Moist Banana Cupcakes with honey Cinnamon Buttercream Frosting

So dear readers, from my last post I bet you are still wondering what the other half my baking pan was filled with. Well I had used the same Banana Cupcake batter for the Elvis cupcakes for these ones too!

I guess this shows the versatility of the humble nana cake :D

Super Moist Banana Cupcakes
From BB's cooking folder :D

Ingredients

Makes approximately 15-18

1 2/3 cups plain flour

1 tsp baking powder

1/2 tsp bi-carb

1/4 tsp salt

3 medium overripe bananas

1/3 cup full cream milk

125g unsalted butter

1 1/4 cup sugar

2 large eggs

1 tsp vanilla extract

Line a 12 capacity cupcake tray with patty pans and preheat the oven to 180 degrees.



Mix flour, baking powder, bi-carb, and salt into a bowl, set aside.

In another bowl, mix the bananas, vanilla and milk, set aside.



In your main mixing bowl, beat butter and sugar until light and fluffy, add in eggs one at a time. Beat until well combined, light and fluffy. Be careful not to overbeat.

Pour in 1/3 of dry ingredients, followed by 1/2 of the wet. Ensure that you end with the last 1/3 of the dry ingredients.

Add batter into paper lined muffin tin, I like to use the 1/4 measurement cup as this ensures that they are universal in size and pop into the oven!

Cook for 15-20 Minutes!

When a skewer comes out clean, remove and set aside to cool.

Honey Cinnamon Buttercream Frosting

1 & 1/4 cups icing mixture
60g Unsalted butter, softened
1 Tbs Honey
1/4 teaspoon of Cinnamon
1-2 Teaspoons of milk- if you find that the mixture is too dry

Beat butter, honey and cinnamon until light and fluffy, slowly add sugar. Add milk if mixture is too dry

Elvis Cupcakes- If the King was alive, he'd be allll over these babies

I have been wanting to make some cupcakes but with peanut butter frosting for a while.. I have a mega cupcake adventure coming up in the next few weeks so I wanted to put this amazing frosting to the test.. Who would love peanut butter more than The King himself?

Elvis Cupcakes
Made up from memories of a few recipes.

Ingredients

Super Moist Banana Cupcakes
From BB's cooking folder :D

Makes approximately 15-18

1 2/3 cups plain flour

1 tsp baking powder

1/2 tsp bi-carb

1/4 tsp salt

3 medium overripe bananas

1/3 cup full cream milk

125g unsalted butter

1 1/4 cup sugar

2 large eggs

1 tsp vanilla extract
1/4-1/2 cup of dark chocolate chips

Line a 12 capacity cupcake tray with patty pans and preheat the oven to 180 degrees.



Mix flour, baking powder, bi-carb, and salt into a bowl, set aside.

In another bowl, mix the bananas, vanilla and milk, set aside.



In your main mixing bowl, beat butter and sugar until light and fluffy, add in eggs one at a time. Beat until well combined, light and fluffy. Be careful not to over beat.

Pour in 1/3 of dry ingredients, followed by 1/2 of the wet. Ensure that you end with the last 1/3 of the dry ingredients.

Add chocolate chips and fold in gently, try not to knock out too much air.



Add batter into paper lined muffin tin (adding extra choc chips on top for presentation), I like to use the 1/4 measurement cup as this ensures that they are universal in size and pop into the oven!



I bet you are wondering what took up the other 6 spots in my pan.. Well those will be posted shortly :)

Cook for 15-20 Minutes!

When a skewer comes out clean, remove and set aside to cool.

Peanut Butter Frosting

1/2 cup softened butter
1 cup creamy peanut butter
3 tablespoons milk, or as required
2 cups icing sugar

Beat butter and peanut butter until fluffy and there are no lumps, add icing sugar, towards the end add the milk.

Mini Green Toffee Apples.. Let St. Patricks Day Celebrations begin!

I bet you are wondering.. Who is this bloody St. Patrick anyways!? Well after some more google-ing it has reveled, St. Patrick, the patron saint of Ireland, is one of Christianity's most widely known figures. Many of the stories traditionally associated with St. Patrick, including the famous account of his banishing all the snakes from Ireland, are false, the products of hundreds of years of exaggerated storytelling...

So I have to ask the question.. If he apparently didn't banish all if the snakes of Ireland.. Why is he even famous? I think it is giving us bloggers an excuse to bake :p

So here is the 1st of 3 installments for a St. Patrick's day celebration.. Expect more lucky green :D

Mini Green Toffee Apples.
Sourced from www.taste.com.au

Makes 15

Equipment

You'll need 15 wooden chopsticks or paddle pop sticks for this recipe. I stole mine from Hanaichi as they were the round Japanese style chopsticks.

Ingredients

• 8-10 small Red Delicious or Pink Lady apples, washed, dried
• 2 cups white sugar
• 1/2 cup water
• 1/4 teaspoon cream of tartar
• 2 teaspoons green liquid food colouring

Method

• Push a stick into each apple. Line 2 baking trays with baking paper.
  

• Place sugar and water into a heavy-based saucepan over low heat. Cook, stirring, until sugar has dissolved. Stop stirring. Bring to the boil. Using a wet pastry brush, brush away sugar crystals on sides of saucepan above syrup.

• Stir in cream of tartar and food colouring.

• Reduce heat to low. Simmer toffee for 20 minutes or until it reaches hard crack stage. To check if it has reached this stage, add 1 teaspoon of toffee to a glass of ice-cold water. Remove solidified toffee from water and bend it. The toffee should crack easily and not feel sticky. Once toffee is at this stage, remove from heat immediately.

• Wait until toffee stops bubbling then dip 1 apple into toffee. Tip pan on an angle to coat apple in toffee, especially around stick.
  

• Place onto prepared baking tray. Repeat with remaining apples. Allow to set at room temperature.
  

Please let me know how yours turn out, as I can't enjoy mine as I have braces :(