Fresh Banana Mini Cakes

Karla Karla
posted Sep 16, 2011
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Fresh bananas combined with PHILADELPHIA Cream Cheese make these little mini cakes simply divine. They literally melt in your mouth.......Enjoy!

Ingredients

  • 1 Yellow Cake Mix
  • 1/3 cup oil
  • 1 cup water
  • 4 eggs
  • 4 ounces PHILADELPHIA Cream Cheese
  • 2 ripe bananas
  • 3 ounces Box Instant Banana Pudding
  • 12 ounces Cream Cheese Frosting
  • 1 teaspoon almond extract
  • 2 tablespoons colored sugar crystals, if desired

Directions

  1. Place in bowl of stand mixer: cake mix, oil, water, eggs, PHILADELPHIA cream cheese, bananas that have been broken into 1 inch pieces and the pudding mix. Beat at medium speed for 3 minutes while scraping the bowl often.
  2. Place 48 foil baking cups in mini muffin tins and spray them with cooking spray. Fill them 3/4 full using a medium sized cookie scoop.
  3. Place in preheated oven at 350 for 15 minutes, or until an inserted toothpick comes out clean.
  4. Remove to cooling rack and allow to cool.
  5. While cakes are cooling, beat together the frosting and almond extract. Place frosting in decorator's bag and pipe onto mini cakes or frost with a butter knife. Sprinkle the tops with sugar crystals if desired.
  6. For a sweet and salty taste, I have also added 1/2 cup of peanut butter to the frosting and sprinkled them with chopped peanuts; in place of the almond extract and the sugar crystals.
  • cook time
    15 min.
  • prep time
    20 min.
  • yields
    48 serv.

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  • Kirsten Shabaz
    Sep 18, 2011 at 12:58pm
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    So cute...great job! Great way to use ripe bananas! Good job!
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  • Amy Williams
    Sep 17, 2011 at 6:55pm
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    I am really loving you recipe! The picture is great!
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  • Kelly Shippey
    Sep 17, 2011 at 11:28am
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    Beautiful presentation, Karla! They do look like they will melt in your mouth!
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  • PJT
    PJT
    Sep 16, 2011 at 9:19pm
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    These are pretty!
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  • Marilyn C.
    Sep 16, 2011 at 8:10pm
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    Oh Wow! Banana Cake,Karla, these look absolutely easy and delicious, very nicely done.
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  • Coleen McCrea Katz
    Sep 16, 2011 at 4:02pm
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    Delightful!
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  • RWOP Girl
    Sep 16, 2011 at 2:51pm
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    These definitely look like they melt in your mouth!
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  • Karla
    Sep 16, 2011 at 1:48am
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    It's a 3.4 oz. box of pudding....it would not allow me to put 3.4 in that spot......but wanted you to know... :) have a great day!!
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