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Mardi Gras Bananas Foster Muffins

Author: Roz

Ingredients

For the Muffins

  • 1 1/2 cups white flour
  • 1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt
  • 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
  • 3 large ripe bananas mashed
  • 1/4 cup brown sugar
  • 1/2 cup sugar
  • 1/2 cup butter melted
  • 1/4 cup milk
  • 2 tablespoons dark rum
  • 1 large egg room temperature

For the Rum Glaze (optional)

  • 3 tablespoons dark rum
  • 1 tablespoons sugar
  • 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon

For Roz's Cream Cheese Frosting

  • 4 cups powdered sugar
  • 1 stick of butter softened to room temperature
  • 1 8- oz. package cream cheese softened to room temperature
  • 2 tsp. butter flavoring
  • Note: This makes twice as much frosting as you'll need for the muffins, so you may want to double the muffin recipe or reduce this frosting recipe in half.

Instructions

  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees and fill two muffin tins with paper cupcake liners.
  • Sift together the flour, baking soda, salt and cinnamon into one bowl and set aside.
  • In a separate bowl, combine mashed bananas, brown sugar, sugar, butter, milk rum and egg and blend completely.
  • Add the dry ingredients a bit at a time and blend completely after each addition.
  • Fill the muffin cups about 3/4 full.
  • Bake for 15 to 17 minutes, or until the muffins have a rich golden color and spring back when pressed gently.
  • Top with Rum Glaze (optional)
  • While the muffins are baking prepare the rum glaze.
  • Mix the three rum glaze ingredients until the sugar is dissolve.
  • Brush over the bananas foster muffins while they’re still warm from the oven.
  • Garnish with a dollop of cream cheese frosting and coarse purple sugar and coarse green sugar.

Prepare Cream Cheese Frosting

  • With a hand-mixer, mix all of the ingredients together, pouring in a little of the powdered sugar at a time, mixing well after each addition of sugar.