Monster Monkey Cupcakes
Recipe from Ladies' Home Journal

Mashed bananas flavor the cake mix for these little desserts. Use candy to make faces on the frosting.


Monster Monkey Cupcakes

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Servings: 20 to 24 cupcakes
Prep Time: 15 mins
Total Time: 45 mins
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Ingredients
  • 1  package (18.25 oz.)
    plain yellow cake mix
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  • 1-1/2  cups
    mashed bananas (3 medium or 4 small bananas)
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  • 1/2  cup
    water
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  • 1/2  cup
    vegetable oil
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  • 3  large
    eggs
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  • 1  teaspoon
    ground cinnamon
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    Cinnamon Cream Cheese Frosting (see Recipe Center)
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    Dried banana chips
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    M&M Minis, in red and dark-brown
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    Brown decorating icing gel
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Directions
1.
Preheat oven to 350 degree F and line two 12-cup muffin pans with paper liners.
2.
Blend cake mix, mashed bananas, water, oil, eggs, and cinnamon in a large bowl with an electric mixer set on low speed for 30 seconds until just combined. Stop mixer and scrape down the sides of the bowl with a rubber spatula. Increase mixer speed to medium and beat 2 minutes more, scraping down sides again, if needed (the batter should look thick and well combined). Spoon or scoop batter into each cup, filling it three-quarters of the way.
3.
Bake in middle of oven until cupcakes are golden and spring back when lightly pressed, 18 to 20 minutes. Let cupcakes cool in pans on racks, 5 minutes. Remove cupcakes from pans and place on racks to cool for 15 minutes before frosting.
4.
Place a heaping tablespoon of frosting on each cupcake and swirl to spread it smoothly with a short metal spatula or spoon, covering the top completely. Decorate as shown in photograph (above). Makes 20 to 24 cupcakes.
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