Charlie's Banana Muffins

225g Plain Flour

1/2 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda

2 1/2 teaspoon baking powder

1/4 teaspoon salt

110g butter

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

2 bananas (mashed up)

55ml milk, or buttermilk (I use normal old semi-skimmed!!)

2 eggs

115g caster sugar

1. Preheat the oven to 190/gas mark 5

2. Sift all the dry ingredients into a bowl and mix together

3. Put the butter and vanilla in a separate bowl and beat together until it's creamy

4. Gradually add the sugar until the mixture is light and fluffy, add the eggs one at a time beating each time.

5. Add a bit of milk at a time, then a bit of dry mixture, then a bit of banana to the cream mixture - beat well each time and keep doing this until you only have one bowl of mixture!

6. Fill a cupcake tray of cases 1/2 full as they rise quite well, bake for about 20 minutes. Leave to cool in tray for 5-10 minutes.