I completed the baking portion of the B-52 cake tonight. I feel an overwhelming sense of relief, but I’m so exhausted that I can barely spell. Everything hurts, including my brain. I also managed to do the first layer of vanilla buttercream frosting on the Cinnamon Spice & Everything Nice Layer and the Classic Neopolitan [...]
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Cake 36: Banana Cake with Mocha Filling
April 18th, 2011 
HeatherPhysioc I thought about doing a mocha cream frosting to complement the mocha cream cheese swirl in the cake, but the cream cheese I bought for the frosting tasted terrible and the cake stands on its own just fine, so I skipped it. I’ll make a mocha cream frosting on something else later for you guys. [...]
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Tags: bananas, chocolate creme filling, coffee, espresso, mocha, mocha filling, ripe bananas, ripen bananas 
2 Comments »Mardi Gras Bananas Foster Muffins Recipe
March 5th, 2011 HeatherPhysioc Apparently St. Louis has the second largest Mardi Gras celebration in the country, behind beautiful and festive New Orleans. Apparently this is especially so in the Soulard neighborhood, which I’m not especially familiar with yet. Apparently the drinking starts early and stays hard all day. So some smart individuals I know (Hi, Maggie!) decided to [...]
Posted in Muffins Tags: bananas, bananas foster, coarse sugar, dragees, Mardi Gras, New Orleans, ripe bananas, St. Louis 5 Comments »Cake 27: Banana Cake with Chocolate Buttercream Frosting
February 13th, 2011 HeatherPhysioc My Grandma Cochran asked if I had a recipe for a cake using bananas and chocolate, and all I had was my recipe for chocolate chip banana bread, so it inspired me to make this two-layer banana cake with chocolate buttercream frosting! (Which is also an excuse to practice cake decorating skills from the cake [...]
How to Ripen Bananas Quickly
February 8th, 2011 HeatherPhysioc If you need to ripen a bunch of bananas quickly for baking banana bread, banana cake or any other recipe, here are a few pointers on speeding up the ripening process: Do not separate the bananas. They tend to ripen faster when connected. Put the bananas in a paper bag and seal. Add an apple [...]
Posted in Baking Tips Tags: banana bread, bananas, caramelized bananas, ripe bananas, ripen bananas No Comments »Chocolate Chip Banana Bread
July 26th, 2010 HeatherPhysioc This is not part of the 52 Cakes Challenge, but I happened to have some bananas aging and getting dark that I needed to use. Typically I freeze the ripe bananas if they fully ripen before I get the chance to eat them fresh, and collect them until I have enough to make my chocolate [...]
Posted in Baked Goods Tags: banana bread, bananas, bread recipe, bread recipes, chocolate, chocolate chips 12 Comments »
