halwa puri won’t cut ;)).

Chocolate Banana Muffins

My mornings have always been crazy, if it was not for rushing to school, college, university, it was office later on and then since I had kids, the crazy got a whole new meaning. Usually what I make for kids breakfast and lunch boxes, I save some for myself to have it later when they leave. Sometimes when I have time and mood to treat myself, I would do some overnight oats, granola parfait or make roghni roti with khageena like my mum makes (though its nowhere close to hers).During vacation and traveling also, I always try to opt for breakfast options in hotels because it keeps the sanity intact for the long day ahead.Whole wheat Chocolate Banana Muffins

Muffins are such a grab and go breakfast option, looks and sounds stylish and can be packed with all necessary nutrition. Contrary to cupcakes, they are supposed to be healthy and wholesome. In the same quest, I tried these chocolate banana muffin topped with oats crumble with no refined sugar or flour in a jumbo muffin pan I had bought a longtime back. They turned out such delicious bombs and are not boring at all. You can also freeze them and can be a great healthy treat anytime. Also as like all muffins, they are super easy to make with just one step of combining dry and wet ingredients together with a hand whisk. So here goes the recipe.

 

 

For D-I-Y muffin liners, check notes in the end.

Whole Wheat Chocolate Banana Muffins
2018-06-30 15:47:07
Serves 6
A healthy chocolate banana jumbo muffin packed with nutrition with no refined sugar and flour
Write a review
Save Recipe
Print
Prep Time
30 min
Cook Time
20 min
Total Time
1 hr
Prep Time
30 min
Cook Time
20 min
Total Time
1 hr
For the Muffins
  1. 2 bananas* mashed and over ripe (we need about a cup of mashed bananas)
  2. 1 egg
  3. 1/4 cup coconut oil**
  4. 1/3 cup honey
  5. 1/2 cup buttermilk*** or yogurt
  6. 1 teaspoon vanilla
  7. 1 cup whole wheat flour****
  8. 1/2 cup cocoa powder
  9. 1 teaspoon baking soda
  10. 1 teaspoon baking powder
  11. 1/2 teaspoon salt
For Crumble
  1. 1/2 cup whole oats
  2. 1/2 cup whole wheat flour
  3. 1/3 cup brown sugar
  4. 1/3 cup cold butter
  5. handful of walnuts crushed
For the Muffins
  1. Combine bananas,yogurt,oil,egg,honey and vanilla with a whisk.
  2. Combine flour,cocoa powder,baking soda,baking powder,salt with a whisk in a separate bowl.
  3. Mix the two together with a whisk just until combined.
  4. Line the jumbo muffin pan for 6 with liners or 12 regular muffin pan.
  5. For jumbo muffins, pour half cup of batter in each and for regular, pour 1/3 cup in each.
For the Crumble
  1. Combine flour,oats and sugar.
  2. Rub in butter till it resembles bread crumbs.
  3. Add walnuts.
  4. Equally divide and top the muffins with this crumble.
  5. Bake in a pre-heated oven at 400 F for 5 minutes and then lower the temperature to 350F for another 15 minutes.
  6. The size of the muffins will impact on baking time. Jumbo will take more time than regular ones.
Notes
  1. *We need about 1 cup of mashed bananas. If your bananas are over ripe and you cant use them that day, peel and freeze them in a box. Thaw before mashing. Remove excess water.
  2. **Any other vegetable oil with milk flavor like canola or sunflower or even melted butter
  3. ***Buttermilk is laban in Middle East and can be substituted by yogurt or homemade buttermilk. Simple take 1 cup of regular full fat milk and add 1 tablespoon of vinegar and let it stand for 5 minutes.
By Nadia
Adapted from Sally's Baking Addiction
Adapted from Sally's Baking Addiction
Bake Fresh https://bakefresh.net/
Whole wheat Chocolate Banana Muffins

For the DIY parchment liner bakery style, take 6×6 inches of non greasy parchment or baking paper of good quality. For the regular muffin pan, take 5×5 inches. Place it on a inverted glass. The glass should easily fit into the muffin cavity. Press and wrap the centered paper and let the natural creases take their shape by smoothing with the hands.

step 1
step 2
step 3
how to make cupcake liners
step 4

Summary
recipe image
Recipe Name
Whole Wheat Chocolate Banana Muffins
Author Name
Nadia
Published On
2018-06-30
Preparation Time
30M
Cook Time
30M
Total Time
1H

Sharing is caring!

