Plantain Cake with Avocado Buttercream

Name: Plantain Cake with Avocado Buttercream
Prep time: 52 min
Cook time: 52 min
Total time: 52 min
Yield: 24
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 2 ripe avocados; 1 Tbsp baking powder; 651 milliliters cake flour; 4 larges eggs; 1 teaspoons ground cinnamon; 237 milliliters warm milk; 1 plantain; 1 very ripe plantain (mostly black); 2 liters powdered sugar, divided; 0 teaspoons salt; 1 teaspoons salt; 59 milliliters shortening; 473 milliliters superfine sugar; 24 servings Sugar, as needed; 118 milliliters unsalted butter; 237 milliliters unsalted butter; 1 Tbsp vanilla extract; 2 teaspoons vanilla extract

Plantain Cake with Avocado Buttercream might be just the dessert you are searching for. One serving contains 484 calories, 4g of protein, and 17g of fat. This recipe covers 5% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. This recipe serves 24. Only From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes around 52 minutes. A mixture of powdered sugar, plantain, salt, and a handful of other ingredients are all it takes to make this recipe so tasty.

Instructions

Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F. Line a 24 count regular-size cupcake pan with cupcake liners. In a heavy-duty mixing bowl, cream together the butter and shortening on medium speed.

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Shortening

Cupcakes

Butter

Cream

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Muffin Liners

Muffin Tray

Mixing Bowl

Oven

Add the eggs, 1 at a time, until completely combined. Scrape down the sides of the bowl with a rubber spatula.

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Egg

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Spatula

Bowl

Add the superfine sugar with the mixer set to low speed. Once combined, set the mixer to medium speed and mix for 5 minutes. Sift together the cake flour, cinnamon, salt, and baking powder. Begin to add the sifted dry ingredients to the batter, alternating with the warm milk. In a separate bowl, blend the plantain with a hand mixer.

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Superfine Sugar

Baking Powder

Cake Flour

Cinnamon

Plantain

Milk

Salt

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Hand Mixer

Blender

Bowl

Add the vanilla and the blended plantain to the batter. Fill the cupcake liners almost to the top.

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Plantain

Cupcakes

Vanilla

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Muffin Liners

Bake until the cake bounces back when you touch it, about 25 minutes.

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Oven

Remove from the pan and place onto a tray to cool. Using a pastry bag and piping tip, frost the cupcakes with the Avocado Buttercream and top with 1 plantain chip.

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Cupcakes

Plantain

Avocado

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Pastry Bag

Frying Pan

In a heavy-duty mixing bowl, cream the butter until light and fluffy.

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Butter

Cream

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Mixing Bowl

Add 3 cups powdered sugar. Scrape down the sides of the bowl with a rubber spatula. In a food processor, blend the avocados until smooth and add into the buttercream. Then add the remaining 4 cups powdered sugar.

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Powdered Sugar