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I had today free, and I was planning to do all sorts of grown-up responsible things like laundry and tidying the first floor and the dishes.

I totally made cupcakes instead.

Banana cupcakes with cream filling and chocolate frosting

Chocolate-iced cream-filled banana cupcakes, to be precise. (I had bananas that needed using.) A bunch went to the boys for their D&D session tonight; the rest will go with Rogue to his Trek card tournament tomorrow. (And all the scraps went in my tummy, yummmmm.)

Cake recipe: Wonderful Banana Cake (use three bananas, not two, and preheat the oven and bake the cake as usual, not the weird method suggested)
Filling recipe: That's the Best Frosting I've Ever Had (I wouldn't call it the best ever, but it's interesting. Very good for fillings especially, like if you're making homemade Ding-Dongs or Hostess cupcakes. I think I overbeat mine a bit.)
Icing recipe: Creamy Chocolate Frosting (Good. Really good. But use good cocoa powder. If you use Hershey's, it will taste exactly like Hershey's.)

To fill the cupcakes, I used the method described on Not So Humble Pie, where you core out the center of the cupcake, cut off most of the cake from the plug you've just removed (leaving just a "lid" of cake), fill with your filling, and replace the lid. She uses a small biscuit cutter; lacking one, I just used a small serrated knife. Worked perfectly.

Now I have to go get the laundry out of the dryer. Cupcakes, after all, can only delay the inevitable. *eyes the kitchenful of dirty dishes*

Date: 2010-03-27 06:38 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] mylittleredgirl.livejournal.com
Wow. Those are some seriously impressive cupcakes!

Date: 2010-03-27 02:37 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] penwiper337.livejournal.com
Wow - those looks amazing. *drools*

Date: 2010-03-27 02:49 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] laughingmagpie.livejournal.com
Those look amazing - I'm in awe of stuffed food!

Date: 2010-03-27 03:33 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] padawansguide.livejournal.com
DO WANT!! mmm.....now I want cupcakes!

Date: 2010-03-27 03:43 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] elvishtard.livejournal.com
Omg...NOMS! I have to try that recipe!

And its ok. The [livejournal.com profile] bakebakebake community distracts me ALL the time :P!

Date: 2010-03-29 11:01 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] anirt.livejournal.com
Ooh, I think I will try that with our bananas! Short on time lately, so I might skip the filling and just do the banana cupcakes with frosting.

Have to decide whether to use the lemon cake mix on hand or buy yellow cake mix. Hmm.

Date: 2010-03-30 10:52 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] amaz0n-princess.livejournal.com
and now this is STUCK IN MY HEAD THANK YOU VERY MUCH! ;)

Date: 2010-03-31 11:48 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] jedihealer.livejournal.com
All in all, a perfectly respectable *AND* adult way to spend a day. I approve (and will steal the recipe) :-)

Date: 2010-04-07 05:25 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] brightcupenny.livejournal.com
Why thank you! ;-)

Date: 2010-04-07 05:25 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] brightcupenny.livejournal.com
Thank you so much!

Date: 2010-04-07 05:26 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] brightcupenny.livejournal.com
Thank you! I love stuffed food too, so when I saw this method for filled cupcakes I thought "MUST TRY NOW!"

Date: 2010-04-07 05:26 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] brightcupenny.livejournal.com
Cuuuuuupcaaaaaaakes...

Date: 2010-04-07 05:35 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] brightcupenny.livejournal.com
Yes yes, try it! /enabler

Date: 2010-04-07 05:36 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] brightcupenny.livejournal.com
Did you ever try it? I wonder what it would taste like with lemon cake mix. (I LOVE lemon cake!)

Date: 2010-04-07 05:36 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] brightcupenny.livejournal.com
MY WORK HERE IS DONE! MWAHA!

Date: 2010-04-07 05:37 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] brightcupenny.livejournal.com
Yay for approval! And make that recipe, it is yum!

Lemon-Banana Cake

Date: 2010-05-21 11:57 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] anirt.livejournal.com
Total hit! Very light and moist. I made my usual vanilla frosting with added lemon peel to bring the lemon back in to the top. The two flavors complemented each other surprisingly well.

(I did a cake and not cupcakes, again because of time.)

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