Banana Chocolate Chip Muffins

We had so many ripe bananas, so I made muffins. Mine were extra chocolatey and didn't rise very well so they were really dense and thick (but yummy). I'll probably tweak the recipe and try it again to get a more muffin-y texture.

1 1/2 cups flour

1 1/2 teaspoon baking soda

1/2 teaspoon salt

1/8 teaspoon cinnamon

1 1/4 cups banana

3/4 cup sugar

1 stick melted butter

1/4 cup buttermilk

2 eggs

1/2 teaspoon vanilla

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. In a bowl, sift together flour, baking soda, salt, and cinnamon. In a separate bowl, mix together butter and sugar. Mix in bananas, buttermilk, eggs, and vanilla. Add the dry ingredients to the banana mixture and mix until just combined. Bake at 350 for 15 to 20 minutes

Texas Sheet Cake

Yay summer! I made this for a pool party. Usually, it's smooth on top, but it shifted on the ride over. Still delicious.
Cake:

2 cups sugar

2 cups flour

4 tablespoons cocoa

2 sticks butter

1 cup water

1 cup buttermilk

1 teaspoon vanilla

1 teaspoon baking soda

2 beaten eggs

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Place sugar and flour in a bowl. Place cocoa, butter, and water in a saucepan and bring to a boil. Add the cocoa mixture to the flour mixture, and mix well. Add the rest of the ingredients and mix thoroughly. Pour batter into a 17x12 inch sheet pan (I used a 15x10) and bake at 350 for 15 to 20 minutes.

Icing:

4 tablespoons cocoa

6 tablespoons milk

1 stick butter

16-ounce box powdered sugar

Place powdered sugar in a mixing bowl. Bring cocoa, milk, and butter to a boil in a saucepan. Add cocoa mixture to the powdered sugar and mix well to remove the lumps. Pour icing over warm cake and let cool.

Basic Banana Bread

For Blake.

1/2 cup vegetable oil

1/3 cup buttermilk

1 1/2 cups sugar

2 eggs

1 1/2 cups flour

1/4 teaspoon salt

1 teaspoon baking soda

3 ripe bananas mashed

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Grease and flour a standard loaf pan. In a bowl, beat sugar and oil until combined. Mix in eggs one at a time until completely blended. Alternate between dry ingredient mixture and buttermilk (1/3 flour, 1/2 buttermilk, 1/3 flour, 1/2 buttermilk, 1/3 flour), mixing completely between additions. Mix in mashed bananas, and pour into prepared pans. Bake at 350 degrees for 40 to 45 minutes.