Chocolate Dipped Banana Cupcakes with Banana Buttercream

Name: Chocolate Dipped Banana Cupcakes with Banana Buttercream
Prep time: 1 h 30 min
Cook time: 1 h 30 min
Total time: 1 h 30 min
Yield: 44
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 1 teaspoons baking powder; 1 teaspoon baking powder; 1 teaspoons baking soda; 2 teaspoons baking soda; 1 teaspoon banana bakery emulsion; 237 milliliters mashed ripe bananas; 2 ripe bananas, mashed; 177 milliliters buttermilk; 3 eggs; 4 eggs; 591 milliliters all-purpose flour; 651 milliliters all-purpose flour; 355 milliliters granulated sugar; 532 milliliters granulated sugar; 118 milliliters heavy cream, plus more as needed; 1 teaspoons salt; 255 grams semisweet chocolate chips; 1 cans sweetened condensed milk; 177 milliliters (1 1/2 sticks) unsalted butter; 237 milliliters (2 sticks) unsalted butter, softened; 355 milliliters (3 sticks) unsalted butter; 237 milliliters unsweetened cocoa powder; 1 teaspoon vanilla bean paste; 2 teaspoons vanilla bean paste

The recipe Chocolate Dipped Banana Cupcakes with Banana Buttercream could satisfy your American craving in roughly 1 hour and 30 minutes. For 41 cents per serving, you get a dessert that serves 44. One serving contains 331 calories, 4g of protein, and 19g of fat. A mixture of baking soda, bananas, condensed milk, and a handful of other ingredients are all it takes to make this recipe so tasty.

Instructions

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Line cupcake pans with cupcake liners (for a total of 44 cupcakes).

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Cupcakes

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Muffin Liners

Oven

For the banana cake batter: In a large bowl, mix together the sugar, butter, vanilla and eggs. In another bowl, sift together the flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt.

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Baking Soda

Vanilla

Banana

Butter

All Purpose Flour

Sugar

Egg

Salt

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Bowl

Add the flour mixture to the butter mixture.

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Butter

All Purpose Flour

Add the bananas and buttermilk and beat together well.

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Buttermilk

Banana

Put the cocoa in a medium heatproof bowl, pour 2 cups boiling water over it and whisk until smooth.

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Cocoa Powder

Water

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Whisk

Bowl

Let the mixture cool.

Sift together the flour, baking soda, baking powder and salt in a medium bowl and set aside.

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Baking Soda

All Purpose Flour

Salt

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Bowl

In a large bowl, cream the butter and sugar together until light and fluffy. Beat in the eggs one at time, and then stir in the vanilla.

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Vanilla

Butter

Cream

Sugar

Egg

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Bowl

Add the flour mixture alternately with the cocoa mixture.

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Cocoa Powder

All Purpose Flour

Fill the cupcake liners one-third full with the banana cake batter.

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Cupcakes

Banana

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Muffin Liners

Add the dark chocolate cake batter on top, filling the liners about two-thirds full.

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Dark Chocolate

Bake until an inserted toothpick comes out clean, 16 to 19 minutes. Allow the cupcakes to cool completely before frosting.

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Cupcakes

Frosting

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Toothpicks

Oven

For the ganache: Melt the chocolate chips and heavy cream in a double boiler, stirring the entire time. (Be careful not to get steam or water into your chocolate mixture, as it will seize.) Stir until completely melted and smooth.

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Chocolate Chips

Heavy Cream

Chocolate

Water

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Double Boiler

Add additional cream as needed a tablespoon at a time.

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Cream

For the buttercream: In a large bowl, whip the butter until light and fluffy. Gradually add the sweetened condensed milk, vanilla, banana bakery emulsion and bananas. Whip until smooth and creamy.

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Sweetened Condensed Milk