Altering cakes to reduce fat

[nagromeyk]

krysalyss - I was running out of snack ideas for Kye and found a recipe for banana cupcakes for him. Problem was, it had a little bit too much sugar in it for my liking. As I like to keep the amount of sugar that K takes in to a minimum I thought I'd play around a bit with altering the quantities.
The recipe is below: I have cut the butter and the sugar down in this recipe and they still turn out yummy!!

Banana Cupcakes

125g butter - recipe says 125g but I only use 100g butter

3/4 cup caster sugar - recipe says 3/4 but I only used 1/4 cup sugar in the batch I made last night and they turned out great.
Next batch I make I am going to use apple puree for the whole amount and see what that turns out like

1 tsp vanila extract
2 eggs
1 cup (2-3) ripe mashed banana (really ripe bananas will give you more sweetness so you dont need as much sugar)
1 1/2 cups of wholemeal self raising flour
1/2 tsp bicarbonate of soda
1/3 cup of milk

Preheat oven to 180 degrees. Using an electric mix beat butter, sugar and vanilla together until light and fluffy. Beat eggs in one at a time, beating well after each addition. Add mashed banana and beat until combined.

Sift flour and bicarb soda over banana mixture. Add milk. Spoon into muffin pans and bake for 18-20 minutes.

Give it a shot, I made some last night and they turned out awesome!! I gave one to Kye for morning tea today and he scoffed it