Banana Cream Pie Cupcakes
These Banana Cream Pie Cupcakes are to die for – my new favorite for sure! They are made with a banana cupcake, cream pie filling and a banana frosting with a secret ingredient that gives it the best flavor!
Banana Cream Pie Cupcakes - Banana cupcakes, cream pie filling and an amazing banana frosting with a special ingredient! Seriously to die for!
So this past weekend, I did a little photo shoot for the blog and cookbook. I figured it was time to take a few photos of myself and the fam and we had so much fun with it. I met up with a friend from high school who does photography now and I love her photos. I even got my hair and makeup did. It was fancy. We did the shoot at my parent’s house so I could use their beautiful white kitchen. I got to see a little peak at the photos on her camera and they already looked so great! I can’t wait to see them finished!
Jessie got to have her first professional photos taken and she loved it. She even got to eat a little bit of cake. And while I’m sure our photographer, Cynthia, has had to use words like ball, toy, etc to get a dog’s attention for photos, Jessie’s favorite word is definitely “treat”. She knows what’s up. There was a lot of us yelling “treat!” to get her to look at the camera.
Then, since we were with my parents, we got a few photos with them too. My dad isn’t much of a smiler. We were all yelling at him to smile, then all of a sudden Cynthia yelled, “treat!” It totally worked – we all died laughing – including my dad.
Banana Cream Pie Cupcakes - Banana cupcakes, cream pie filling and an amazing banana frosting with a special ingredient! Seriously to die for!
Banana Cream Pie Cupcakes - Banana cupcakes, cream pie filling and an amazing banana frosting with a special ingredient! Seriously to die for!
Of course if there was any kind of treat that would tempt him to a smile, I think these cupcakes would be it. I had actually frozen a few to bring to him and he immediately put one in the fridge to defrost when we got there.
I am not even kidding you when I say these are my new fave. Irresistible! Even the hubs was a huge fan – and ate the frosting! It was bananas! Pun intended.
I had fun making them too. My friend, Lindsay (same name!), was in town and hung out in the kitchen with me while I put them together. As soon as I started cutting out the cores to fill the cupcakes, she was all over it. Not a crumb left.
So the cupcake is a super moist and fluffy banana cupcake. It’s really like cake too – none of that banana bread-like cake stuff. It’s cake. And they’re pretty straight forward to make too. Just don’t skimp on the creaming of the butter and sugar and don’t over mix the batter. The only two things you need to remember, ok? Ok.
The cupcakes are filled with cream pie filling. You guys this is the stuff dreams are made of. So good. And don’t be intimidated to make it if you haven’t before, it really is easy. Some sugar, milk and cornstarch are heated to a simmer. You want to get that sugar melted and the cornstarch a-thickening. Next, you add a touch of the hot milk mixture to the eggs. It’s called tempering the eggs. See if you just toss the eggs in there, you get scrambled eggs. That’s not gonna be tasty in a cupcake. When you add a bit of hot milk to the eggs first, you slowly warm them. Then, when they are added to the hot mixture, they don’t scramble. The whole mixture is boiled for a couple minutes to thicken everything, then you add a bit of butter and vanilla and set it aside to cool. Once it’s at room temperature, you’ll add a bit of whipped cream to get that lightness and extra-creaminess. Sheer dessert heaven.
And then there’s the frosting. It’s got a secret ingredient I know you’ve been dying to find out about. It’s banana chip crumbs! Yep, banana chips that were crushed up in a food processor to get crumbs. I wanted an awesome banana flavor in the frosting, but not artificial and not with mashed bananas. So banana chips! They worked like a charm! The food processor has it’s work cut out for it – they aren’t the easiest things to crush. It’ll get loud. But they crush! And they are amazing in the frosting! And as the frosting sits, it gets even better.
Like I said, these cupcakes are to die for! If you are a banana fan, you absolutely MUST make these! Like, MUST! You will thank me later.
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Banana Cream Pie Cupcakes - Banana cupcakes, cream pie filling and an amazing banana frosting with a special ingredient! Seriously to die for!
So this past weekend, I did a little photo shoot for the blog and cookbook. I figured it was time to take a few photos of myself and the fam and we had so much fun with it. I met up with a friend from high school who does photography now and I love her photos. I even got my hair and makeup did. It was fancy. We did the shoot at my parent’s house so I could use their beautiful white kitchen. I got to see a little peak at the photos on her camera and they already looked so great! I can’t wait to see them finished!
Jessie got to have her first professional photos taken and she loved it. She even got to eat a little bit of cake. And while I’m sure our photographer, Cynthia, has had to use words like ball, toy, etc to get a dog’s attention for photos, Jessie’s favorite word is definitely “treat”. She knows what’s up. There was a lot of us yelling “treat!” to get her to look at the camera.
Then, since we were with my parents, we got a few photos with them too. My dad isn’t much of a smiler. We were all yelling at him to smile, then all of a sudden Cynthia yelled, “treat!” It totally worked – we all died laughing – including my dad.
Banana Cream Pie Cupcakes - Banana cupcakes, cream pie filling and an amazing banana frosting with a special ingredient! Seriously to die for!
Banana Cream Pie Cupcakes - Banana cupcakes, cream pie filling and an amazing banana frosting with a special ingredient! Seriously to die for!
Of course if there was any kind of treat that would tempt him to a smile, I think these cupcakes would be it. I had actually frozen a few to bring to him and he immediately put one in the fridge to defrost when we got there.
I am not even kidding you when I say these are my new fave. Irresistible! Even the hubs was a huge fan – and ate the frosting! It was bananas! Pun intended.
I had fun making them too. My friend, Lindsay (same name!), was in town and hung out in the kitchen with me while I put them together. As soon as I started cutting out the cores to fill the cupcakes, she was all over it. Not a crumb left.
So the cupcake is a super moist and fluffy banana cupcake. It’s really like cake too – none of that banana bread-like cake stuff. It’s cake. And they’re pretty straight forward to make too. Just don’t skimp on the creaming of the butter and sugar and don’t over mix the batter. The only two things you need to remember, ok? Ok.
The cupcakes are filled with cream pie filling. You guys this is the stuff dreams are made of. So good. And don’t be intimidated to make it if you haven’t before, it really is easy. Some sugar, milk and cornstarch are heated to a simmer. You want to get that sugar melted and the cornstarch a-thickening. Next, you add a touch of the hot milk mixture to the eggs. It’s called tempering the eggs. See if you just toss the eggs in there, you get scrambled eggs. That’s not gonna be tasty in a cupcake. When you add a bit of hot milk to the eggs first, you slowly warm them. Then, when they are added to the hot mixture, they don’t scramble. The whole mixture is boiled for a couple minutes to thicken everything, then you add a bit of butter and vanilla and set it aside to cool. Once it’s at room temperature, you’ll add a bit of whipped cream to get that lightness and extra-creaminess. Sheer dessert heaven.
And then there’s the frosting. It’s got a secret ingredient I know you’ve been dying to find out about. It’s banana chip crumbs! Yep, banana chips that were crushed up in a food processor to get crumbs. I wanted an awesome banana flavor in the frosting, but not artificial and not with mashed bananas. So banana chips! They worked like a charm! The food processor has it’s work cut out for it – they aren’t the easiest things to crush. It’ll get loud. But they crush! And they are amazing in the frosting! And as the frosting sits, it gets even better.
Like I said, these cupcakes are to die for! If you are a banana fan, you absolutely MUST make these! Like, MUST! You will thank me later.
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