coffee infused banana/muffins

Cameron, WI
Updated on Mar 7, 2011

What? Really? Did I just say that, Coffee Infused Banana Muffins? I did! Then I made a Coffee Infused Cream Cheese Icing! Yeah that's right! mmmmmmmmm and I don't even like coffee!!! For kicks, I took some leftover salted caramel sauce and drizzled it over the top of some of them too...then it tastes like a Bananas Foster Cappuccino :o)

prep time
cook time
method Bake
yield makes 30-36 muffins

Ingredients

  • 3 1/2 cups flour
  • 2 teaspoons baking soda
  • 1 heaping teaspoon cinnamon
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 4 - eggs
  • 1 1/4 cups sugar
  • 1 cup brown sugar
  • 3/4 cup vegtable oil
  • 3 cups mashed banana (6 bananas)
  • 1/2 cup sour cream
  • 2 teaspoons vanilla
  • 1 tablespoon instant coffee, dissolved in 2 tablespoons of extremely hot water
  • 1 1/4 cups walnuts or pecans, toasted and chopped, if desired
  • COFFEE ICING
  • 1 - 8 ounces cream cheese, softened
  • 1/4 cup butter, softened
  • 1 heaping tablespoon instant coffee, dissolved in 2 tablespoons of extremely hot water
  • 2 cups powdered sugar

How To Make coffee infused banana/muffins

  • Step 1
    Preheat oven to 350...Line cupcake pans with paper liners for 36 muffins or spray the pans. Or you can use 1 large 5x9 loaf pan and 12 muffins or 3 mini loaf pans with 12 muffins...or divide up how you want to! :o)
  • Step 2
    Sift together flour, soda, cinnamon and salt and set aside. Beat together eggs and sugars on high speed for 3 minutes. Reduce speed and beat in oil, then bananas, sour cream, vanilla and coffee, mixing well. Gently mix in dry ingredients, until just mixed...then stir in nuts.
  • Step 3
    Fill liners 3/4 full and bake 20ish minutes or until toothpick comes out clean. Remove from oven and remove muffins to cooling racks. Bake large loaf 50-60 minutes or until toothpick comes out clean. Mini loafs 30ish minutes or until toothpick comes out clean.
  • Step 4
    Mix together frosting ingredients until smooth and creamy, 2 minutes. Frost cooled muffins or fill them with the cream cheese mixture.
  • Step 5
    *as mentioned in the notes...I also warmed some leftover salted caramel sauce and drizzled it over the top of some of them...made it taste like a bananas foster cappuccino...mmmmmm

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Category: Cakes
Category: Muffins
Category: Sweet Breads
Keyword: #banana
Keyword: #coffee
Keyword: #caramel
Method: Bake
Culture: American
Ingredient: Flour

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