Hummingbird Cupcakes

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Hummingbird Cupcakes

Ingredients

Cupcakes

3 cups all-purpose flour* + extra for dusting pan
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon cinnamon
2 sticks (16 tablespoons) unsalted butter, room temperature + extra for buttering pan
1 cup Imperial Sugar Extra Fine Granulated Sugar
1 cup Imperial Sugar Light Brown Sugar
1 tablespoon vanilla extract
4 eggs
2 mashed ripe bananas
8 ounces crushed pineapple, with juices
1/3 cup milk
2 cups pecans, chopped + 1 cup pecans, chopped for topping
18 dried pineapple flowers [see below]

Frosting

6 sticks (48 tablespoons) unsalted butter, room temperature
24 ounces cream cheese, softened
6 cups Imperial Sugar Confectioners Powdered Sugar
3 teaspoons vanilla extract

Pineapple Flowers

1 pineapple

*Spoon & Sweep method: Use a spoon to fill measuring cup with flour until required amount is obtained. Scooping measuring cup directly into flour bag will firmly pack flour resulting in too much flour required for recipe.

Directions

Preheat oven to 350°F.
To make cupcakes, sift together flour, baking soda, salt, and cinnamon. Set aside.
Mix together butter and both sugars until well combined, add vanilla.
Mix in eggs, mashed bananas, and pineapples. Mix in milk.
Slowly add dry mixture to wet mixture and until well combined.
Gently fold in 2 cups chopped pecans.
Fill cupcake liners about 3/4 full.
Bake 30 minutes or until an inserted toothpick comes out clean.
While cupcakes cool, prepare frosting. Cream together butter and cream cheese.
Carefully mix in powdered sugar. Add vanilla and mix well.
Spoon frosting into a piping bag fitted with 1M piping tip. Pipe frosting onto cupcakes.
Top with half of a pineapple flower (directions below) and chopped pecans.
Pineapple Flowers: Preheat oven to 200°F.
Cut off top and bottom of pineapple. Set pineapple upright and slice off sides.
Thinly slice pineapple crosswise into rounds.
Dry pineapple slices with paper towel and lay them in a single layer on a wire cooling rack over a rimmed baking sheet.
Bake for 2-3 hours until dry.
Place pineapple flowers into the cavity of a muffin pan to create more of a rounded shape and let dry. Cut in half, once dry, and decorate hummingbird cupcakes.

Imperial Sugar Insight

Recipe developed for Imperial Sugar by Angie Barrett @BigBearsWife.

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