So, I am baking cupcakes for a birthday party this upcoming weeked. And I wanna make chocolate cupcakes with a mild banana frosting on top. BUT, when I looked it up online, I couldnt find any banana frosting recipes. Only banana cupcakes. Is there a reason why people dont make banana frosting?

Is there anything that could go wrong by making a basic buttercream frosting with banana? Am I missing anything here?

it turns brown--not a pretty brown -- y'know it oxidizes even in the frosting

I am coloring the frosting pink tho. Do you think it will turn into a brownish pink? And does it taste differently when its brown?

LorAnn makes a good banana flavor.  So does CK.

you have to keep it refrigerated and yes i think it will still turn eventually--it will look unappetizing but it takes a while--i mean i caught on after trying this so i never tried it again--i don't remember how long it took to oxidize--

 

but there are plenty of recipes for banana icing so i guess others had better luck than i did --

 

http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Banana-Butter-Icing/

in fact i used it on my first wedding cake--'nough said--bless me father for i have sinned

 

glad cameras hadn't been invented back then ;)

Thanks. No one in the area is selling banana flavoring. So I guess I have to come up with something else to bake. :)

I live in a small town where sometimes ingredients are limited.  I often can't find extracts but I thought maybe instead of adding fresh mashed banana to the icing you could add a package of banana pudding ?  Just an idea.  

Im from Norway. We dont have banana pudding either :/

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Steep some milk with mashed bananas, strain. Use the banana milk to make pastry cream. Fold the banana pastry cream with whipped cream or vanilla buttercream.

Awesome tip,cakewitch.Thank you.

AI might try steeping the bananners in milk for ermine buttercream......hmmmmm

AIn organic chemistry lab, I remember we studied esters and some of them were banana flavored and I assume edible, since i think they let us taste them. You might drop by the chemistry department of one of your local universities and see if you can talk them into giving you some.