The Story: Maybe I am weird, but I dream of perfect banana bread. You know the kind you can get a beautiful slice of from a bakery or a little coffee shop? Bread that is dark, dense and moist and exploding with flavor… Well, I did a little banana bake-off this week. I…
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Chocolate Banana Cupcakes with Cream Cheese Buttercream
The Story: I love working with cake mixes if you can’t tell. But I figure it’s a great thing because it takes MUCH less time and its more difficult to mess up when you’re experimenting. Chocolate Banana Cakes: 1 box Devil’s Food Cake Mix 1 cup ripe bananas, mashed (about 3 bananas) 1/3 cup…
Banana Cupcakes with Cinnamon Cream Cheese Buttercream
Banana Cakes: 3 ripe bananas (1 ½ cups) 2 teaspoons lemon juice 2 ¼ cup sugar ¾ cup tablespoons butter, softened 2 teaspoons vanilla 3 eggs 3 cups four 1 ½ teaspoon baking soda ¼ teaspoon salt 1 ½ cups butter milk (I use 1 ½ cup milk and 1 ½ teaspoon lemon juice) Cinnamon…
Peanut Butter and Banana Cupcakes
The Story: Peanut butter and banana. Today I found out I’m not really a fan unless it comes in cupcake form. Your Homebased Mom sent me this recipe from Annie’s Eats and I decided to give it a try. Peanut Butter and Banana Cupcakes Banana Cakes: 1 ½ cup plus 2 tablespoons…
Banana Chocolate Brownies
The Story: Okay, now there are some pretty cute Halloween costumes for children. Today I saw the most precious Buzz Lightyear and pink bumblebee. Each was holding the hand of their parent, and with the other, clinging to their bag of goodies. But I also saw an unfortunate costume on the rack at the…