When my dad was a boy, his Aunt Ruth came over for dinner. She carried a pan into the kitchen, peeled back the wax paper, and began to scrape off and rearrange the frosting on clearly squashed cupcakes. When she was getting ready to come to the dinner, she put the cupcakes on the seat of the car, went back inside to get something else…you know where this is going…and then got in the car and sat on them. After doing her frosting repair, she announced that the cupcakes were also good when served “pressed”. To this day, whenever we make Aunt Ruth’s cupcakes, we are reminded to improvise with good humored aplomb and slap some extra frosting on any of life’s challenges. I’ve helped the cupcakes kick up their heels with the additions of chocolate, nuts, sea salt, and even bourbon, if you’re so inclined! “Pressing” them is entirely up to you.
Aunt Ruth’s Banana Cupcakes Kick Up Their Heels
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