Banana Snack Cakes
					Makes 36 cakes.
		Banana Snack Cakes make the perfect mid-morning or after school snack.   Unprocessed wheat bran is sometimes also labeled millers bran.  Ask for it in your local supermarket, or the health food store. Extra-ripe bananas will keep in your freezer until you are ready to make these high fiber treats.
	Combine in the bowl of your electric mixer: 2 eggs ½ cup brown sugar 3 ripe bananas (about 1 cup) 1 cup buttermilk ¼ cup canola oil 1 teaspoon vanilla extract 1 cup unprocessed wheat bran In a medium bowl, whisk together: 1 cup whole wheat flour ¾ cup all purpose flour 1 ½ teaspoons baking powder ½ teaspoon baking soda 1 teaspoon cinnamon Stir into the banana mixture.  Stir in ½ cup chocolate chips.  Grease 36 mini muffin pans.  Spoon the batter into the muffin pans.  Finely chop 1/3 cup of walnuts.  Sprinkle the nuts on top of the cakes.   Bake in a preheated 400 degree oven until a toothpick comes out clean, about 12- 18 minutes.  Let cool on a rack.
			Nutritional analysis per cake:  72 calories, 2 grams protein, 10 grams carbohydrates, 3 grams fat, 33 mg. sodium, 1.5 grams fiber.