Nov 17 2009
Banana Cupcakes with Chocolate and Peanut Butter Frosting.
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We buy bundles of bananas every week. I like them very ripe. My husband eats them green.
How gross is that? Are there any other green-banana-eaters out there?
This poses a dilemma, as green bananas only stay green for about what? A day?
We are always left with bananas, which forces me to make banana treats.
Then I’m forced to eat the banana treats.
You know what I mean. They sit on the counter and taunt me.
A few months ago for my parent’s anniversary, I made a banana cake with cream cheese icing. My dad and brother said it was so sweet that it hurt their teeth.
That is the best thing anyone could ever say to me – since nothing is too sweet for me and my butter-lovin’ tastebuds.
This cake was made before I began blogging ever wrote anything down, so I was on a mission to recreate it.
All I could remember was that I put brown sugar (the healthy kind, since it’s brown) in the cake.
I added a bunch of other ingredients, hoping it would turn out ‘just ok.’
A few years ago, I usually relied on box mixes. That was pretty much all I knew, and it was simple and quick.
I then moved on to making things from scratch, but using recipes, like Mother Lovett’s.
Now, I think it is fun experimenting with ideas and seeing if I can actually ‘make’ my own cake recipe. It is tricky, and I’ve had many mess ups, but it is worth it.
These turned out better than I ever could have imagined. I only added a touch of cinnamon, so it the banana flavor was more prominent.
I love bananas in a morning shake, but I also love them with peanut butter. It is a warm and cozy, comforting snack. Have you ever dipped them in chocolate syrup? That is another decadent treat.
When it came time for frosting, I knew boring old cream cheese frosting just wasn’t going to please me. I’m dramatic, easily excited, and sometimes flakey.
I needed something more.
A mix of frostings.
Peanut butter and chocolate cream cheese frosting.
Plain peanut butter cream cheese frosting.
Chocolate cream cheese frosting, which I think tastes like chocolate mousse.
Banana Cupcakes
1 1/4 cups flour
2 teaspoons baking soda
1/4 teaspoon cinnamon
1/4 cup softened butter
1/2 cup sugar
1/4 cup brown sugar
2 eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla
2 ripes bananas, mashed
1/4 cup buttermilk
Preheat oven to 350.
Cream butter and sugars together until fluffy. Add vanilla and eggs, mixing until thoroughly combined. Add mashed banana. In a separate bowl, combine dry ingredients.
Add half of dry ingredients to banana mixture. Stir in buttermilk. Add the remaining dry ingredients. Pour into cupcake pans.
I used mini cupcake pans, and baked for 15 minutes. Makes 24 mini cupcakes.
Chocolate Cream Cheese Frosting
1 8-oz block of softened cream cheese
1 cup softened butter
1 lb powdered sugar
3 tablespoons Trader Joe’s Dutch Process Cocoa Powder
1 teaspoon vanilla
Cream ingredients together until thoroughly mixed. If icing seems to thick, add some milk 1 teaspoon at a time. Frost cupcakes or cake.
Peanut Butter Cream Cheese Frosting recipe can be found HERE.
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Jessica!!! These look amazing!
I’m so jealous cause my oven just broke!!! I feel like my boyfriend dumped me… I MISS MY OVEN!!!
another recipe to keep
I don’t really like bananas. I buy them for my boyfriend and my son. If I decide to eat one, it has to be not too ripe cause I find it too sweet and I don’t like that. I like them a little bit green but not too green.
But I like banana bread and cake.
Thank god i’m wearing a dress today. Any buttons on my pants would’ve popped off, ricocheted off of my computer screen and left a lovely imprint in my forehead just looking at these things in anticipation. Sweet madre. I.want. now. Peanut butter and banana is one of those sacred combinations I just can’t get enough of.
I usually prefer my bananas on the more green side. You cupcakes are making me so hungry right now!
you’re so talented with making your cupcakes look professional. i love it!
i have some super ripe bananas right now that i’ve been staring at, trying to think of how i can transform them into a vehicle for cream cheese frosting… it’s like you’re reading my mind lady.
I love how the frosting looks on the ones with choc and PB. I wish I had one right now. My fave food combo is choc, PB and banana.
those look amazing ! i might use this recipe for my thanksgiving dinner
thanks
xoxo
shelley
Yum! What a rendition of a favorite snack.
I rarely eat or use bananas, but when I do they’re black going on rotten. they’re actually best for you that way
I made your vanilla cupcakes yesterday. Yum!
