Blueberry/banana Breakfast Cake

Are you one that likes something a little sweet with your coffee?

I'm a cookie dunker.

And my favorite cookie to dunk in coffee is oatmeal.

I had a partial container of blueberries that needed to be used quickly.

So I searched for a recipe using blueberries.

My inspiration came from this blog: Alexandra's Kitchen

I will list the changes I made to accommodate my ingredients on hand.

Or you can just use Alexandra's recipe.

I only had about 1 c. of blueberries so I added one mashed banana. I mashed the banana and added just a splash of lemon juice, and stirred in the blueberries.

I also didn't have any fresh lemon peel, so I used the dried California lemon peel found in the spice section at the grocery store. 

Other than the few changes I made everything is exact.

Oh and, I also sprinkled the amount of sugar on top to my liking. I do believe it was more than 1 TBS.

This is a very good moist cake.

Banana Pudding Cheesecake

 Leftover bananas?

Why run to the same old boring banana bread recipe when

you can have this gorgeous banana pudding cheesecake?

 This has got to be the easiest cheesecake I have ever made.

And it turned out perfect.

Perfect recipe is definitely a perk.

Instead of typing out the recipe for you I'm just going to

take you directly to the source.

The only thing I did differently is,

For the crust I did ingredients and a half.

I love a thick crust under my cheesecake.

A crust where you have to use your fork teeth to bust through it. 

So here is the source for you: Spicy Southern Kitchen

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Banana Cupcakes

 A couple weeks ago I made an awesome fruit dip.

You can find it HERE.

So of course, I had to find a low calorie banana cupcake

recipe to balance out this awesome high calorie topper.

The banana cupcakes turned out perfect.

And they were toddler approved.

I made the cupcakes low calorie by making my own adjustments.

This is what I did:

Banana Cupcakes

Cooking spray

1 c. flour

1/2 tsp. baking soda

1/4 tsp. salt

1/4 tsp. ground nutmeg

1/4 c. granulated sugar, 1/4 c. Domino Light sugar and stevia blend 

1/2 c. mashed bananas (I used two medium)

1/4 c. butter, softened

1 tsp. vanilla

2 large eggs

1/4 c. cottage cheese

Place cupcake liners in a muffin pan and spray lightly with cooking spray.

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.

In a small bowl combine flour, baking soda, salt, and nutmeg. Whisk together and set aside.

Combine 1/4 c. sugar and mashed bananas in a bowl. Set aside.

Place 1/4 c. sugar blend, butter, and vanilla in a mixing bowl. Mix on high speed until everything is well blended. Add eggs one at a time beating well after each.

Add banana mixture and mix well. 

Add flour mixture and cottage cheese alternately. Beginning and ending with flour mixture.

Spoon batter evenly into paper liners. I divided mine until I had exactly 12 cupcakes.

Bake in preheated oven for 25 minutes, or until wooded pick comes out clean.

Cool in pan for 10 minutes.

Remove cupcakes and cool completely on wire rack.

Top with the awesome Cookie Butter Reese's Dip.

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Banana Bread Snack Cake

 Ask anyone who knows me well.....

I'm not a big fan of banana bread.

But this snack cake is the bomb.

 There are so many different things you can do with this cake.

In the past I have topped it with a caramel glaze.

But this time I decided to drizzle it with cream cheese frosting.

Johnie is a sweets freak.

And he loves cake.

So I threw this together for our Easter dessert.

The recipe came from a good friend of mine.

She said it is one of her family's favorites.

And has quickly become one of ours.

Banana Bread
1/2 c. Crisco
1 c. sugar
2 eggs
3/4 c. mashed bananas (I used 2 and 1/2 bananas)
1 1/4 c. flour
3/4 tsp. baking soda
1/2 tsp. salt

My additions: 1/2 c. chopped walnuts (stirred in at the end), 1 tsp. vanilla extract (mixed with wet ingredients), cream cheese frosting, more walnuts to sprinkle on top.

There were no preparation directions with this recipe, so I just combined as I thought it should be. Mix dry ingredients together. Blend Crisco, sugar, eggs, and banana, and mix in dry ingredients. Pour batter into a 9x9x2 greased pan. Bake at 350 degrees F. for 30 to 35 minutes. Mine was closer to 35.

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