Spiced Banana Zucchini Muffins

these little bad boys were the result of a mid-study urge to distract myself with something more pleasant and creative, and i was in desperate need of a little warmth and comfort. those two words often mean cinnamon for me, i can't get enough of the stuff, it ends up on most of my breakfasts and in most of my cakes and baked goods!

after a quick rummage around in the kitchen, i had decided to raid the stash of bananas and use up an old zucchini that i had bought with more 'savoury' intentions but never quite got around to actually using. yep, that old chestnut. so, armed with my chief ingredients, i set about guesstimating what would be needed and worked my way from there.

3/4 cup wholemeal flour

3/4 cup self raising flour

1/2 tsp baking powder

1/2 tsp baking soda

pinch of salt

2 eggs

1/3 cup sugar

1/2 cup low fat Greek yoghurt

1 tbsp vegetable or olive oil

2 small-medium bananas

1 small-medium zucchini

1 tsp cinnamon

1 tsp mixed spice

mash up the bananas until well mixed and not lumpy. add in the other wet ingredients (eggs, yoghurt, oil) and whisk to combine. add in the sugar and spices, and whisk to combine. add in the dry ingredients (flours, baking powder and soda, salt), and stir to combine, then finally stir in the zucchini. be careful not to overmix or the batter will become tough.

line a muffin tray (mine has 12 cups) with liners (i just used large paper cupcake liners, whatever size fits your muffin tray best) and spoon mixture evenly among the liners. they should be about 3/4 full. at this stage i added a little sprinkling of a cinnamon sugar mix (about 1 tbsp caster or raw sugar mixed with 1 tsp cinnamon) to the top of each muffin. bake at 180 celcius for approximately 20 minutes, or until a toothpick comes out clean. leave to cool in the tray for a few minutes before transferring to a wire rack to cool completely. or you could do as we did, and wait only 2 minutes before having a warm one with a cup of tea in the sunshine in the backyard. word of warning - the downside to this is that they stick to the liner more when they're warm, so be prepared to lose a bit, or get very messy.