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So continuing on with my “cupcake of the month” project, today we get to have a Banana Split Cupcake!
For the banana cupcake you are going to want to cream together 1/2 cup of shortening and 1 and 1/2 cups of sugar. Add 2 eggs, one at a time. Add 1 teaspoon of vanilla. Mash two large, RIPE bananas and add them to the mixture. Lastly, add 1/4 cup of buttermilk.
In a separate bowl, combined 2 cups of flour, 1 teaspoon baking powder, 3/4 teaspoon baking soda and 1/2 teaspoon of salt. Slowly add to banana mixture.
Fill cupcake liners 2/3 full and bake at 350° for 18-20 mins. You will know they are done when the toothpick comes out clean.
(Here is where we will pretend I have a picture of my fresh from the oven cupcakes. Ooops!)
While the cupcakes are cooling, you can make your chocolate ganache. This is really easy! 12 oz of chocolate chips (I used semi sweet, but next time will use milk chocolate so the taste isn’t quite so strong) and 1 cups of heavy cream. In a double boiler I warmed the heavy cream and then stirred in the chocolate chips until smooth. Add a bit more chocolate if it’s not the consistency that you would like. It needs to be pourable, but thick enough that when you dip the cupcake it doesn’t drip all over…think hot fudge. Now if you are like me, you will have lots of ganache left over, so I put it in a small pan and put in the fridge so I can make truffles later! 🙂
So this is what they will look like after you have dipped them! 🙂
While the ganache is setting on the cupcakes you can make your Strawberry Frosting. Now I will be honest, at first I attempted to make a whipped cream strawberry frosting. It was all going well until I added the the strawberry preserves…then it started to separate and just looked gross. That batch went down the disposal and I started new!
I used two sticks of unsalted butter at room temperature and creamed it for about 3 mins until fluffy. Then I added 1 teaspoon of vanilla until well combined. Next, I added about 1/3 cup of strawberry preserves. (please feel free to add more if you’d like a big strawberry flavor!) Then comes the two cups of powdered sugar. I added about 1/2 cup at a time. Lastly, about 1/8 cup of milk. Once it is well combined, it’s ready for your pastry bag! You can use any tip of your choice…I used a large star tip since I didn’t have the whipped cream, at least it looked like whipped cream! 🙂
This frosting was very light and fluffy!
Next, I chopped some pineapple chunks and walnuts…not together, separately and sprinkled them on the cupcakes. I can’t tell you how much I used…but it wasn’t a lot. Start small, you can always chop up a bit more if you need to!
They look ALMOST perfect…just one more thing…
Yep…a cherry on top! 🙂
These honestly turned out JUST like I imagined they would! Only one little hiccup along the way, but I’d say we recovered nicely. Enjoy!
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Stumbled onto your blog and just wanted to show yous some blog luv! def enjoyed this post :)those look SOOOOOOOOO YUMMY!!
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Thank you so much! 🙂
Yummy! I love the idea of dipping the cupcakes. I’m pinning it. 🙂
Erin at takingtimetocreate.blogspot.com
Thanks Erin! Let me know when you try them, I love hearing what people think!
Stunning photos! And stunning cupcakes, too. 🙂
Thank you so much Dorothy!
These look absolutely amazing!!!! Can’t beleive how perfectly professional they look. Yum!
Beautiful work, Paula! Delicious and so beautiful cupcakes!
Thank you Amy! They were pretty fun to make too!
Thanks so much Ambreen!!
sounds so yummy !
Thank you Sandy!
Beautiful and so delicious! I’d love for you to link this up to my Drab to Fab link party going on right now @ Sugar and Spice. We celebrate making stuff (like recipes) fabulous by a bit of our own creativity. Come on over to http://www.amynjesse.com/2012/02/drab-to-fab-link-up-6-features.html
I’d love to see you 🙂
Amy
This sounds heavenly! Thanks for sharing the recipe at the Open House party.
xo, Sherry
This looks yummy! I would love for you to link up at my Linky Party via: http://www.ourdelightfulhome.blogspot.com
Mrs. Delightful
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Thank you!
They look so yummy – and your photos are fabulous!!
Thanks for linking to a Round Tuit!
Hope you have a fabulous week!
Jill @ Creating my way to Success
http://www.jembellish.blogspot.com/
Thanks Jill!
wow, these look amazing! thanks so much for sharing on craft schooling Sunday!
Thank you!
oh man this looks so good. love the recipe.
Thanks so much for stopping by Blissful and Domestics Blog Hop. I am of course following your cute blog and am now catching up on your bloggy cuteness here. I hope you will come back this week and link up again:>
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Thank you Danielle!
I totally love this recipe – it looks so good! I have featured it on this week’s edition of Makin’ You Crave Monday. Come by & check it out – and would love to have you share another recipe this week!
Crystal
http://www.MrsHappyHomemaker.com
Thanks so much Crystal!
I cannot wait to make these for an event I am going to in a week or two, I know they will be a huge hit – YUM, everything about these (especially your step by step photos and perfect attention to detail) is great!
Thank you so much! Be sure and let me know how you like them! 🙂
Would love to make these for my granddaughters birthday. I have a question on the recipe, for the cake it says 1 teaspoon baking powder, 3/4 teaspoon baking powder, and 1/2 teaspoon salt. Is that just 1 3/4 teaspoon baking powder or are one of the measurements suppose to be baking soda…thank you they look and sound wonderful.
I’m so sorry! Yes, it is 1 tsp baking powder and 3/4 tsp baking soda. I’ve changed it on the post. Thanks for calling that to my attention! 🙂 Enjoy!
I’ve featured this recipe on my blog, hoping that you don’t mind, but if you do, please contact me and I’ll remove it. All the best.