Banana Pudding Cupcakes

By msippigrl

Centers of vanilla cupcakes are hollowed out and filled with banana pudding, then topped with whipped cream, and garnished with crushed vanilla wafers, a MINI vanilla wafer, and a banana slice.

Ingredients

• 12 vanilla cupcakes, prepared and cooled
• 1 (4-serving size) box vanilla instant pudding mix, or can use sugar free fat free white chocolate pudding mix
• 1 1/3 cup skim milk
• 1 drop yellow liquid food color
• 1 small banana, diced small
• 1 pint heavy cream
• 6 tablespoons confectioners powdered sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
• Mini vanilla wafers
• Additional slices of banana for garnish, optional

Preparation

Step 1

How I made them:

I prepared Betty Crocker Golden Vanilla cake mix for the cupcakes. When they were cooled completely, I used a thin, sharp knife to hollow out the centers of cupcakes as shown in one of the photos above.

For the pudding filling:
I whisked sugar free / fat free instant white chocolate pudding mix with 1 1/3 cup skim milk (and a drop of yellow liquid food color) then refrigerated.

Meanwhile, with a mixer on high speed, I beat a pint of whipping cream with 6 tablespoons confectioners sugar and 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract until stiff peaks formed.

Then, I folded a scant one-third of the whipped cream into the chilled pudding, then added the diced bananas to it. (The remaining whipped cream is used for the top.)

I filled the cupcake holes with the banana pudding filling, just to the top of the cupcakes. I then dolloped whipped cream over the top of the filling. I garnished tops of cupcakes first with crushed vanilla wafers then with a single vanilla wafer and a slice of banana.