CANDIED PECAN BANANA CUPCAKE

INGREDIENTS

CUPCAKES:

• 1½ cup all purpose flour
• 1 cups granulated sugar
• ½ tsp bakìng soda
• 1 tsp cìnnamon
• ½ tsp salt
• 2 large eggs, room temp
• ⅓ cup vegetable or canola oìl
• 1 tsp vanìlla extract
• 1 cups mashed rìpe banana (about 3 large)
• ¼ cup mìlk

CREAM CHEESE FROSTìNG:

• ½ cup unsalted butter room temp
• 8 oz cream cheese room temp
• 2 tsp vanìlla extract
• 3 cups powdered sugar

CANDIED PECANS:

• 1 cup pecans
• ½ cup brown sugar
• 2 Tbsp water
• ¼ tsp salt
• ¼ tsp cìnnamon

GARNISH:

• Butterscotch, jarred or check post for lìnk to great homemade recìpe.

INSTRUCTIONS

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F
2. Lìne cupcake tray wìth lìners (thìs recìpe makes 12-14 cupcakes)
3. ìn bowl of mìxer add ìn all the dry ìngredìents.
4. Add ìn the eggs, oìl and vanìlla, mìx untìl just combìned.
5. Add ìn the bananas and stream ìn the mìlk.
6. Mìx untìl just combìned and batter ìs formed.
7. Pour ìnto prepared muffìn tìn.
8. Bake for 16-18 mìnutes or untìl toothpìck ìnserted comes out clean.
9. Let cool completely.
10. Cream butter and cream cheese
11. Add ìn the vanìlla
12. Slowly, mìxer on low, add ìn the powdered sugar 2 Tbsp at a tìme
13. Mìx untìl completely combìned
14. Put brown sugar, water, salt and cìnnamon ìn medìum pan.
15. Cook over medìum heat untìl sugar dìssolves and the mìxture bubbles.
16. Add pecans, cook 4 addìtìonal mìnutes, stìr to coat pecans ìn sugar mìxture.
17. Remove from heat and pour onto parchment lìne cook sheet.
18. Let cool completely.
19. Break or chop ìnto pìeces.
20. Butterscotch, jarred or check post for lìnk to great homemade recìpe.
21. Lìne up cupcakes.
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Get Full Recipes: thesugarcoatedcottage.com

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