Banana Pudding Cupcakes with Cream Cheese Frosting
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Serves: Makes 18
 
Banana Pudding Cupcakes with Cream Cheese Frosting, yummy banana cupcakes filled with banana pastry cream, bananas and topped with cream cheese frosting.
Ingredients
  • 2 1/2 cups flour
  • 1 tablespoon baking soda
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 1/2 cup butter, room temperature
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 3/4 cup brown sugar
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla
  • 1 cup mashed ripe bananas
  • 2/3 cup sour cream
  • Pastry Cream
  • 2 cups milk
  • 3/4 cup sugar
  • 1 cup mashed banana
  • dash salt
  • 2 eggs
  • 3 tablespoons corn starch
  • 3 tablespoons water
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla
  • Frosting
  • 4 oz. cream cheese - room temperature
  • 4 oz. butter - room temperature
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla
  • dash salt
  • 1 lb. confectioner's sugar
  • 1 - 2 tablespoons milk - optional
  • vanilla wafers
  • 2 bananas - slices, for garnish
Instructions
  1. Cupcakes
  2. Put cupcake liners into pan, set aside. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
  3. Cream together the butter, vanilla and sugars until light and fluffy, about 3 - 4 minutes. Add the eggs one a time mixing until well combined. Add the banana and mix in.
  4. Combine the flour, baking soda and salt. Add half of the flour. Mix until combined. Add half of the sour cream and the rest of the flour. Add the rest of the sour cream and mix until combined.
  5. Scoop out cupcake batter into prepared pan. Bake for 18 - 20 minutes or until cupcakes spring back when lightly touched in the center. Cool.
  6. Prepare Pastry Cream
  7. Add the mashed banana to the milk with the sugar, salt and eggs. Stir the mixture until it comes to a simmer. Do not let boil. Mix together the cornstarch and water. Add the cornstarch mixture and stir until mixture thickens.
  8. Remove pastry cream from stove and strain thru a sieve. Leave the banana pulp that won't strain thru out of the cream and throw away. Add the vanilla to the strained pastry cream and set aside in the refrigerator to cool, covered.
  9. To make frosting, combine the cream cheese and butter. Mix with a whip until well combined. Add the vanilla, salt and powdered sugar. If frosting is too thick add a little milk a tablespoon at a time. Beat the frosting for 5 minutes until light and fluffy. Put frosting into a pastry bag and pipe some onto the center of a cookies and add another cookie on top to sandwich together.
  10. To assemble, remove some of the center of the cupcake. A melon baller works great. Set aside cake pieces. Spoon some of the pastry cream into the cupcakes. Put a slice of banana on top of the pastry cream. Cut off some of the cupcake piece and top the pastry cream. Pipe the cream cheese frosting on top of the cupcakes. Add a vanilla wafer and a slice of banana right before serving.
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Recipe by Recipes Food and Cooking at https://recipesfoodandcooking.com/2014/02/11/banana-pudding-cupcakes-cream-cheese-frosting/