Banana

Recipe: The Best Banana Cupcakes

October 13, 2009

I‘ve found them.  Seriously.  I’ve been on the hunt for the best banana cupcakes.  These are via Giada De Laurentiis, except that she calls them muffins.  They would make great muffins.   They are moist and the spices really make them stand out. Ingredients: 3 cups all-purpose flour 1 teaspoon baking soda 1 teaspoon salt 1/2 teaspoon baking powder 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon 1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg 2 cups sugar 1 cup vegetable oil 3 [...]

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Recipe: Cream Cheese Frosting (on Halloween Skeleton Cupcake)

October 13, 2009
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The cupcake in the photo is a skull I’m making for Halloween. I’ve got several other aliens in the works that I’ll post, hopefully they will look better than this one. It has this frosting on it, however! The eyes are a black M&M (from Michael’s) and an upside down Hershey’s kiss. The nose is a black M&M cut in half and the teeth are white jelly beans. I think the jelly belly size might [...]

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Recipe: Banana Caramel Cake

October 6, 2009

Since I posted a Martha Stewart idea yesterday, why not today too? I must have her on the brain because I have rotten bananas and this is what I’m making today. I don’t have time to do this, but I’m going to do it anyway. I’ve made it several times before and it’s meant to go with Easy Marscapone Frosting. This recipe is courtesy of Martha Stewart’s Baking Handbook. It’s worth getting the book if [...]

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Cooking With 2 Year Old Does Not Always Yield Desired Results (Emeril’s Banana Bread Recipe)

June 26, 2009
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Don’t laugh, I know you’ve all been there. We had rotten bananas.  A giant pack of them is around $1.30 at Costco so we bought some and unusually, about 6 of them ripened beyond the point of eating.  I’ve got a million other things to do, but instead I chose to procrastinate by asking if La Jolla Girl wanted to bake.  Of course she said yes and then went and got her apron that she [...]

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