Banana Boat Cupcakes

Banana Boat Cupcakes

 

 

Yumm.. The Campbodians famous Banana boats! What is a Banana boat? That is what I said the first time I heard of it, well…it’s a camping treat my boyfriend's friends (referred to as the Campbodians= a group of Pilipino men that love VW buses and camping) have been making for years. Picture this…a banana stuffed with pieces of chocolate, marshmallows and topped with graham cracker crumbs and sprinkled with cinnamon , wrapped in foil and cooked over an open fire till the bananas are warm and the chocolate and marshmallows are nice and soft and gooey . Pure heaven. Well, I have been craving these for awhile. Earl was nice enough to make them for my family a few weeks ago and they were a hit! But I kept thinking how to make these favors into a bake good. Well, I created a banana-cinnamon cupcake stuffed with chocolate pieces frosted with a marshmallow frosting and sprinkled with graham cracker crumbs, the birth of the BANANA BOAT CUPCAKE. There is nothing like a banana boat over a open fire, but this cupcake is delicious. The flavors are so good and the frosting is AMAZING! I really hope you give this cupcake a try.

 

Ingredients: (cupcake base is an adaption of Gina Neelys banana cupcake)

 

1 cup flour

½ teaspoon baking powder

½ teaspoon baking soda

1/8 teaspoon salt

2 teaspoon cinnamon

1 stick sweet cream butter (room temp)

½ cup white sugar

¼ cup sour cream

2 large eggs (room temp)

2 large ripe bananas (not overly ripe)

1  3.5 oz large chocolate bars broken into pieces

 

 

Ingredients: Frosting

1 cup of butter

2 teaspoons vanilla

1-7 oz jar Marshmallow cream

 

2 cups powder sugar

¼ cup half and half milk

½ cup graham cracker crumbs

Banana chips for decorating (optional)

 

 

Pre-heat oven to 350

Prep-work:

a. Line cupcake pan with 12 cupcake .Spray with oil
b. Mash banana

 

 

1. In a small bowl, combine flour, baking powder,baking soda, salt and cinnamon. Mix and set aside.

 

2. In large bowl, beat butter with sugar.

 

3. Beat in Sour cream and vanilla.

 

4. Beat in eggs until all well combined

 

5. Add half the ingredients and beat in till combined, then beat in the other half. Do not over beat.

 

6. Beat in the mashed banana to batter. DO NOT OVER BEAT, just till combined.

 

7. Fill cupcake liners ¾ full.

 

 

8. Once all the cups are filled.  Add one square of chocolate in the middle of each cup. Batter will push up a bit on the sides.

 

9. Take a spoon and cover the chocolate with the batter that pushed up.

 

10. Bake for 20 minutes

11. Once removed from oven, wait about 3-5 minutes then transfer each cup to a  cooling rack. Cool completely.

 

 

While the cupcake are cooling…make frosting.

 

A. Beat butter until it is smooth.

 

B. Add vanilla and marshmallow cream till all combined.

 

C. Gradually add powdered sugar at low speed.

 

D. Add half and half and beat at high speed till nice and fluffy.

 

E. Frost and decorate as desired. I used a ziplock bag, cut off at the end and fitted with a decorating tip.

 

F. Sprinkle the graham cracker crumbs

G. Top with a banana chip

ENJOY!!