I didn’t have the ingredients for the frosting, so instead I melted some Pumpkin Spice kisses to spread on top. Heavenly.
My stepdad actually prefers his bananas green. Scratch that, he won’t eat them UNLESS they’re green. My boyfriend takes bananas to another extreme, he’ll buy too many at a time so that 3 or 4 of them will go bad and I’ll make banana bread…hmmm…I think I might add these cupcakes to the repertoire…yum, can’t wait to try it!
We have a terrible problem with over-ripe bananas here (I love them) so I am so glad you posted this. I am definitely going to be doing some baking at the end of this week! Thanks!!
Those cupcakes look great as usual. I am not a green banana fan. I like them perfectly yellow
Oh shoot me now and put my out of my misery. I just know if I make these I will eat them all myself.
I grew up eating banana and peanut butter sandwiches…..make it a cupcake and add chocolate to that and seriously what is not to like…..
Oh I think I am getting a sugar rush just thinking about it, I need to go lay down……
AMAZING! and such simple ingredients!! peanut butter and banana is the best combo I think ever created!! I am certainly not a green banana eater, I acutally do NOT like that taste…love when they are brown and spotty, then they are so full of their banana-y flavor!
YOU’RE KILLING ME!!! I want to eat every one of those cupcakes!!
There is no such thing as too sweet
*cries* I want one!
i am a green banana eater…as soon as they turn too ripe I throw them in the freezer if I don’t get a chance to bake. You make the prettiest looking cupcakes!
“sharing is overrated” hahaha TRUE THAT! i wish we lived near each other..cause then we could be great friends and i could pay you to make me food!
Peanut butter cream cheese frosting? Oh My Gosh… I think I’ve found heaven.
I don’t like ripe bananas. I like mine with just a tinge of green. If they get too ripe, they turn into banana bread. But soon… I’ll be trying the banana cupcakes.
blessings
~*~
If I’m eating a banana, I like it firm. But cooking? Got to be mushy. I make a great banana bread but never have tried making muffins with my recipe. Besides, I’m going to try yours.
Love your frosting choices. Peanut butter and banana sandwiches are an old favorite- so that one’s a natural!
YUM! These look fab!
I love green bananas! It’s pretty much the only way I’ll eat them.
You always make amazing toppings for your cupcakes! that’s really a highlight – and you are being so creative in both ingredients and the shape!
is there one day you gonna hope a cupcake party?????I will empty my stomach for 3 days!
bananas and pb go so naturally well together so I love the idea of a PB frosting! Your baked goods always look so beautiful!
Those cupcakes look so good! What a great combination!
Bananas are pretty much the only fruit husband will eat. He always wants me to buy them, but often doesn’t eat them. When the fruit flies start attacking, I peel, quarter and freeze for countless thick, creamy Green Monsters.
xoxo
wow! What lovely little creations!!! so creative you are:) I only wish they were in my mouth! Isn’t it fun to experiment?!
Hmm…are you sure you don’t buy bananas specifically to bake treats?
Those cupcakes are gorgeous. You really know how to bake up a treat!
Mmm! Those look SO yummy! And pretty! I like my bananas much closer to green and over-ripe. I like them best jusssst after they’ve turned from a hint of green. There’s like a 12-hour window of prime for me! LOL!
Those look delicious!
And no way on the green bananas. I don’t like how they feel in my mouth.
ooh, I want to try the ones with pb and chocolate frosting
my husband likes them when they’re almost all yellow still, too.
LOL! That is funny! My husband also eats GREEN bananas! Maybe it is a man thing? It isn’t clear to me what the appeal is as I think green bananas are incredibly tough and even starchy! Bleck! This banana cupcake is a recipe – thanks for sharing!
These are adorable and I bet the flavor combination is awesome! Chocolate and banana…yum! Are you planning to open a cupcake bakery or is this just for fun? Either way, nice job!!
Those look amazing!Where do you photograph these lovely delicacies?! It always looks so neat and crisp and WHITE!
Either way, they look decadent.
Maybe at some point in my life.
Banana. Chocolate. Peanut Butter. Could it get any better?
I love your frosting combos! I’m usually not a big frosting fan, but I do believe I’d like a taste of each of those!
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Jessica, these are too cute! I love the ones with chocolate and peanut butter icing. Peanut butter and banana is my all-time favorite combo!
Looks delicious! Bananas are my favorite!
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What did you use to frost these? They look so perfect!
Also, how many eggs do you use in this? It doesn’t say.