Banana Breakfast Muffins

I was inspired this week to try out the September recipe from Waitrose; Spiced Banana Loaf. This new twist on a classic recipe uses the somewhat unusual ingredient of Weetabix…..yeah I didn’t really get it either. 

Anyone who has ever had Weetabix for breakfast, lunch,dinner, supper e.t.c. before will know that they soak up the milk like nobody’s business. I mean leave the room for like two minutes and its like - wheres the milk gone? With this idea in mind Weetabix would actually be a pretty decent baking ingredient as it soaks up liquid and binds your mixture together. 

For this cake you will need: 

3 Weetabix crumbled 

100g sultanas

150ml milk

250g light brown sugar

2 eggs

2 ripe bananas

120g melted butter

150g self-raising flour

1tsp bicarbonate of soda

1tsp ground cinnamon

1tsp ground ginger

However I revised the ingredients list a bit and added muesli - mostly because I was short on sultanas as well as nutmeg and cranked up the volume on the spices.  I decided to make muffins instead of (ok maybe as well as) a loaf and as they contain not one but two different varieties of breakfast cereals they would be to the perfect way to break your fast in the morning. 

When making a banana  cake of any variety I like to use frozen bananas as i believe that once frozen taste more bananary? Anyone know why this is?

Preheat the oven to 170c and prepare the muffin tin. I’m using bright and colourful muffin cases because who doesn't love to be woken up with bright bold colours……actually don’t answer that.

For the first step crumb your Weetabix in a bowl - as this will disintegrate when cook anyway you don't need to worry about living it a bit chunky. Add the sultanas and/or muesli and cover with milk. Set aside until all of the milk is soaked up. 

Meanwhile which the sugar and eggs until light and fluffy before adding the butter, flour, bicarb, spices. I also added pecans and walnuts to add extra texture. Combine well. 

Lastly stir in the Weetabix mixture before distributing evenly in the muffin cases. 

Bake for 40-45 minutes.