banana cupcakes with chocolate icing

1.5c flour
1t baking powder
1t baking soda
1/2t salt

3 large bananas, mashed
3/4c sugar
1 egg
75g butter, melted

Heat oven to 175C. Line cupcake tins with paper cases. Sift first four ingredients. In a separate bowl, combine bananas, sugar, egg and butter, then fold in the dry ingredients and mix gently until smooth. Spoon into tins and cook for 25-30 minutes or until they spring back to the touch.

When cool, ice with a thin layer of chocolate icing using a butter knife heated in boiling water.

~icing~
1T soft butter
1.5c icing sugar
3 heaped dessert spoons of cocoa
hot water to mix to a paste