Hellooo everyone! Thanks for your great comments on my last post about weight! I appreciate the understanding!
In other news, I was super please this morning to find that my panini post made the Food Buzz Top 9!
Today felt like a ridiculously unproductive day. Yesterday I went to the library from 10am until about 5:30 and managed to bust out almost 1400 words of my paper (needs to be 2,500-3,000). Today after class, I went to the library hoping to bust out the rest of the paper but only ended up writing about 300 more words. It was just NOT happening! So instead I just went home, where I proceeded to snack for a good while (probably a consequence of my scant lunch. I was too lazy to make lunch this morning so I packet a pear, a luna bar, 1/2 cup of edamame, a carrot and some sliced cucumber. Not substantial enough. I need a full meal! Lesson learned, won’t happen again.)
In my unproductiveness, I decided to bake for a friend who is in need of a sweet treat. I was feeling creative so here’s my creation:
Peanut Butter Banana Cupcakes with Chocolate PB Icing
inspired by Voracious Vegan’s Ultimate Peanut Butter Cup Cake
1 1/2 ripe bananas, mashed
1/2 cup sugar
1/4 cup natural peanut butter
1 tsp vanilla
1 1/2 cups flour (I used half whole wheat)
1 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 cup + a little more milk (to make this recipe vegan, use soy/hemp/almond/other non-dairy milk)
See Icing recipe below
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Combine bananas, sugar, PB and vanilla in a large bowl. Add flour, baking soda, baking powder and salt. As you combine, gradually pour in the milk until well combined. Pour into lined cupcake pan and bake for 15-20 minutes (mine required 17 mins in the oven). Allow cupcakes to cool completely and frost with PB Chocolate Icing.
Chocolate Peanut Butter Sticky Icing
inspired by Pioneer Woman’s Sticky Chocolate Icing
1/4 cup sweetened condensed milk
2 ounces of dark chocolate
1 tbsp peanut butter
Heat together in a sauce pan, stirring until all ingredients are well combined. Spoon onto cupcakes and spread.
These should probably be enjoyed with a large glass of milk or warm cup of coffee. The sweetness is crazyyy! Sort of wish they were a little more peanut buttery! Oh well, next time I’ll add more!
I’m hoping to get more done tonight. Not sure to what extent it’ll happen though. Just need to pull through til Thursday! I can do it! Wish me luck! Have a lovely night!
Random Question: What’s your favorite kind of cupcake? I’m a huge fan of carrot cake with buttercream.
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Congrats on making the FoodBuzz Top 9!!! Your photos are gorgeous! Those cupcakes look wonderful! I love vanilla cupcakes with chocolate frosting and SPRINKLES!!!!!
Whoo-hoo! Congrats on Top 9!! That’s awesome! And a great post, of course 🙂 Just like this one! Ever since making my first batch, I love PB muffins – and the PB Banana Cupcake sounds even more amazing.
Sorry to hear you couldn’t pump out the rest of that paper – but sometimes if it’s just not gonna happen, it’s better to know when to quit, rather than get fed up with it.
I love carrot cake and…well…peanut butter! haha
Congrats on the top 9!!! I’m not surprised– your pics are awesome!
Wow! Those cupcakes look insanely fabulous! Yum!
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Your posts always make me hungry 😀 Congrats on being in the top 9!
My favorite type of cake is definitely carrot cake or spice cake!
Karla, do you want to kill me with these cupcakes?? Seriously.. I have to come over and eat some. They look too good to be true.
Congrats on the top 9! Always knew that you’re a star 🙂
Yum!!! Those cupcakes look so goooood!!! My favorite type of cupcake is probably carrot cake too, only with cream cheese icing mmmm
Good luck with the paper!! You can do it!!! And congrats on being in the top 9!!! Thats so great!!
That rocks on the top 9, congrats! The cupcakes look amazingly good. Banana or carrot are probably my fav cupcake flavors.
YAY on the Foodbuzz Top 9! AND DO NOT SAY YOU WERE UNPRODUCTIVE! You created those yummy yummy yummmmyyy looking cupcakes! And my favorite cupcake has to be…either red velvet, carrot cake or funfetti (Pillsberry for the win)
i think my fave cupcake is probably one that has either pumpkin or coconut in it. or both.