Because when you have banana bread warm from the oven, you want something fast and tasty on it

[cimorene]

Kicked off the new year - after napping through the middle of the evening and waking just at midnight thanks to fucking hormone headache - with my new faaaaavorite dessert, cream cheese-frosted banana cupcakes!

Banana bread makes great cupcakes/muffins. By the loaf I like to spread butter on it, but actually it's even better with a simple cream cheese frosting

That's half a package of cream cheese - the standard size is similar from place to place - with a tablespoon or a little less of butter, just softened (not melted) in the microwave (defrost for 30 seconds a couple of times will do this); then I add a deciliter (½ cup, about) of powdered sugar and a few drops of lemon juice (if you've got it in bottled form - otherwise it's not worth it for such a small bit). Easy to blend with a fork. This amount will fit easily in an ordinary tupperware, and is about right to be used somewhat sparingly for a single recipe of banana bread. A whole cake would take twice that amount at least.

Comments

[jain]

That cream cheese frosting sounds delicious! Sometimes I spread plain cream cheese on my banana bread, which is also quite tasty, but I really have to give your frosting recipe a try. And, fortuitously, I just made a couple loaves of banana bread today. :-)

[laughingrat]

Mmm, sounds good. Although I've never had frosted banana bread!

I opened a can of pumpkin last week and intended to use the remainder for pumpkin bread...but the key phrase now is "last week." *sigh* Oh well.

[cimorene]

The key is realizing that while it's called bread, and is bread-shaped, banana bread is actually a cake.