But before I made some scrumptious mini cupcakes…I ran a 5K!
This was the Susan G Komen Race for the Cure. It’s held in the Seaport area of Boston, a beautiful location right by the water. I ran this 5K last year, and at that time it was my very first 5k!!
The weather was beautiful…or so I thought. It was actually pretty warm, and I think that didn't work in my favor.
There were tons of people here
Even the mayor said a few words (Brian was around taking pictures)
And they’re off! Yeah I was NOT near the front
And again near the end… not so smiley anymore :)
My official time was 31:04 :/ Kind of frustrating honestly. My friend Jocy and I are training for a 10K that’s in a couple weeks, so we have been running more regularly and longer distances. I also had my best time in March (29:10) during a 5k in a MONSOON!
So somehow I was almost 2min slower on Saturday and it’s just frustrating…any thoughts? Apparently I’m training too slowly.
Well it was still a good run anyways, and later I made some cupcakes!
I volunteered to bring cupcakes to my friends house to watch the Pats game, and had been dying to try out this combination that I’ve had in my head for a while now.
For the cupcakes I actually used this Cooking Light recipe. I wasn’t going for a “light” recipe but it sounded good so I went with it. I only used the cake portion of this recipe, not the frosting.
I even got to try out my new box of King Arthur cake flour that was in my goodie bag from the trip to King Arthur!
I doubled the recipe which made 60 mini cupcakes 
Then is was frosting time!
I ended up making 2 different kinds as a couple of my friends are allergic to nuts.
Banana Cupcakes with:
Chocolate Hazelnut Buttercream or
Honey Cinnamon Cream Cheese Frosting!
First the chocolate… I bought a “nutella” type spread at Whole Foods
Chocolate Hazelnut Buttercream
- 1/2 stick butter softened
- 1/2 cup choc. hazelnut spread
- 1.5 cup powdered sugar
- 1/3 cup cocoa powder
- 1-2T milk
Blend all together with a mixer, add the milk 1T at a time until it’s the right consistency. You don’t want it too wet or it wont spread or pipe well.
Next….
Honey Cinnamon Cream Cheese Frosting
- 4 oz Neufchatel cheese
- 1/2 stick butter softened
- 1 tsp cinnamon
- 1 T honey
- 2 cups powdered sugar
- Milk as needed (1T at a time)
I piped the frosting 
The cream cheese frosting was a little wetter and I didn’t want to add more sugar, so I used a simpler tip without any design.
I loved both flavors! I found the chocolate hazelnut buttercream slightly overpowered the banana, maybe a little banana slice ontop would be good. The honey cinnamon was a nice balance with the banana.
But when they are mini you don’t have to choose!!
