The Cupcakes I Will Never Make

I love cupcakes. All kinds. So it figures that I would marry someone who doesn't particularly like any cupcakes, and who HATES cupcakes with any type of fruit or vegetable in them.

I'm sure I will find some excuse to make these fruity treats during our lifetime together (there will be plenty of relief society/primary parties that call for festive cupcakes, right?), but for now I am posting the cupcakes are being put on hold. Hopefully you can make them and tell me how wonderful they are. :)

These are strawberry cupcakes with strawberry cream cheese frosting... and the best part? They are semi-homemade! Yep... made with a box cake mix and some strawberry jello. The recipe (and more pictures) are from Stupendous Treats. I recently re-discovered Haagen Dazs's strawberry ice cream, so I REALLY want to try these!

Peaches and Cream cupcakes from Cupcake Project. I'm afraid of these turning out like muffins with frosting on top, but maybe if they were made with angel food cake and whipped cream frosting... mmm!

Aren't these cute? I loved these in the summer when I was little. It's amazing enough that they look like the popsicle, but they taste like it too! (Or so I imagine from the recipe.)

Pistachio cupcakes. These might only sound good to me (which I conclude after countless attempts to buy pistachio pudding in the grocery store while my siblings or friends would tell me it was "so disgusting"). The interesting thing about this recipe is that it uses Dream Whip in the frosting! I've never worked with Dream Whip, but I'm told I am missing out on something great. It's definitely worth a shot.

I can't imagine what Orange Cupcakes would taste like. At all. Citrus into a bread product seems hard to do, but I'm sure I would love them! They look especially cute for a Halloween theme. (Side note: how did the author of My Baking Addiction get the frosting to look like that? Are there XXL frosting tips out there that I'm not aware of?)

Pineapple and Coconut Cupcakes sound genius. My mom used to make a wonderful pineapple upside-down cake when I was little and I imagine these taste similar.

These Zucchini Spice Cupcakes can be found in the Martha Stewart Cupcake book. Zucchini bread is awesome, so I don't see how these could go wrong.

Okay these are getting closer to something Dan would like, but they still have fruit in them. Bananas and chocolate are perfect together. One of my favorite treats in high school was Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory chocolate-dipped bananas. Eating them in cupcake form would just be that much better! The recipe can be found on the Love and Olive Oil blog.

Well, happy baking everyone. Let me know if you try any of these! In the meantime, I'll try to convert my fruit-in-baked-goods hating husband and join in on the fun.

Bananas Foster

I got the idea for this from the golf course restaurant by my parent's house. My dad would always take me there for my birthday dinner and I remember the best part of the night was the end-- the chef would come out with a skillet of flaming bananas that he would pour over vanilla ice cream. Hence, the rum flavoring in this. :) I love it.

Bananas Foster

5 ripe bananas

1 14-oz can peaches in light syrup

1/4 tsp cinnamon

1/2 tsp rum flavoring

3/4 cup brown sugar

Vanilla bean ice cream

1 package pastry sheets (I use Pillsbury Farm frozen sheets. You can find them by the frozen pie crusts in a regular grocery store)

Preheat oven to 375 degrees and cut 9 equal squares out of the puff pastry sheet. (There are two sheets in each package, but for this recipe you will only be using one.) Place them on a cookie sheet and bake for 15 minutes or until golden brown and flaky.

Skin bananas and cut lengthwise twice. You should have 3 long banana pieces from each. Lay these lengthwise in a large skillet and cover with the brown sugar, cinnamon, rum flavoring, and peach juice. Reserve the peaches for later use. Let simmer until bananas are soft and the syrup thickens slightly, about 10 minutes. To assemble, place a pastry square on serving dish and top with ice cream and bananas.