Not Just One Bite

These are really good cupcakes. Moist and flavorful and they freeze really well too! The cream cheese frosting is a crowd favorite and the secret ingredient is Lemoncello!

Cupcake Ingredients:
1 1/3 cups granulated sugar
6 Tablespoons butter - softened
1 Tablespoon grated lemon rind
3 Tablespoons thawed lemonade concentrate
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
2 large eggs
2 large egg whites
2 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1 1/4 cups buttermilk

Frosting Ingredients:
2 Tablespoons softened butter
8 oz. whipped cream cheese
2 teaspoons lemonchello
3 1/2 cups powdered sugar

Cream first 5 ingredients together in a stand mixer

Add eggs one by one - tip - use room temperature eggs - to get your eggs to room temp place the unbroken eggs in a bowl of warm water for 10 minutes

In a separate bowl whisk dry ingredients together

Add flour mixture alternately with buttermilk to mixer, beginning and ending with flour mixture

Scoop and bake at 350 degrees for 25 mins. Makes 23 cupcakes - Tip - Fill you empty muffin hole with water for even baking.

Frost and Enjoy! - Darryl

I think this is the best banana bread I have ever made. It's moist, full of flavor and just downright delicious.

Start with really ripe bananas, let them hang out for a while, these sat around for a week. Ripe bananas give the bread flavor.

I use a pastry blender to mash the bananas it makes the mashing process a snap!

Assemble the wet ingredients in one bowl and the dry ingredients in a separate bowl. Whisking the dry ingredients gets rid of any lumps and saves the extra step of sifting.

The addition of lime and rum are the secret weapons here. They make all the difference and do not leave them out!

Preheat oven to 375. Coat a standard loaf pan with butter. Beat the cream cheese and butter with an electric mixer, add sugar and beat well. Add egg and beat again. In a separate bowl combine flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt, whisk. In another bowl combine mashed banana, milk, rum, grated lime rind, lime juice and vanilla. Add flour to butter mixture alternately with banana mixture, beginning and ending with flour. Mix after each addition. Pour into prepared pan and bake for 60 minutes. Let cool in pan. Combine all topping ingredients in a small saucepan except coconut. Bring to a simmer and cook for a minute. Remove from heat, add coconut and spoon over loaf.

And the finished product!

Here's what you'll need...
Bread:
2 tbsp butter
2 tbsp cream cheese
1 cup sugar
1 large egg
2 cups flour
2 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp baking soda
1/4 tsp salt
1 cup mashed ripe bananas
1/2 cup milk
2 tbsp dark rum
1/2 tsp grated lime rind
2 tsp lime juice
1 tsp vanilla

Topping:
1/4 cup packed brown sugar
2 tbsp butter
2 tsp lime juice
2 tsp rum
2 tbsp coconut

Enjoy! - Darryl

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