In 2011, At Home with Arlene Williams reached the milestone of being on TV for 20 years! (Technically the show did take a hiatus from 1997-2001, but it never stopped being broadcast in reruns during that time.)
To celebrate this impressive achievement, Arlene and the crew held a cupcake bake-off contest, where viewers were invited to submit their favorite cupcake recipes. From there, Arlene chose three people to come make their recipes on TV and compete for the grand prize!
In part 1 Arlene is joined by Arlene Miller, who makes banana split cakes, made with bananas, walnuts, chocolate chips, maraschino cherries, and—interestingly—mayonnaise! (You’ll have to watch to understand.)
Next, Debbie Abate makes self-filled cupcakes, which are chocolate cupcakes filled with a cheesecake-like center. The twist is, you don’t have to cut the cakes open to fill them; you bake the filling right along with the batter.
In part 2, Arlene will have the third and final contestant, and then the judges will pick a winner!
Banana Split Cupcakes
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 cups flour
- 1 cup sugar
- 1/2 cup mini semisweet chocolate chips
- 1/2 cup chopped walnuts
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 1 tsp salt
- 3 medium ripe bananas, mashed
- 1/2 cup mayonnaise
- Maraschino cherries
Instructions
- In a bowl combine flour, sugar, chocolate chips, walnuts, baking soda and salt. In another bowl, combine bananas and mayonnaise and stir into dry ingredients.
- Fill paper-lined muffin cups 3/4th full. Bake at 375 degrees for 20-25 minutes. Cool on wire rack and place maraschino cherry on top. Makes 1 dozen cupcakes. Enjoy!
Self Filled Cupcakes
Ingredients
Cupcakes
- 1 box chocolate cake mix 18.5 oz
- 1 pkg cream cheese softened, 8 oz.
- 1/3 cup sugar
- 1 large egg
- dash salt
- 1 pkg mini chocolate chips
Frosting
- 2 cups powdered sugar
- 1/2 cup Crisco shortening
- 1/8 cup milk
- 1/2 tsp vanilla
Instructions
- Mix cake mix according to package directions. Place 24 paper cups in cupcake pan. Fill each cup 2/3rds full with cake batter.
- Cream together cream cheese, sugar, egg and salt; stir in chocolate chips.
- Drop teaspoons of cheese mixture into center of cake batter of each cupcake. Divide cream cheese mixture among 24 cupcakes.
- Bake as directed for cupcakes on cake box directions. Remove from oven and allow to cool.
Frosting
- Mix all until creamy. When cupcakes are completely cooled, frost each cake lightly. Best when cold, center is like a cheesecake. Makes 24 cupcakes. Enjoy!
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