Let the fun begin!

Everyone has to start somewhere....here is the begining! 

Ok so I am going to do it!  I. am. going. to. jump. off the ledge and start a post.  

See you don't understand, I have been staring at this blank screen for weeks wondering what was "cool" enough to write.  I have done lots of things these past couple of weeks/months that I could share, however I never remember to take pictures!  UGh!  Who wants to read about something and NOT be able to see the masterpiece??  NOT me.  So here I am back at square one.   

Ok thats a lie.  I am at "square two".  What?!  There is no "square two"?  Well there is now! (cause I said so)  How do you get to square two you ask?  Well...I made these yummy cupcakes yesterday and of course I have zippo for pictures of the before and during BUT I do have pictures of the final product!  

I promise to do better with the whole picture part.


SO here they are:   Banana cupcakes filled with Caramel and frosted with Peanut Butter frosting (wow that is a long name)  Maybe we should refer to them as BC & PB?

Cupcake recipe from Crazy About Cupcakes by Krystina Castella.
Banana Cupcakes
Makes 18-22
1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter, at room temperature
1 cup granulated sugar
2 large eggs
1 cup mashed ripe bananas
1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
5 tablespoons milk
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
1. Preheat the oven to 350°F. Insert liners into a medium cupcake pan.
2. With an electric mixer on medium speed, cream the butter and sugar together until fluffy, about 3-5 minutes. Add the eggs to the creamed mixture and beat well. Add the bananas and mix well.
3. In a separate bowl sift together the flour, baking soda, and salt.
4. Add all the dry ingredients to the creamed mixture and mix until completely integrated.
5. Add the milk and vanilla. Mix for 1 minute on medium speed.
6. Fill cupcake liners one-half to three-quarters full with batter. Bake for 20-25 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center of cupcakes comes out clean. Cool cupcakes in the pan.
MY NOTES: It took 2 1/2 bananas to get 1 cup mashed. I got 21 cupcakes. My first batch was done at 19 minutes and my second was done at 21.After they cooled, I dug out the center, and filled them with a store bought caramel sauce I had picked up from the King Arthur Flour store.

Finally I made the frosting. I was looking around webland to find "the perfect peanut butter frosting",  well I didn't find anything that got me excited so I took the knowledge of all the recipes I read and went to create.  
Here is what I came up with:

Peanut Butter Frosting.

1 stick of butter
1 cup of peanut butter
2 cups of powdered sugar
5 tablespoons of heavy cream

I creamed the butter and pb together.  mixed in 1 cup of  powdered sugar at a time and then at the end added the cream and blended til fluffy.


There you have it.