Banana Cake -makes 18 cupcakes
2 1/4 cups flour
1 2/3 cups sugar
1 1/4 tsp baking powder
1 1/4 tsp baking soda
1 tsp salt
2/3 cup shortening
2/3 cup buttermilk
3 eggs
1 1/4 cups mashed bananas
3/4 cups chopped hazelnuts (optional)
slices of fresh bananas or banana chips (garnish)
Cream together shortening, buttermilk, eggs, and mashed bananas in mixer. Slowly add in dry ingredients and mix 2-3 minutes. Fold in hazelnuts. Fill cupcake liners 3/4 full. Bake @ 350 degrees for 18 minutes.
Nutella Cream Cheese Frosting*
1/2 cups butter
16 oz cream cheese
1 1/2 cups Nutella
Powdered sugar
Beat butter, cream cheese, and Nutella until fluffy. Slowly add in powdered sugar (we just added a little bit at a time until we got the flavor and consistency we wanted) Beat frosting so it's light and fluffy.
Frost cooled cupcakes with frosting and garnish with the fresh banana slices or banana chips and enjoy! :)
*This makes a lot of frosting so feel free to double the banana cake recipe or half the frosting recipe. Or freeze the left over frosting to have on hand like we did!
