BANANA CREAM PIE CUPCAKES

These Banana Cream Pie Cupcakes are to die for – my new favorite for sure! They are made with a banana cupcake, cream pie filling and a banana frosting with a secret ingredient that gives it the best flavor!

The cupcakes are filled with cream pie filling. You guys this is the stuff dreams are made of. So good. And don’t be intimidated to make it if you haven’t before, it really is easy. Some sugar, milk and cornstarch are heated to a simmer. You want to get that sugar melted and the cornstarch a-thickening. Next, you add a touch of the hot milk mixture to the eggs. It’s called tempering the eggs. See if you just toss the eggs in there, you get scrambled eggs. That’s not gonna be tasty in a cupcake. When you add a bit of hot milk to the eggs first, you slowly warm them. Then, when they are added to the hot mixture, they don’t scramble. The whole mixture is boiled for a couple minutes to thicken everything, then you add a bit of butter and vanilla and set it aside to cool. Once it’s at room temperature, you’ll add a bit of whipped cream to get that lightness and extra-creaminess. Sheer dessert heaven.

And then there’s the frosting. It’s got a secret ingredient I know you’ve been dying to find out about. It’s banana chip crumbs! Yep, banana chips that were crushed up in a food processor to get crumbs. I wanted an awesome banana flavor in the frosting, but not artificial and not with mashed bananas. So banana chips! They worked like a charm! The food processor has it’s work cut out for it – they aren’t the easiest things to crush. It’ll get loud. But they crush! And they are amazing in the frosting! And as the frosting sits, it gets even better.

Banana cupcakes with cream pie filling topped with banana frosting!

Yield: 12-14 Cupcakes 1x 

INGREDIENTS

BANANA CUPCAKES

• 10 tbsp (140g) unsalted butter, room temperature
• 1 cup sugar (207g)
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 1 large egg white
• 1 large egg
• 1 2/3 cups (217g) all purpose flour
• 1 1/2 tsp baking powder
• 1/4 tsp salt
• 1/2 cup (120ml) mashed bananas (the riper, the better)
• 1/2 cup (120ml) milk
• 2 tbsp (30ml) water

CREAM FILLING

• 1/4 cup (52g) sugar
• 1 tbsp cornstarch
• 3/4 cup (180ml) milk
• 1 egg yolk, lightly beaten
• 1 tbsp (14g) salted butter
• 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
• 1/4 cup (60ml) heavy whipping cream
• 2 tbsp powdered sugar

BANANA FROSTING

• 1/2 cup (112g) salted butter
• 1/2 cup (95g) shortening
• 4 1/2 cups (518g) powdered sugar
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 3/4 cup banana chip crumbs
• 5–6 tbsp (75-90ml) heavy whipping cream or milk

INSTRUCTIONS

Get the full instruction @ www.lifeloveandsugar.com