Banana Split Cupcakes

Making the Cupcakes:

Ingredients:

• 2 cps. flour
• 1 1/2 tsp. baking powder
• 3/4 tsp. salt
• 1/4 baking soda
• 3/4 cp. butter at room temperature
• 3 eggs at room temperature 
• 1/2 cp. mashed ripe banana
• 1/3 cp. milk
• 1 tsp. vanilla 
• 1 cp. sugar
• 1/4 cp. sour cream

Instructions:

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit. 
2. In a mixing bowl, mix together first four ingredients. In a smaller bowl, stir mashed banana, milk, sour cream, and vanilla. 
3. In a larger bowl, beat butter for about 30 seconds. Slowly add sugar. Beat until fluffy and light. One at a time, add the eggs. Beat after each addition. Now, alternately add flour mixture and banana mixture to your other mixture in the large bowl. beat on low speed after each addition. 
4. Once it is all combined, spoon batter in to muffin cups about 2/3 full. 
5. Bake about 18 minutes or until toothpick comes out clean. 
6. Let cool. Instead of adding frosting to these cupcakes, add one scoop of ice cream to the top of each cupcake. This creates the "banana split" effect. 
7. Put a little squirt of whipped cream on top (use recipe below or buy at the store) and enjoy! 

Whipped Cream Recipe:

Ingredients: 

• 1 cp. whipping cream
• 2 Tbs. Sugar
• 1/2 tsp. vanilla

Instructions:

1. Chill your mixing bowl and beaters. This will help your whipped cream form instead of melt.
2. Beat all ingredients together until peaks form and it gets fluffy.
3. Be careful not to overbeat!

Tips From Kate and Hayley:

1. We would recommend strawberry ice cream! We used it and it created a wonderful strawberry-banana flavor! (If you find another kind you like, let us know!) 
2. You could also top these cupcakes with a cherry or chocolate syrup to give it more flavor or a cuter look. 
3. These tasted so yummy on a warm summer day!