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Chocolate Banana Swirl Cakes

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This is the time in the year where I’m moving out and frantically try to use up all my ingredients. I have tons of leftover flour and sugar, so I dig through my cabinet to find flavors. This was what I came up with the other day… chocolate, banana, and coconut!

Chocolate Banana Swirl Cakes from Square Root of Pie

Chocolate, Coconut, Banana Swirl Cakes
Makes 1 dozen.

Ingredients
1 1/2 C flour
1 tsp baking powder
1 tsp baking soda
dash salt
1 C sugar
1/3 C oil
1 egg
1 tsp vanilla
2 small very ripe bananas
1/4 C cocoa powder
1/2 C milk
1/3 C shredded coconut (optional)

Instructions
1. Preheat oven to 350F. Line a cupcake pan with paper liners.
2. In a large bowl, mix flour, powder, soda, and salt.
3. In a smaller bowl, mix sugar, oil, egg, and vanilla. Add wet to dry and combine. Mixture will be crumbly.
4. Mash bananas in another bowl, and pour in half the batter mixture. Mix well.
5. Add cocoa powder, milk, and coconut (if desired) to remaining batter.
6. Pour a spoonful of each batter into each cupcake liner. Swirl with a knife or toothpick. Sprinkle with extra coconut.
7. Bake 20 min until a knife comes out clean. Let cool before serving.

Chocolate Banana Swirl Cakes from Square Root of Pie

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Black Cherry Almond Chocolate Chip Muffins

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I’m done with final exams! Hooray! Only a few days left until graduation, and I’m getting very excited.

Black Cherry Almond Chocolate Chip Muffins from Square Root of Pie

During finals week, there are always free muffins before the early morning finals. A couple of my friends were sad there weren’t any GF muffins, so since I had leftover flour after making cookies, I decided to make them some GF finals exam muffins!

Black Cherry Almond Chocolate Chip Muffins from Square Root of Pie

Black Cherry Almond Chocolate Chip Muffins
Gluten free. Makes one dozen.

Ingredients
1 1/2 C gf all-purpose flour
1/2 C almond flour
1 Tbsp baking powder
dash salt
1/2 C sugar
1 egg
1/4 C oil
3/4 tsp almond extract
1 C black cherry Greek yogurt
1/4 C milk
1/3 C chocolate chips

Instructions
1. Preheat oven to 350F. Line a muffin pan with paper liners.
2. In a large bowl, sift together flours, baking powder, and salt. Set aside.
3. In a smaller bowl, mix sugar and egg. Add oil, extract, yogurt, and milk.
4. Add wet to dry and mix until combined. Fold in chocolate chips.
5. Bake 20-25 min until browned.

Black Cherry Almond Chocolate Chip Muffins from Square Root of Pie

Triple Chocolate Espresso Cookies

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The school year is coming to an end… finally! I just passed the two week mark until graduation. WOOHOO! I don’t have much going on during finals week, so hopefully that means I’ll have time to bake a lot and use up all of my ingredients before I move out.

Triple Chocolate Espresso Cookies from Square Root of Pie

I made these cookies as a thank you to my dancers for a great semester and brought them to our last rehearsal. The show was great and I was so happy! And I know they were very happy with the cookies too ;)

Triple Chocolate Espresso Cookies
Makes about 1 1/2 dozen.

Ingredients
1/2 C butter, softened
1/2 C sugar
1/2 C brown sugar, packed
1 egg
1 tsp vanilla
1 1/2 C flour (GF or regular all-purpose)
1/2 tsp baking soda
dash salt
1 Tbsp finely ground coffee
1/3 C white chocolate chips
1/3 C milk chocolate chips
1/3 C Sno-Caps or other chocolate chips

Instructions
1. Preheat oven to 350F. Lightly grease a cookie sheet.
2. In a large bowl, cream butter and sugars with an electric mixer. Add egg and vanilla and combine.
3. In a medium bowl, sift together flour, soda, salt, and coffee.
4. Gradually sift dry into wet.
5. Fold in chocolate chips.
6. Place spoonfuls on cookie sheet at least 2 inches apart. Bake 10 minutes until browned. Cool before serving.

Triple Chocolate Espresso Cookies from Square Root of Pie

I made one batch with regular flour, and one batch with GF flour… both came out great! The GF cookies were actually a little fluffier than the regular ones, which came out more crunchy, but both were delicious.

Triple Chocolate Espresso Cookies from Square Root of PieGood luck on finals if you have any! I’ll bring you recipes for some stress-relieving treats soon, I promise!