Birthday Cupcakes!

It's a co-worker, friend, banana lover and crazy girl's Birthday at work tomorrow, so birthday cupcakes are in order. Some people live by "an apple a day keeps the doctor away" this particular birthday girl would replace that apple with an afternoon banana nanner. So in honor of her birthday I made: 

Banana Chocolate Chip Cupcakes with Peanut Butter Frosting 

Peanut butter and banana go together perfectly so I figured it would be a good combo for cupcakes! 

Cupcakes: 

makes 12 cupcakes

1 cup flour

1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 stick butter, softened
1/2 cup sugar
1/4 cup milk
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
2 eggs
2 ripe bananas, mashed1 cup semi sweet chocolate chips

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees and line the cupcake pan. In a mixing bowl beat together butter and sugar. Add milk and vanilla then eggs (one at a time). Slowly add in flour, baking power, baking soda and salt. Slowly add in bananas, then stir in chocolate chips. 

Use an ice cream scoop to divide the batter among 12 cupcake cups. Bake in oven until golden, approximately 20 minutes, then remove and cool.

Peanut Butter Frosting: 

1/2 stick butter (softened) 

1/2 cup creamy peanut butter

1 tablespoon vanilla extract 

4 tablespoons milk

2 cups powdered sugar 

Cream the butter, peanut butter and vanilla together in a bowl. Slowly add in powdered sugar 1/2 cup at a time also adding in milk, until it reached the desired consistency. 

Once the cupcakes are cooled use a piping bag and pipe the icing onto the 12 cupcakes.