Banana Cream Cupcakes with Chocolate Frosting
Ingredients
- 1 cup sugar
- 2 eggs
- 1 1/4 cup flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 3/4 cup milk
- 1/2 cup butter
- 2 tablespoons oil
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 teaspoon banana extract
Banana Cream Filling
- 1/4 cup instant banana pudding mix
- 1 cup heavy cream Mix well and refrigerate
Chocolate Frosting
- 1/2 cup butter
- 2 cups powdered sugar
- 1/4 cups melted chocolate Ghirardelli 60% Cacao Bittersweet Chips
- 3 tablespoons heavy cream
- Beat butter add sugar, chocolate and cream and mix until smooth and creamy
Instructions
- *be sure to make banana cream filling first so it has time to set up in refrigerator.
- Beat sugar and eggs, add flour and baking powder.
- Pour in milk and butter and oil, beat one minute until smooth.
- Mix in extracts.
- Beat sugar and eggs for 1 minute.
- Fill each cupcake liner with 3 tablespoons of batter
- Makes 12 cupcakes
- Bake at 325 degrees (with dark pan and foil lined cupcake papers) for 20-25 minutes.