Comments on: chocolate cupcakes with banana cream cheese frosting

By: Martin

Martin — Sat, 19 Jun 2010 21:39:28 +0000

This was the closest thing I could find that I was envisioning. I made a spice cake and wanted a banana cream cheese frosting, using extra bananas I had. But, I used an entire box and a half of confectioners sugar, and had to add a few tablespoons of shortening to hold it together. Flavor was great, though.

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By: TaTown3

TaTown3 — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 17:11:53 +0000

I had the same problem, never did get it to thicken. I also used fat free cream cheese (unintentionally)…what a mistake!

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v.2 » Cupcake Craze — Thu, 14 May 2009 13:17:11 +0000

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By: flourchild

flourchild — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 03:59:25 +0000

Hi Pete, I made these tonight. The cake was perfect, but is the amount of confectioners sugar in the frosting a typo? Only 1/4 cup? I know it says that if it is too thin, to add more sugar and cream cheese. I added about 3x the sugar, and it still isn’t thickened. Plus, the additional cream cheese was out of the fridge (since I only brought 4 oz. to room temperature) and so didn’t blend well. Love the cupcakes and the IDEA of the frosting. I couldn’t find this recipe of Ina’s anywhere else on the web, either, to check if it is a typo. Are you sure it is not 1-1/2 c.?

By: Elyse

Elyse — Sat, 04 Apr 2009 20:55:44 +0000

Pete! I’m so glad I found your blog. It’s totally awesome. Not to mention that these cupcakes look divine. Can’t wait to keep reading more!

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Weekend Odds and Ends: The Better Late than Never Edition « Capital Spice — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 20:16:09 +0000

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By: Jess

Jess — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 20:54:57 +0000

looks so yummy! I love the yellow color!

By: petebakes

petebakes — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 20:37:43 +0000

without food coloring, the frosting didn’t look too appetizing – since all the ingredients are kind of neutral colors, it just looked bland. plus, since bananas are exactly *yellow* yellow when you mash them up, there were all kinds of weird dark spots. it still tasted great though.

By: Pamela M

Pamela M — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 15:03:54 +0000

Oh, Pete, I’m going to be in D.C. next weekend for the Cherry Blossom Festival. Can you recommend any places (foodie or otherwise) that I should visit while I’m there?