Oreo Cookie dough Brownies

I'm ashamed to admit this, but the other day I was having friends over for diner, and I simply couldn't be bothered whipping up another cake from scratch. So I did the unheard of... I went and bought a Brownie packet mix!  'Noooooooooooo' I hear you cry! But actually, it got me to thinking about those of  you that aren't so arty farty in the kitchen, or just don't have the time. So after buying the packet mix I decided to put a little spin on it (i.e make it a little bit more impressive), and after positive feedback decided...

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Banana Caramel Cupcakes

I don't usually do these kind of cakes on my blog, but I had a lot of over ripe bananas kicking about, and figured they looked pretty enough to warrant a tutorial. I took this recipe from Woman's weekly, The complete book of cupcakes', but tinkered about with it to suit what I wanted. Because these cakes have to come out of their case after baking, they dry out a little faster than ones that you would ice over and leave in their cases. So if you're needing them for a certain event/time, try make them as close...

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