How to use Banana as a substitute for butter or eggs in baking

Bananas are a great substitute for dairy items and eggs in baking as the fruit can give the same outcome whilst making your baked good just that bit healthier. Here's how to use bananas as a substitute: 

1. To replace a whole egg in baking use 1/2 a mashed up banana for each egg needed. This works great in chewy recipes like brownies. 
2. Whatever amount of butter is needed in a recipe substitute the same amount of mashed up banana. This works well in chocolate cakes which will cover the banana taste. Or use the banana flavour to your advantage in banana muffins. 
3. Use them for flavour. Instead of syrups and flavourings which can be unnatural and full of sugar and calories use bananas to naturally sweeten cakes, biscuits and breads. Simply add some pureed bananas to your mixture, the amount will depend on how strong you want the flavour. 1 banana will be enough to flavour a cake. 

It is so easy to be healthy, even when baking. These ideas are great for making your sweet treats just that bit healthier and it is one way to increase your fruit intake if you don't like just eating bananas. Hope these ideas help you when you need a baking replacement.