Saturday, April 16, 2011

Epic Cupcakes

Have you ever had one of those days where you are in a funk and you can’t pin point why or what is bothering you? Today was just one of those days. I went shopping with Ami banking on the fact that if I bought a fun new dress it would help get me out of my funk. Well I did get a cute new dress but I was still feeling a bit low so I did what I know always cheers me up: I baked!

I made cupcakes, but not just any cupcakes. I paired mine and Ami’s two favorite flavors to make some of the best cupcakes I have ever had. I took my mom’s banana bread recipe and used that as a cupcake batter. So yes, these cupcakes were nice and dense. To top off these lovely cupcakes I made a peanut-butter frosting.

It's official that I need to work on my frosting skills a bit, but found when I closed my eyes and pretended to be blind my taste buds were in heaven!

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Banana Cupcake

Ingredients
1 1/3 C Flour
1 1/2 C Sugar
1 tsp. baking soda
1/2 tsp. salt
2 eggs
2 ripe bananas
1/2 C vegetable oil
1/4 C sour cream
1 tsp vanilla

Add chocolate chips to the filled cups before putting in the oven to make it Elvis style!

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Peanut Butter Frosting

Ingredients
1/2 C butter
1 1/2 C peanut-butter
2 C confectioners' sugar
1/2 cup cream

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