This week’s TWD was chosen by Kimberly of Only Creative Opportunities: lots of ways banana cake. I should start by thanking those of you who continue to stop by and visit me even though it’s been weeks since I’ve had time to properly check up on all that you’ve been up to over on your sites. I haven’t forgotten – my Google Reader swells with new posts every day and eventually, I will get to them. Soon, hopefully! This weekend Shane and I sprung for an iPad – because you can never have too many gadgets, right? I’m really excited about it actually, as it’ll allow me to convert the many hours I spend commuting on the train into more productive time, time spent blogging and visiting blogs and catching up on emails (without having to lug my much heavier laptop in every day). So, with any luck, I’ll be back in business soon. Can’t wait to see all of the posts I’ve missed!
But, back to the cake. As you can probably guess from the name, the recipe allows for lots of variations and substitution so you can use what you have on hand and customize the recipe to fit your tastes. Although Dorie recommended making a layer cake with the batter, I went a slightly different route. I halved the recipe and made muffins – I wound up with 12 of them. Along with the bananas, I decided to add some chopped, dried apples. The apples added a bit of texture and just a hint of apple flavor thoughout my muffins. Yes, I keep calling them muffins, not cupcakes. I chose not to frost them so I could convince myself they were muffins and eat them for breakfast this week. And oh, were they ever good muffins! They’re light and fluffy, moist and loaded with banana flavor. This recipe is definitely one I’ll repeat over and over again – next time I want to go the cupcake route and top them with my favorite peanut butter icing.
Thanks to Kimberly for hosting this week! You can find the recipe on her site or on pages 204-205 of Baking: From My Home to Yours.
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I love recipes that you can change up! Your muffins look great!
Mmmmm … peanut butter icing. Brilliant idea! Your muffins look great! Thanks for baking with me this week!
An iPad! I would love one. And those banana muffins look really yummy. I love the way this recipe can be adapted into so many different delicious recipes. Have fun on the train.
Great pics! I loved these, too – so many ways to change ’em up! 🙂
oh wow, elvis cupcakes! 🙂
they look perfect as muffins! i did a bundt cake–i just didn’t think that it needed icing at all (and i had some for breakfast too–shh! don’t tell! 😉
The muffins look fabulous! This was my farewell post with TWD after almost two years of baking along. Hope you’ll stop by and say goodbye!
Love the idea of adding apples to these. They look awesome Tracey.
Your banana muffins look amazing! I love muffins for breakfast!! So glad you enjoyed them!
Apples sound like a great mix-in for this recipe. An ipad seems like the ultimate mobile surfing tool. What a great way to pass the time during commuting.
Making this into muffins with dried apples sounds wonderful! We have an iPad and it’s great! You will love it!
PB icing? YUM! Have fun with your new iPad!! I’m jealous. I haven’t even gotten a laptop yet. I know…so lame, right? :o) Marc just got me an iPod touch for my birthday, though. I’m slowly getting there. The “muffins” look great!
Peanut butter and banana is a great flavor combination (peanut butter frosting is good on just about everything, though!) I was amazed that this recipe was both fluffy AND moist; how does Dorie do that? Sounds so good with the apples you added.
Great idea Tracey! This is my new banana bread. And it looks like banana muffins are a hit too! Jealous about the iPad, but soon….! Glad it will help on your commute! The liners are sweet!
I like a recipe that can be cuppy or muffin. So versatile Just like the recipe itself.
Those look moist, delicious, and with the addition of the dried apples, quite healthy. PERFECT for breakfast.
I think muffins may just be the way to go…then I could freeze some and Mark would not have had to eat banana cake for a week in his lunches…LOL. What a guy…a good sport always. Your muffins look nice…and also healthy!
These look so good! Love the frosting:)
Peanut butter icing would still constitute a breakfast item! Right? ::g::
I love bananas, love the versatility of this one. I’m craving for an Ipad!! Congratulations 🙂
I agree! This is definitely a keeper!! Your ‘muffins’ look fantastic.
Your cute cupcake liners always remind me that I need to buy cuter ones than the ones I find at the store. Is there a certain site that you swear by? I’m a bit apprehensive about ordering them online, I don’t want them to show up smooshed.
And I’m WAY jealous of your iPad!!
Looks great. The muffins look so yummy. I love my ipad and it is great when you travel. Enjoy!