Avocado, Caramelized Banana Cupcake

Name: Avocado, Caramelized Banana Cupcake
Prep time: 1 h 30 min
Cook time: 1 h 30 min
Total time: 1 h 30 min
Yield: 22
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 14 grams almond paste; 1 ripe, fresh organic avocado, peeled and pitted; 1 teaspoon baking powder; 1 teaspoon baking soda; 3 ripe organic bananas, cut into 1/4-inch cubes; 64 grams brown sugar; 532 milliliters sifted cake flour (sifted before measuring); 1 pinch Pinch organic cinnamon; 59 milliliters pasteurized egg whites; 2 larges organic eggs; 128 grams all-purpose flour; 118 milliliters granulated sugar; 3 teaspoons organic heavy cream; 1 Juice of whole organic lime; 22 servings Lime zest, for garnish; 237 milliliters low-fat organic buttermilk; 99 grams toasted oats cereal; 227 grams powdered sugar; 1 teaspoons salt; 1 ripe, fresh organic avocado, pureed in a food processor or blender until smooth; 237 milliliters sugar; 454 grams organic unsalted butter; 2 Tbsps organic unsalted butter, at room temperature; 64 grams organic unsalted butter; 3 teaspoons soft unsalted butter; 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

The recipe Avocado, Caramelized Banana Cupcake could satisfy your American craving in around 1 hour and 30 minutes. This recipe serves 22. One serving contains 419 calories, 5g of protein, and 24g of fat. Head to the store and pick up baking soda, buttermilk, cinnamon, and a few other things to make it today.

Instructions

For the cupcakes: Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F. Line 2 cupcake baking pans with paper liners.

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Cupcakes

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Baking Pan

Oven

Sift together the flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt in a bowl; set aside. Beat the sugar, butter and pureed avocado until completely combined in the bowl of a stand mixer. Beat in the vanilla, then beat in the eggs one at a time, mixing well after each addition.

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Baking Soda

Avocado

Vanilla

Butter

All Purpose Flour

Sugar

Egg

Salt

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Stand Mixer

Bowl

Beat in the buttermilk with the mixer on low speed until just combined.

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Buttermilk

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Blender

Add the flour mixture. Once all the flour is incorporated, increase the mixing speed to medium and beat for 20 seconds longer. Be careful not to over-mix.

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All Purpose Flour

Divide the batter among the pans and bake until golden on top and a wooden toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean, about 25 minutes. Cool in the pans on wire racks for 10 minutes before inverting, removing papers and cooling completely.

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Toothpicks

Oven

For the buttercream frosting: Beat the powdered sugar and egg whites for about 5 minutes on medium-high speed using an electric mixer. Puree the avocado and lime juice in a food processor.

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Powdered Sugar

Egg Whites

Lime Juice

Frosting

Avocado

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Hand Mixer

Food Processor

Add the butter to the whites mixture and beat until very creamy, about 10 minutes, then add the avocado and lime juice and mix well.

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Lime Juice

Avocado

Butter

For the streusel: Cream together the butter, sugar and almond paste using an electric mixer.

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Almond Paste

Butter

Cream

Sugar

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Hand Mixer

Add the vanilla and cinnamon and mix well.

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Cinnamon

Vanilla

Add the flour and toasted oats in batches until large crumbs start forming.

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All Purpose Flour

Oats

For the caramelized bananas: Make a dry caramel by pouring the sugar in an even layer into a heavy-bottomed saucepan.

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Banana

Caramel

Sugar

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Sauce Pan

Heat over medium heat until the caramel starts to melt, gently pushing the sugar towards the center. Continue cooking, stirring only very occasionally, until the caramel turns a dark copper, taking care that the caramel doesn't burn.

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Caramel

Sugar

Transfer to a bowl, stir in the bananas until coated and caramelized, and then stir in the butter, cream and cinnamon.

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Cinnamon

Banana

Butter

Cream

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Bowl

Remove the centers of the cupcakes using a melon baller and fill with the caramelized bananas. Pipe the avocado-lime frosting on top, sprinkle with the oats streusel and garnish with lime zest on top.

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Lime Zest