6 shares
  • Facebook
  • Email
  • Print
Previous Post: « Easy homemade butter cookies – piped cookies
Next Post: Banana Cake with Oil [Recipe Video] – Easy One Bowl »

Comments

  1. Sana Ali Manzoora says

    July 5, 2018 at 8:45 am

    I made this in a loaf pan and it turned out so good! Super soft and delicious. Thank you for such an easy recipe 🙂

    Reply
    • bakefresh says

      July 5, 2018 at 12:32 pm

      i am so glad sana, easy recipes are best 😉

      Reply
  2. Zainab says

    July 17, 2018 at 7:14 pm

    Thanks dear for the healthier version of breads n muffin
    Looking forward for more.

    Reply
    • bakefresh says

      August 13, 2018 at 4:57 am

      u r welcome zainab

      Reply
  3. francesco caselli says

    September 6, 2018 at 12:37 pm

    This is delicious! I will prepare this evening for my partner. Thank you very much 

    Reply
  4. Lucinda says

    September 20, 2020 at 5:36 pm

    I just made these.
    Them seem pretty nutritious and taste good. My husband would like them better with chocolate chips…next time.
    About how many calories are in a jumbo muffin?

    Reply
    • bakefresh says

      September 30, 2020 at 2:18 pm

      around 400 calories

      Reply

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.

HELLO & WELCOME

Hello, I’m Nadia. I am the cake decorator, blogger, a fanatic mom and a home maker, passionate about all things sweet and pretty.


READ MORE

NEVER MISS A RECIPE!

Bake at home like a pro. Sign up for our weekly newsletter.

CATEGORIES

Awards

Top 100 Baking blogs

Photography

my foodgawker gallery
All you need is Love, and Cookies. Must have Cookies
Privacy Policy

FOLLOW US ON INSTAGRAM @BAKEFRESH

All meal planning and preps ,desi way! All meal planning and preps ,desi way!
This recipe has been taken from women's weekly foo This recipe has been taken from women's weekly food magazine (Australia)

I found this in trash like literally!

It has beautiful one bowl recipes with variety of flavors like lemon ,orange ,dates ,dry fruit and banana!

I love how easy it is and how it uses upto 5 riped bananas.

No butter no yogurt, just plain simple 5 basic ingredients.

A basic family cake to go with morning coffee or evening tea!

I usually slice and wrap it to freeze for kids lunch boxes as well.

I hope you try it soon or save it for later or/and share with your friends and family.

RECIPE

Ingredients

5 riped bananas mashed
4 eggs
1 cup oil
1 1/3 cup sugar (grinded)
2 3/4 cups flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
2 teaspoons baking powder 
1/2 teaspoon salt

Mix all and beat well till color changes. (Refer to the reel). Bake in a preheated oven at 350 F for about an hour.

Caramel  sauce

1/3 cup butter
1/2 cup brown sugar
3/4 cup icing sugar
2 tablespoon milk

Mix all, heat till sauce like consistency is obtained.

Cool a little before pouring it over completely cooled cake.

Some questions related to this cake, I have answered below:

I used a large ring pan of about 9 inches and the cake got baked in 45 mins.

If your cake is wet inside it can be because of so many reasons, the oven temperature is too slow or too high, the pan you took is regular square or round hence it will take longer to cook(in the middle specially), cover with foil and continue baking if outside is done until you insert a skewer and it comes clean.

#bakefresh #bananacake #riyadhfoodbloggers
#karachibloggers
#bananacakerecipe
#hautecuisines 
#easycake
#mashionpk 
#mashion
When Dina from @freshlypictured announced the comp When Dina from @freshlypictured announced the competition, I thought nah.. not my thing and also Ramadan, how and whom would I serve the breakfast in bed! 

