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Banana Cupcake Recipe

Kristan Roland
This banana cupcake recipe uses cinnamon cream cheese frosting. Try not to drool on your keyboard.
3 from 173 votes
Prep Time 30 minutes
Cook Time 20 minutes
Total Time 50 minutes
Servings 24 1 cupcake
Calories 352 kcal

Ingredients
  

  • 3 large Banana mashed
  • 2 tablespoons Lemon Juice
  • 3 cups All-Purpose Flour
  • 1 1/2 teaspoons Baking Soda
  • 3/4 cup Butter softened
  • 2 1/4 cups Granulated Sugar
  • 3 large Egg
  • 2 teaspoons Pure Vanilla Extract
  • 1 1/2 cups Buttermilk
  • 8 ounces Cream Cheese softened
  • 1 teaspoon Pure Vanilla Extract
  • 1/2 teaspoon Ground Cinnamon
  • 2 cups Powdered Sugar
  • 1 cup Unsalted Butter

Instructions
 

  • Preheat oven to 350.
  • Line 24 muffin tins with paper liners.
  • In a small bowl, combine mashed bananas and lemon juice. Set aside. In a separate bowl, combine flour and baking soda.
  • In the bowl of your mixer, beat butter and sugar on medium speed until light and fluffy, about 2 minutes.
  • Beat in eggs, one at a time, until combined.
  • Add vanilla to the buttermilk.
  • With your mixer on low speed, add your flour and buttermilk alternately, starting and ending with the flour mixture.
  • Fold in mashed bananas.
  • Fill prepared muffin tins 2/3 full. Bake for about 20 minutes, or until tops spring back when lightly touched. Let cool completely on cooling rack.
  • In the bowl of your mixer, beat cream cheese, butter, and vanilla on medium speed until smooth and combined.
  • With the mixer on low, slowly add powdered sugar and cinnamon.
  • Continue mixing on low until just combined.
  • Increase speed to medium high and beat for about a minute, until fluffy.
  • Frost cooled cupcakes.

Nutrition

Calories: 352kcalCarbohydrates: 45gProtein: 4gFat: 18gSaturated Fat: 11gSodium: 134mgFiber: 1gSugar: 31g
Keyword Baked, Bananas, Cupcakes, Desserts
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