Birthday warm up! Banana Chocolate Cream Cupcakes
Sep 18th, 2007 by admin
And we’re off! This is the official start to my family’s birthday season. In one month (starting September 14 and ending October 14) we have seven birthdays. SEVEN! Our birthdays always mark the beginning of the holiday season for us. As soon as we finish birthday weekend, we have Thanksgiving and before you know it Christmas is here.
Being in Arizona means that I might not see family as much, but I found my own little bunch of birthday girls at the office. Michelle, Gina, Dara and I all have birthdays in a two week period. Yay! Birthdays!
Gina and Michelle are up first! Happy Birthday Y’all!
Banana Chocolate Cream Cupcakes
Ok, so I’m going to post an official recipe since I sorta borrowed a lot of really great ideas from some of my favorite web sites.
Overall concept I derived from Cupcake Bake Shop but because it got late and I got sleepy-head I didn’t make the banana custard. I used instant banana pudding. I also used Betty Crocker Dark Chocolate Frosting. It was really good.
Method
- Bake dense vanilla cake
- Cut a cone shape hole in the middle of baked cake reserving tops
- Place banana pudding in center of cake and cover with reserved top
- Spread dark chocolate frosting on top
- Using a bit of butter, sautee or caramelize banana and place on top of cake
Keesha oversees recruiting and training programs for GoDaddy.com. She is responsible for building programs that attract and retain amazing employees. She attended Blinn College and Texas A&M University.
Keesha loves food and photography and is passionate about community volunteering. She sits on the board of directors for the Junior League of Phoenix and in her free time you will find her baking and working on her empire Cupcake Cabana. Her most private cupcake confession? She doesn't like frosting!
Mmmm those look yummy, did u bring me one?