Adam Brody + J. Crew= Too much swoon for one picture
What a moment for fashion. Zac Posen available for the masses. I will be first in line on April 25!
So into bananas right now!
Banana Cupcakes
(final recipe by Glory)
1 ½ cups mashed ripe banana (it’s important these are nice and ripe, meaning nice and brown, speckled and ugly)
2 teaspoons lemon juice
3 cups all-purpose flour
1 ½ teaspoons baking soda
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon nutmeg (freshly grated if possible)
1 teaspoon cinnamon
½ cup butter, slightly softened
1 1/2 cups sugar
3 eggs
2 teaspoons vanilla
½ cup nonfat plain yogurt (make sure this is unsweetened, or you will have to reduce your other sugar)
1 cup milk (any fat content)
*This can be made as a cake, cupcakes or both. It will make one 9” x 13” cake, or one 9” x 9” AND 12 cupcakes, or about 26 cupcakes.
So, if you’re just doing cupcakes, line the cupcake pan with paper liners. If you are making it a cake, then grease and flour the pan.
Preheat oven to 350 F.
In a small bowl mix mashed banana with the lemon juice and set aside.
In a medium bowl, mix flour, baking soda, baking powder, spices and salt; set aside.
In a large bowl (the bowl of your electric mixer), cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy.
Beat in eggs, one at a time, add yogurt, then stir in vanilla.
Beat in flour mixture alternately with milk.
Stir in banana mixture.
* Option- this cake is good with any combination of chocolate chips or nuts. You could add 1 cup of mini chocolate chips into the batter (as pictured here), you could also add apx. 3/4 cup chopped walnuts. Another option is to bake the cake as is and add chocolate chips and/or nuts on top of the frosting.
Pour batter into prepared pan and bake in preheated oven.
For cupcakes- bake apx. 18-19min.
For 9 x 9 pan bake apx. 30-35 min.
For 9 x 13 pan bake apx. 60 min (may need a little more)
This cake is sweet enough to go without frosting (I guess then you could call it a muffin) but it’s extra good topped with Cream Cheese Frosting.
(Here is the frosting recipe,
flickr.com/photos/glorioustreats/3307082697/in/set-721576… )
Depending on if you put nuts or chocolate chips in the batter, you could also put some on top, your choice.(via Glorious Treats)