Your Cup of Cake |
The Story:
I needed to make something banana, due to the fact that I
had 2 very brown bananas on my counter. But I didn’t know if I should top them with cream cheese frosting or chocolate. Cream cheese is basic and simple and chocolate frosting on a banana cake doesn’t always photograph well for me. So I decided to do both!
Banana Chocolate Swirl
Cupcakes
Ingredients
Banana Cake:
1 box Yellow or White Cake Mix
2 teaspoons cinnamon
2 ripe bananas, mashed
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon lemon juice
1/3 cup oil
3 eggs
3/4 cup buttermilk
1/2 cup sour cream
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
Cream Cheese Frosting:
8 oz cream cheese, softened
1/4 cup butter, softened
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
3-4 cups powdered sugar
Chocolate Buttercream:
3/4 cup butter, softened
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
1/3 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
3-4 cups powdered
sugar
Directions
1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees
and line pans with cupcake liners.
2. Sift cake mix and cinnamon
into a small bowl and set aside.
3. In a separate small bowl,
finely mash bananas using an fork.
Add baking soda and lemon juice, stir, and set aside.
4. In a large bowl, gently
whisk oil, eggs, buttermilk, sour cream
and vanilla extract together.
5. Add bananas to the wet
ingredients and stir.
6. Add cake mix and stir until
smooth.
7. Fill cupcake liners 3/4 full
and bake for 15-22 minutes, or
until and inserted knife comes out clean.
8. Chocolate Swirl Frosting:
Cream Cheese Frosting: Beat
cream cheese and butter for 2 minutes. Scrape down bowl and add vanilla extract. Slowly add powdered sugar until you reach your desired consistency. Remove from mixing bowl and place in a small bowl. No need to wash your mixing bowl, the chocolate buttercream will mix right in!
9. Chocolate Buttercream: Beat
butter for 2 minutes. Add
vanilla extract and cocoa powder. Slowly add powdered sugar until you reach your desired consistency.
10. To swirl the frosting, you
will need 3 piping bags. Bag #1,
fill with some of your cream cheese frosting (do not put in too much). Bag #2, fill with some of your chocolate buttercream (again, not too much). Bag 3, fill with your desired piping tip, then fit Bags 1 & 2 into it. This will take a little finessing, but you can do it! (See photo)
11. Pipe onto cooled cupcake
and top with sanding sugar and fresh banana slices.
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4 comments:
mmm looks so delicious
yummy looking.
those look yummy!
Thank you ladies I have been so sick that I haven't been on here much. Thanks for the nice comments.
Sincerely
Donna
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