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Banana Pudding Filled Cupcaes

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Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 18 minutes
Servings 15

Ingredients
  

Banana Cupcake Base

  • 2 cups flour
  • 1 tsp baking powder
  • 1/2 tsp baking soda
  • 1/4 tsp salt
  • 1/2 tsp cinnamon
  • 1/2 cup butter softened
  • 3/4 cup granulated sugar
  • 3 bananas overripe, mashed
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • 1/2 cup buttermilk

Pudding Filling

  • 1 cup pre-made vanilla (or banana!) pudding

Vanilla Buttercream Frosting

  • 1 cup butter softened
  • 4 cups powdered sugar
  • 2 Tbsp milk (or heavy whipping cream)
  • 1 1/2 tsp vanilla
  • Crushed Vanilla wafers for garnish

Instructions
 

Make Cupcakes

  • Preheat the oven to 350°F, fill a muffin tin with non-stick or foil liners.
  • Mix flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt and cinnamon in a separate bowl. Set aside.
  • Cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy.
  • Add eggs, vanilla and banana to butter and sugar. Mix until well-incorporated.
  • Add in half of the dry ingredients and mix a little. Then, add in buttermilk and mix and little. Then, add in the rest of dry ingredients and mix until just incorporated. Try not to over-mix.
  • Fill your muffin tin cups about 3/4 of the way full. I use a 1/4 cup measuring cup to measure up the batter.
  • Bake your cupcakes for about 18-20 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted comes out clean.

Fill Cupcakes with Pudding

  • Let your cupcakes cool completely before filling them with pudding.
  • If using pudding mix from a box, prepare your pudding according to the instructions.
  • Using your cupcake coring tool, remove a piece from the center of each cupcake.
  • Carefully spoon pudding into the hole you made in the center of the cupcakes. Then, replace the piece that you removed with the cupcake coring tool.

Frost the Cupcakes

  • Combine all your frosting ingredients and mix together on low speed at first, and then eventually increase the speed. Mix until everything is smooth and even. If your frosting is too thick, add in more milk 1 teaspoon at a time.
  • Fill a piping bag with a piping tip and frosting. Pipe the frosting onto your cupcakes.
  • Optional: Garnish your frosted cupcakes with Vanilla wafer cookies.