But as they say, great things like ahead of your comfort zone, I said let's give it a shot(like literally ;)because no matter how many rules and theories you learn, the real growth lies in practice, pickup that camera and just capitalize every opportunity.

And since I am on lookout for some cool props, what if I even win this cool handmade pottery by @dantesceramics

So.here is my entry for #bedbreakfastchallenge

Can you guess where I have actually shot the pictures? It's not the real bed 😉

Pictured is my forever favourite apple crisp that does double duty of breakfast and dessert served with ice cream along with good solid cup of dalgona!

#breakfastrecipe #karachibloggers #karachifoodbloggers #karachivloggers #bakefreshcakes #mashionpk #hautecuisines #dawndotcom #bedbreakfastchallenge 
#applecrisp
Eid is just around the corner and though heart is Eid is just around the corner and though heart is heavy with all what is going on in the world, heads should be kept up high and hands should be raised to show gratitude  because this is what Eid is.

Read till the end for my 8 tips on creating a dessert table!

I have shared panna cotta and one bowl lemon cake on my YouTube channel, linked in stories.

Chocolate sandwich cookies will be shared soon.

Since this is "meethi eid"  I am bringing some ideas to dress up your eid table/trolley/buffet in a non-traditional way!

I am doing this in collaboration with some of my favorite Nadias I have got to know through this platform. 

I will use 3 words to describe them as my effort to introduce. Make sure you check out their accounts because they too are sharing some eid recipe ideas!

@bon_appetit_jeddah
 Bundt-wire rack-consistent feed

@anintrovertedblogger
Aesthetics-plants-books

@journeytotable 
Happy-great recipes-casual

TIPS FOR SETTING UP YOUR EID SPREADS

1. Think through your theme, it can be based on colours, or any other criteria like boho, pastels etc.

2. Use what you have, shop your own house, I have used my net dupatta as table spread and vintage  dainty tea cups as individual serving bowls, great for desserts like sheet khurma or in my case panna cotta

3. Play with heights, the cookie stand, the mirror placed on vase, cake stand etc.

4. Think out of the box, a cake stand is not only for cake stand, it can used for anything 

5. Dont serve a single dish on one platter, serve some on flat serveware, some in jars

6. Candles for ambience, floating, stick, jars anything to go with the mood

7. Keep variety of dessert or items (typically not eaten in ramadan) and which are make ahead and store well.

Cake and cookies to go with that mandatory cup of tea and a cold light dessert is a perfect combination 

A little effort and attention to detail can really create a wow factor to otherwise routine of entertaining guests whole day on eid days!

Let me.know what you think and if you happen to create a dessert table tag me and I will be happy to share with others!
A little comfort chocolate indulgence your way! W A little comfort chocolate indulgence your way!

Warm chocolate souffle, which is just a perfect cross between mousse and flourless chocolate cake with a hint of orange (machintosh chocolate anyone?)
 
I made this to calm our otherwise haywire senses and just to enjoy muting all the news.

I am not satisfied with the look and rise, it should ideally rise up the edges evenly though collapse later is normal, taste was perfect though. It was too beautiful not to photograph but the recipe you got to wait till I nail it.

Have you ever tried souffle and if yes how would you describe it?

#bakefreshblog #bakefreshvlog #riyadhbloggers #karachibloggers #karachifoodbloggers #karachivloggers #bakefreshcakes #souffle
#choclatesouffle
Dropping this recipe tomorrow on my YouTube channe Dropping this recipe tomorrow on my YouTube channel!

Zaatar star bread - perfect for your iftar because it's super easy and goes with a lot of dips and sauces!

Step by step fool proof and delicious!

#bakefreshblog #bakefresh #bakefreshblog #riyadhcakes #karachibloggers #karachifoodbloggers #starbread #zaatar #zaatarbread #hautecuisines #mashionpk #foodphotographer #f52grams

6 shares