Breakfast Banana Muffins

Why shouldn't muffins be cute like cupcakes? These banana muffins are topped with a tangy honey cream cheese and are ready to be your complete breakfast.

I used the banana muffin recipe that my mom makes for Christmas morning breakfast every single year. The muffins are very moist and not too sugary or cakey.. I like my muffins to taste like muffins.

The topping is cream cheese that has been beaten with honey until its easy to spread and slightly sweetened.

You could go ahead and eat them just like this, I know that I did.

Or you could dress them up as a complete breakfast with little gumpaste and fondant toppers. 

I had been admiring the miniature  food supplies for polymer clay at this store when I decided that I wanted to try and use fondant with this itty bitty waffle maker. I really don't know what it is about tiny food, but I'm definitely a fan. So cute! . The little waffle iron worked perfectly on my home made marshmallow fondant that I mixed with a bit of hot chocolate powder to get the right brown colour. 

I also cut out little fried eggs out of gum paste to go with the waffles because what's breakfast without some eggs?

Each waffle got a couple of drops of syrup as the final touch...

Ta-Dah! Breakfast muffins that would be cute to bring to a brunch or to have for a special breakfast.

Or you can skip the decorations and just enjoy the banana-muffin goodness unadorned. 

My Mom's Banana Muffins 

3 large bananas

3/4 cup sugar

1 egg

1 teaspoon baking soda

1 teaspoon baking powder

1/2 teaspoon salt

1 1/2 cup flour

1/3 cup melted butter

heat oven to 375

1. Mash bananas with the sugar and the egg

2. Stir in the melted butter

3. Whisk together the dry ingredients and then stir into the banana mixture. The mixture will be lumpy, do not over mix or your muffins will be tough. Stir until just combined

4. Spoon into muffin papers and bake for 15-20 minutes

Makes 12-13 muffins

Honey Cream Cheese Topping

1 package of cream cheese

Honey to taste

1. In a stand mixer beat the cream cheese until soft

2. Beat in honey until the desired sweetness is reached

3. Pipe or spread topping on muffins

Comments

[My Life Under the Bus]

This is how I trick my kids into eating healthy ! Banana muffins are their FAVORITES !!! I use the same batter to make waffles and pancakes ...YUM !!! Love the little fondant food ! Too cute - I love the mini food too especially when they do tiny fruit like kiwis and bananas - it's amazing !

[yobo]

ok, that's it, i'm making those muffins.

[kat]

how amazingly cute!!!!!! i loooove the tiny fondant waffles!

[Bridget]

love the itty bitty waffles. i will definitely have to try something like this! ;)

[noelle]

tiny anything is the best!

[Michelle]

Those are the best!! Muffins should be like cupcakes!! Love the itty bitty waffles!

[Marilyn]

I need to refer my bf to this post b/c we often get into debates on the difference between muffins and other kinds of cake (he thinks it's all the same) but this just looks YUMMY! I'll eat it anytime. :)

[rp]

wow, a baby waffle maker! i didn't know there was such a thing.
these muffins are clearly brilliant. and i agree, muffins ought to taste like muffins. no likey the cakey ones :)

[Simply Mags 365]

My god! You make the cutest little things ever! You are definitely the next generation's answer to Martha Stewart! I love looking at your blog and seeing what creative gems you've "whipped up"!..........

[DK]

Holy cow those cupcakes look a-MAZING.

[Morrgan]

Awww, these are adorable! This recipe goes straight in the "to make" pile, I'm a fan of muffins. :)

[Lucy]

I was scrolling down my facebook home page when I saw your new post, stopped dead in my tracks! Mini waffles rule!!!!!!

[Julia]

This looks really yummy. And cute with the miniature waffle and egg on top :) If you like miniature food, I'm wondering if you've checked out this shop? http://www.etsy.com/shop/PetitPlat

[jokemijn]

just now i discover your blog, and i'm so in love with your delicious desserts! it all looks amazing. And never knew one could make such tiny waffles :)

[Jennifer]

WoW!!!! What a great idea to make real mini food!!

[Lori]

They are simply adorable. You are truly an artist.

[Michelle]

Wow! Those muffins look amazing! Thanks for the recipe:)

[cupcakebomb]

Love the tiny waffles!! Cuuute! I'm glad to hear that you like the cherry cellphone charm!

[Alex]

I love banana muffins. Those are too cute.

[Sabine]

as my husband said when i showed him this post..."I want to go to there..."
; )
(we watch way too much 30 rock)
looks amazing...i almost started eating the computer! ; )

[Jessica]

I love the teeny tiny wafflemaker. So cute! I agree..tiny is fabulous. I think, at least for me, it reminds me of when I was a little girl and I played with my Barbie and her doll house. Heck, sounds like fun now! LOL

[LDTillustration]

SO CUTE! I didn't realise how teeny tiny the little waffles were going to be until the last few pictures. Amazing!

[aiza@ cakes online]

great pictures in there. they looked so delicious.cakes on line

[Colonic Cleansing]

Nom....nom...nom... 'enuff said. Hehe :) Man, you're making me hungry.

[Jo]

Yummy! Great shots. Trying it out. thanks a lot.

[Acorn]

I made these this morning minus the fondant, but only had one gloriously brown banana to work with. As a substitute for the two missing bananas, I cut up a perfectly ripe peach and went about the recipe as instructed. Sometimes banana bread can have too cloying a taste of banana for me, but in this recipe the peach easily balanced the banana flavor and produced muffins that were soooo good. I especially liked the cream cheese + honey spread on top! Thanks for the great recipe! :)

[Ruby rider]

Da BOMB!! Thanks for sharing.