Peanut Butter, Chocolate, & Banana Cupcakes
(aka The Fat Elvis)
Ingredients:
1 cup (2 sticks) sweet butter, softened
1 cup superfine sugar
1 cup self-rising flour
*1 cup self-rising whole wheat flour
**1 tsp baking powder
4 eggs
3 tbsp ground almonds
1 tsp vanilla extract
2 tsp cinnamon
4 tbsp peanut butter chips
4 tbsp semisweet chocolate chips
1 cup (about 2) mashed bananas
For the Frosting:
1 cup cream cheese, softened
1 1/2 cups confectioner's sugar, sifted
1 tbsp lemon juice
1 tsp vanilla extract
1/2 cup mashed banana
Directions:
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Place 24 paper baking cups in muffin pans. Combine the butter, sugar, flours, baking powder, eggs, almonds, vanilla, & cinnamon in a large bowl & beat with an electric mixer until smooth & pale, about 2-3 minutes. Stir in the peanut butter chips, chocolate chips, & mashed bananas. Spoon the batter into the paper cups. Bake for 20 minutes. Remove pan & cool for 5 minutes. Then remove the cupcakes & cool on a rack.
To make the frosting, beat the cream cheese & confectioner's sugar in a medium bowl with an electric mixer until soft & light. Add the lemon juice, vanilla, & mashed banana. Beat until well combined. Spoon the frosting over the cupcakes. Store in an airtight container for up to 2 days or freeze for up to 3 months.
Kim's Notes:
*I couldn't find self-rising whole wheat flour at either Trader Joe's or Publix, so I just bought regular 'ole whole wheat flour. I'm sure there's a difference, but damned if I know what it is.
**I didn't buy baking powder because I assumed I had some at home. Wrong! I had baking soda. Who knew there was such a difference? So these cupcakes were made sans baking powder. Again, no idea how that makes them better or worse. Presumably worse.
3 comments:
Where's the bacon?
dude. holy shit. i need to make these like now. YUM!
quick question. as i'm starting to cook more and more, i'm realizing there are about 10 different cooking things I need (large mixer, food processor, better knives, so on) but can't really afford to run out and buy them all right away. what is the one or two baking/food prep items you feel like you couldn't live without?
Sorry, April -I should have responded to this sooner. I use my big stand mixer pretty much every time I bake, but if I hadn't received it as a wedding gift, I would have never bought one because they're so expensive.
I rarely use my food processor, but it's nice to have for the few & far between times when I do need it. Most things can be done in a blender.
We have crappy knives because I know nothing about knives & didn't register for any when we got married. This is definitely something we need to invest in soon. We do have one really good Chef's Knife, but that's it.
If you can afford the $300 stand mixer, do it. You can probably live without the food processor, especially if you have a blender. Then get a good Chef's Knife. Bed Bath & Beyond have some for well under $100. Ours wasn't expensive.
Hope this helps!
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