Banana Toffee Dulce Cupcakes

This is a banana cupcake with Heath milk chocolate toffee bits folded into the batter.  The cupcake is frosted with a Dulce de Leche cream cheese frosting.  Prepared Dulce de Leche is extremely hard to find!  I searched in all the local grocery store, and finally found a sauce made by Stonewall Kitchen.  I have heard that you can make the sauce using a can of sweetened condensed milk, boiling water, and possibly a pressure cooker - I haven't tried that method yet.  The cupcake is drizzled with more Dulce de Leche and is topped with a chocolate covered banana sprinkled with the milk chocolate toffee bits.  Yum!  This recipe is adapted from a Food Network Cupcake Wars recipe.

Peanut Butter Chip Cupcakes with a Banana Buttercream: An Inside out cupcake?

Peanut butter and banana is a timeless combination.  People usually make a banana cupcake with a peanut butter frosting, but I took the combination in a different direction.  These are Martha Stewart's peanut butter cupcakes with peanut butter chips added to the batter for some change in texture.  The cupcake is topped with a banana buttercream.  These cupcakes fed a lot of hungry cadets at the Academy!