Grandmas Banana Cupcakes Food

MOIST BANANA CUPCAKES

Steps:

• In a large bowl, cream shortening and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in the egg, vanilla and bananas. Combine the flour, baking powder, salt, baking soda, cinnamon, cloves and nutmeg; add to the creamed mixture just until combined. , Fill paper-lined muffin cups two-thirds full. Bake at 375° for 18-20 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean. Cool for 10 minutes before removing from pan to a wire rack to cool completely. Dust with confectioners' sugar.

BANANA CUPCAKES WITH CREAM CHEESE FROSTING

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350°F. Line two muffins pans with paper cups.
• In a small bowl, combine the mashed bananas with the lemon juice. Set aside.
• In a separate large bowl, whisk together the flour, baking soda and salt. Set aside.
• In the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, cream together the butter and sugar until light and fluffy, about 2 minutes, then beat in the eggs one at a time, beating between each addition.
• Beat in the vanilla extract.
• Beat in the flour mixture alternately with the buttermilk.
• Fold in the mashed bananas then portion out the batter into the muffin cups so that they are 3/4 full. (This recipe yields about 30 cupcakes.)
• Bake the cupcakes for 18 to 22 minutes until a toothpick inserted comes out clean.
• Remove the cupcakes from the oven and set them aside to cool while you make the frosting.
• In the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, beat the cream cheese until smooth.
• Add the butter and beat until smooth, scraping down the sides as needed.
• Sift the confectioners' sugar into the bowl, then add the vanilla extract and beat until light and fluffy, about 2 minutes.
• Slather the frosting atop the completely cooled cupcakes and top with dried banana chips (optional). (See Kelly's Note.)
• If you prefer to pipe the frosting, chill it in the fridge for at least 20 minutes before transferring it to a piping bag or sealed plastic bag fitted with your choice of piping tip.

GRANDMA SOLBERG'S BANANA CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350.
• Sift all dry ingredients together (flour, baking soda, salt, nutmeg).
• Cream the butter and vanilla in a large bowl, gradually adding sugar.
• Beat in eggs one at a time.
• Beat in dry ingredients.
• Add bananas and butttermilk.
• Bake in 9x9 pan for 35 - 45 minutes.

GRAMMA BERTHA'S BANANA CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Spray a 10 inch Bundt pan with non-stick cooking spray.
• In a large bowl, cream together the butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in the eggs one at a time. Beat in the sliced bananas, sour cream and baking soda. Beat in the flour. Pour batter into prepared pan.
• Bake in the preheated oven for 60 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean. Let cool in pan for 10 minutes, then turn out onto a wire rack and cool completely.

GRANDMA RILEY'S BANANA CAKE

Steps:

• Cream sugar and shortening together; add eggs and vanilla. Mix in buttermilk and mashed bananas., In a separate bowl, combine flour, soda, baking powder and salt; add to banana mixture and mix until ingredients are combined. Spoon into a greased 13x9-in. baking pan or two 9-in. round cake pans., Bake at 350° for 25-30 minutes or until toothpick inserted into center comes out clean. Cool cake for 30 minutes before frosting. , For frosting, mix butter, powdered sugar and milk until smooth; add vanilla and salt. If frosting is too thick, add more milk 1 tsp. at a time until reaching desired consistency. Spread on warm banana cake.

GRANDMA'S BANANA COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a cookie sheet.
• Combine flour, baking powder, and salt in a large bowl. Stir mashed banana, sour cream, and vanilla together in another bowl.
• Cream margarine and sugar in a large bowl with an electric mixer. Beat in eggs. Mix in banana-sour cream mixture until incorporated. Add dry ingredients until well combined. Stir in nuts.
• Drop small spoonfuls of batter onto the prepared cookie sheet; cookies do not expand much in the oven.
• Bake in the preheated oven, checking occasionally, until bottoms are light golden brown and cookies are set but still a tad soft, 10 to 12 minutes. Remove cookies to a rack to cool.
• While the cookies are cooling, prepare frosting: Melt butter in a saucepan over medium-low heat. Stir in brown sugar and reduce heat to low. Stir and bring to a boil. Boil, stirring constantly, for 2 minutes. Remove from heat.
• Stir in 1/4 cup milk and bring to a boil again. Remove from heat and let cool, 10 to 15 minutes.
• Gradually stir in powdered sugar until frosting is desired consistency. If frosting hardens while working, stir in a little bit of milk.
• Spread frosting on cooled cookies.

GRANDMA'S BANANA DATE CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• Grease well a 9 by 5 by 3 inch loaf pan.
• Sift flour, baking powder, soda, and salt.
• In large bowl with electrix mixer at high speed, beat butter, granulated sugar, eggs, and vanilla, occasionally scraping side of bowl with scraper, until light and fluffy- about 3 minutes.
• In small bowl, combine banana and buttermilk.
• At low speed, beat in flour mixture (in fourths) alternately with banana mixture in 3rds- about 1 minute.
• Stir in dates and nuts.
• Bake 1 hour and 10 or 15 minutes.
• Cool on rack 15 minutes in pan, then turn out on rack until cool.
• Dust with confectioner's sugar.

GRANDMA'S BANANA CAKE

Steps:

• 1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees; grease and flour a 9 x 11 inch cake pan.
• 2. Cream together butter and sugar.
• 3. Add eggs, one at a time, mixing after each egg.
• 4. Sift together flour, nutmeg OR mace, and salt. Add to wet mixture and mix well.
• 5. Dissolve baking soda in sour milk. (You can add a 1/4 teaspoon of white vinegar to the milk to sour it if you don't have sour milk on hand.) Add to batter.
• 6. Mix in mashed bananas and vanilla.
• 7. Bake in 350 degree oven in a 9 x 11 inch cake pan for 45 minutes. Frost with cream cheese frosting.