Surprise Hit

It was a lazy Sunday morning, daddy was on the links and the kids were looking for something sweet.  Donuts were on their mind and I wasn't interested in getting everyone dressed for a morning run to Dunkin' Donuts.  There were 3 very ripe bananas on my counter and I remembered a recipe for Banana-Cream Cheese Breakfast Cakes. 

The Kitchen Aid came out and the kids and I went to work.  This was a quick and easy recipe, my only complaint was I had to clean my mixing bowl a couple of times and had a few too many bowls.  The recipe said that it makes 12 muffins but I found that I had batter for 24.  It is critical that you don't overfill the muffin tin with batter.  I have a tendency to do this to make sure I use every last bit, but please take my advice: practice restraint!  The cream cheese mousse is delicious, but I found it did not penetrate all the way into the middle of the muffin.  It sat a bit on top, sort of like a black bottom cupcake.  Next time I might try to cook the batter a bit before piping the mousse to see if I can get a little deeper into the muffin.

The recipe is pretty cut and dry. I pulled these babies out and I thought 'Eh, they are ok'.  My kids ate them up.  These muffins are something I would definitely make a day ahead since they ended up tasting better the next day.  I was truly surprised at how good they tasted for how nondescript they appeared.  These little gems are wonderful and worth every bit of the extra washing at the sink.