OOOPS and Banana Split Cupcakes

Want to hear a funny story? There are NOT 80 recipes in the cookbook. Yes, NOT. Enter laughing now. We went to look up the Eggnogg Cupcake recipe since we have some in the fridge and discovered we had not thoroughly done our research. There is a listing of all 80 flavors that are made by DC Cupcakes, but not all 80 are in the recipe book. There are 41. Mostly cupcakes. Sometimes it is a cake (Yum) and sometimes it is a tasty homemade hot chocolate (I'll take it!). Our mission remains the same, AND just got easier. Do every single recipe in the book. Every single one. Saturday was the Banana Split Cupcake.

This did require a trip to the store BUT I gave us bonus points for using bananas that were overripe.

Little One got right to work. Note that roller skates again.

These cupcakes were easy to start, then progressively were more difficult. The center was cut out of every cupcake which did prove to be easier than expected. I did this task as Little One made the chocolate ganache. You can see she got a little bored stirring and waiting.

I have to say the ganache was easy to make, and delicious. When the ganache (heavy cream and chocolate chips) were melted and mixed together, they were then put into the middle of every cupcake. This was really entertaining for Little One.

The frosting was easy enough but after multiple attempts to do the "signature swirl" explained on page 23 with picture diagrams and all, we determined we apparently had our own signature swirl.... and it was not as pretty. We just don't have the right equipment for that one! The book explains that you can experiment with topping your Banana Split Cupcake anyway you would like, crushed pecans, toffee bits, chocolate ganache and/or maraschino cherries. We decided to go traditional with the chocolate ganache and a cherry on top.

Overall, the cupcake was good, and I did think it tasted like a banana split, but it was not my favorite. And, I have to say, as the official "dish washer," the yummy to dirty dish ratio was not worth it in my book. Even though Little One disagrees, my husband and I say 1 star for just plain good.

Seeing this cute smile makes it all worth it though.

PS - Nana & Papa received a cupcake delivery today with Coconut and Banana Split Cupcakes. I am awaiting their taste test report! Happy Baking :)