Banana cupcakes:
1 cup butter
2 cup sugar
3 eggs
1 1/2 cup mashed bananas
6 tbsp. buttermilk or sour milk(milk with 1 tsp vinegar)
3 cups sifted flour
1 1/2 tsp. baking soda
1/2 tsp. salt
Cream butter, add sugar and cream until light and fluffy. Add unbeaten eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in mashed bananas and buttermilk. Then fold in sifted dry ingredients.
Put in cupcake cups. Bake @ 350 degrees about 15-18 minutes or until toothpick comes out clean.
Banana Buttercream frosting:
1/4 cup softened butter
1/2 cup mashed banana
1/2 tsp lemon juice
1/2 tsp vanilla
3 1/4 cups powered sugar
Cream butter. Add vanilla. Then alternate adding banana mixed with lemon juice and powered sugar. Add more sugar if needed. (Lemon juice keeps the banana from turning brown)
So I used a piping bag for the frostings. I put the banana butter cream around all the cupcake except just for the midde. Then I put in some chocolate fudge frosting. I just used the canned frosting for that. You can also do all banana and add some chocolate chips on top.
