Banana Cupcakes With Cream Cheese Frosting

Prep: 15 mins

Cook: 25 mins

Total: 40 mins

Servings: 16

Yield: 16 cupcakes

Browning bananas are put to good use in this yummy cupcake recipe. 

If you want to make this into a classic banana bread loaf with frosting, grease a 9 by 5-inch loaf pan with butter or spray with nonstick cooking spray. Bake the banana bread until a toothpick or wooden skewer inserted into the loaf comes out clean, about 45 minutes. Let the banana bread cool in the pan on a wire rack for 10 minutes, then turn the loaf out of the pan and let it finish cooling upright on the wire rack before spreading on the cream cheese frosting.

Ingredients

Cupcake Batter:

• 3 bananas, smashed

• 1/2 cup unsalted butter, melted

• 3/4 cup granulated sugar

• 1/2 cup brown sugar

• 2 large eggs

• 1/2 cup sour cream

• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

• 2 cups cake flour

• 1 teaspoon baking soda

• 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt

Cream Cheese Frosting:

•  1 (8-ounce) package cream cheese, softened

• 1/4 cup unsalted butter, softened

• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

• 1 (16-ounce) box confectioners’ sugar

• Pinch kosher salt

Steps to Make It

1. Preheat the oven to 350 F.

2. Line a cupcake tin with 16 paper liners, and spray with nonstick spray.  

3. In a large mixing bowl, use an electric mixer to combine bananas, butter, and both sugars until blended.

4. Beat in eggs one at a time, then blend in sour cream and vanilla extract.

5. In a medium sized bowl, mix together flour, baking soda, and salt.

6. Blend in flour mixture on low speed in three batches just until incorporated. Scrape down the sides of the bowl.

7. Fill each cupcake liner almost to the top with batter.

8. Bake for about 25 minutes, until a wooden skewer inserted into the middle of a cupcake comes out clean. 

9. Cool in pan on a wire rack for 15 minutes, then remove cupcakes from tin and finish cooling on wire rack.

10. While cupcakes are cooling, make cream cheese frosting. In a medium bowl, blend together cream cheese, butter and vanilla. Add salt. Then add confectioner’s sugar, in increments, blending until incorporated before adding more. 

11. Frost cupcakes once cool.