Banana Bread Cupcakes



Banana Bread Cupcakes with 'Gravy Frosting'


Banana bread has been on my mind  for a few weeks now. It stemmed from having a few really ripe bananas that I didn't want to toss. Unfortunately, I did not share my banana bread making plan with my husband and the bananas were eaten. :( After that I couldn't seem to get banana bread off my mind. So I bought more bananas and had to patiently watch them ripen. With the extra days I had while the bananas ripened, I was able to search for new recipes. I really enjoyed this one. Who wouldn't enjoy banana bread cupcakes with frosting? The frosting is amazing and I am already dreaming up other delicious baked goods to put it on and in.

Banana Bread Cupcakes:


1/2 cup butter, softened
1 cup granulated sugar
2 eggs
1 tsp. vanilla extract
1 1/2 cups all purpose flour
1 tsp. baking soda
1/2 tsp. salt
1/2 cup sour cream
1/2 cup chopped pecans(or walnuts), optional
1 cup mashed ripened bananas

Preheat oven to 350* F. Grease cupcake pan, do not use paper liners. In a stand mixer cream butter and sugar together. Add the eggs and vanilla, mix well. In a separate bowl mix flour, baking soda, and salt together. Add flour mix to butter mixture at medium speed until combined, scrape sides of bowl as needed. Add sour cream, bananas, and nuts just until combined. Fill cupcake pan 2/3 full. I used a jumbo cupcake pan (which makes 6) and 1/2 a cup of batter per cupcake worked perfectly. I had enough batter left to fill an individual bread pan. Bake in preheated oven for 30-35 min. If you are doing normal size cupcakes you may need to reduce the time by 10 minutes, just keep an eye on them.

Gravy Frosting: (sounds weird but SO amazing)

1 cup milk
5 Tbs. all purpose flour
1 tsp. vanilla extract
1 cup butter, softened
1 cup granulated sugar

Begin by pouring milk into a saucepan over medium heat. Add flour while constantly stirring to make sure it is well incorporated. Do not leave this unattended. It will need to be constantly stirred while it thickens. This takes about 2-3 minutes. Just keep stirring until it thickens, then remove from heat and pour into a bowl and let cool completely. Once it is completely cool add vanilla and stir well. In a stand mixer cream butter and granulated sugar together. Add the milk mixture and whip for 1-2 minutes or until it resembles whip cream. It will be light, fluffy, and irresistable!