Chunky Monkey Cupcakes Food

CHUNKY MONKEY CUPCAKES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) and line a 12-cup muffin tin with liners.
• Whisk flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt together in a bowl.
• Mash bananas with milk and vanilla extract until smooth.
• Mix butter and sugar together with a spatula until creamy. Whisk in eggs, 1 at a time, then whisk in the banana mixture. Add walnuts, chocolate, and the flour mixture. Mix batter with a spatula until no dry spots remain.
• Fill muffin cups to the top with batter, then distribute excess batter as needed. Tap pan against the counter to expel any air bubbles.
• Bake in the preheated oven until tops are lightly browned, about 25 minutes. Let cupcakes cool to room temperature, at least 20 minutes.
• Pour hot cream over chocolate chips in a bowl. Let sit for a few minutes, then whisk, increasing speed gradually, until color is uniform. Spread ganache over the cooled cupcakes and garnish with banana chips. Refrigerate to firm up the frosting, if desired.

CHUNKY MONKEY CUPCAKES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°. Line 24 muffin cups with paper liners., Beat first five ingredients until well blended. In another bowl, whisk together flour, baking soda, baking powder and salt; gradually beat into banana mixture. Fold in chocolate chunks., Fill prepared cups three-fourths full. Bake until a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean, 20-25 minutes. Cool in pans 10 minutes before removing to wire racks to cool completely., For frosting, beat cream cheese, peanut butter and butter until smooth. Gradually beat in enough confectioners' sugar to reach desired consistency. Spread over cupcakes. If desired, sprinkle with peanuts. Refrigerate leftovers.

CHUNKY MONKEY PANCAKES

Steps:

• Combine flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt in a large bowl. Set bowl aside. In a separate bowl, whisk together the skim milk, melted butter, eggs, sugar, and vanilla. Make a well in the center of the dry ingredients and stir in the wet ingredients, being careful not to over mix the batter. Gently fold in the banana, chocolate chips, and nuts.
• Heat a large skillet over medium heat, and coat with cooking spray. Pour 1/4 cupfuls of batter onto the skillet, and cook until bubbles appear on the surface. Flip with a spatula, and cook until browned on the other side.

CHUNKY MONKEY CUPCAKES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• Beat together butter and both sugars until light and fluffy.
• Beat in bananas, then eggs, one at a time and beat well after each addition.
• Add vanilla.
• Sift together flour, baking powder, soda and salt and add alternately with buttermilk to mixture.
• Beat just until blended.
• Stir in chocolate chips.
• Divide batter evenly among 24 paper lined muffin cups.
• In a small bowl, combine walnuts, cinnamon and 2 T brown sugar and sprinkle over tops of cupcakes.
• Bake for 20 to 22 minutes or until tester comes out clean.
• Let cool in pan for 5 minutes, then remove to a wire rack to cool completely.

CHUNKY MONKEY PANCAKES

Steps:

• 1. On a greased griddle or large skillet, ladle about 1/4 cup batter to make a large pancake, about 9 inches in diameter. Once bubbles start to appear on the surface, sprinkle half of the chocolate chips and walnuts on top of the pancake. Flip the pancake when golden brown, and cook until set. Transfer to a plate. Repeat to make another pancake.
• 2. While the pancakes cook, sprinkle 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon or to taste over the whole bananas.
• Melt the butter in a small frying pan over medium heat. When the foam subsides, place the bananas in the pan and saute, turning, until tender.
• 3. Wrap each banana in a chocolate chip pancake. Garnish with whipped cream and confectioners' sugar.

CHUNKY MONKEY CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Spray 2 9-inch round cake pans with cooking spray.
• Peel 2 bananas and mash them up in a bowl. Add cake mix, water, eggs and oil. Beat on low speed of mixer until well combined, about 1 minute. Increase speed to high and beat until mixture is smooth, about 3 minutes.
• Chop remaining banana into 1/2-inch pieces. Using rubber spatula, fold bananas, chopped walnuts and chocolate chips into cake batter.
• Divide batter evenly between pans.
• Bake at 350 degrees for 30 minutes or until toothpick inserted in middle of cake comes out clean.
• Cool in pans about 10 minutes. Remove from pans and cool completely.
• Frost cake with your favourite chocolate frosting, putting icing between layers.

MONKEY CUPCAKES

Steps:

• For ears, make 2 small horizontal slits with a paring knife in opposite sides of 1 cupcake, just above paper liner, and then partially insert a wafer into each slit. Frost cupcake and wafers. Repeat, reserving remaining frosting.
• Roll fondant to a 1/8-inch thickness. For each cupcake, cut out 1 round at 2 inches and 2 rounds at 7/8 inch; cut a straight edge on each 7/8-inch round. Using flower-shaped cutter, cut out 1 flower from fondant; cut off 2 petals, creating straight edges. For eyes, press the 2 petal pieces at top of each cupcake. For mouth, overlap bottom of eyes with 2-inch round. Place the 7/8-inch rounds on ears, straight sides in. Pipe pupils, nose, and mouth with reserved frosting, above.