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Banana Cupcakes with Cream Cheese Frosting are moist and delicious, perfect for an afternoon tea party, birthday party, or baby shower.

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There’s something irresistible about banana cupcakes – they’re moist, naturally sweet, and full of warm, comforting flavors. Pair them with a luscious cream cheese frosting.

These cupcakes are perfect for using up ripe bananas, and the tangy cream cheese frosting beautifully balances the sweetness. Whether you’re baking for a special occasion or just craving a homemade dessert, this recipe is easy to whip up and guaranteed to impress. Soft, fluffy, and topped with the creamiest frosting.

Hope you give them a try!

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How to make Banana Cupcakes



1. Preheat the oven to 300 degrees.  preheat
2. Add butter and sugar to a bowl.
3. Using an electric mixer, cream the butter and sugar on medium to high speed.
4. Add the eggs and vanilla. 
5. Mix until light and fluffy, like this.
6. In a separate bowl, add the dry ingredients… flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt.  Mix.
7. Add half of the dry mixture to the wet ingredients.  Mix until combined, do NOT over mix.
8. Add half the buttermilk. 
9. Alternate between the dry and wet ingredients, starting with the dry and ending with the dry.  DO NOT OVERMIX.  This is what you should have.
10. Mash/puree the bananas.
11. Add the mashed/pureed banana to the cake batter.
12. Mix the banana in for about 1 minute.  DO NOT OVERMIX. 
13. Using an ice-cream scoop, scoop the cake batter into a cupcake liner. 
14. The recipe says to bake for 23 minutes at 300 degrees, however I baked mine for about 33 minutes at 300 degrees.  banana cupcakes (33)
15. For the frosting.  Add the butter and cream cheese to a mixing bowl.
16. Whip the butter and cream cheese until well combined for about 5 minutes.
17. Add the vanilla and confectioners sugar. 
18. Beat until creamy.  Add a tablespoon of milk, if need be.
19. If desired, add food color.
20. HEAVENLY!

Cupcakes with white frosting displayed on a light blue cake stand and one on a napkin with pink and green stripes.
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Banana Cupcakes with Cream Cheese Frosting

By: Nisha Kapur
Banana Cupcakes with Cream Cheese Frosting are moist and delicious, perfect for an afternoon tea party, birthday party, or baby shower.
Prep Time: 40 minutes
Cook Time: 23 minutes
Total Time: 1 hour 3 minutes
Servings: 16 cupcakes

INGREDIENTS 

for the banana cupcakes:

  • 1/2 cup unsalted butter, room temperature
  • 1 1/4 cups sugar
  • 1 1/2 eggs
  • splash vanilla extract
  • 3/4 cup buttermilk
  • 3/4 tsp baking soda
  • 1/4 tsp baking powder
  • just a pinch salt
  • 1 1/2 cups cake flour
  • 1 cup pureed ripe bananas

for the cream cheese frosting:

  • 1/2 cup unsalted butter, room temperature
  • 8 ounces cream cheese, room temperature
  • 2 cups confectioners sugar
  • splash vanilla extract
  • 1 tbsp milk, optional: to thin out the frosting a little, if need be
  • a couple drops of yellow food coloing, optional
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INSTRUCTIONS 

  • Preheat the oven to 300 degrees.
  • Add butter and sugar to a bowl.
  • Using an electric mixer, cream the butter and sugar on medium to high speed.
  • Add the eggs and vanilla.  
  • Mix until light and fluffy, like this.
  • In a separate bowl, add the dry ingredients… flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt.  Mix.
  • Add half of the dry mixture to the wet ingredients.  Mix until combined, do NOT over mix.
  • Add half the buttermilk.  
  • Alternate between the dry and wet ingredients, starting with the dry and ending with the dry.  DO NOT OVERMIX.  This is what you should have.
  • Mash/puree the bananas.
  • Add the mashed/pureed banana to the cake batter.
  • Mix the banana in for about 1 minute.  DO NOT OVERMIX.  
  • Using an ice-cream scoop, scoop the cake batter into a cupcake liner.  
  • The recipe says to bake for 23 minutes at 300 degrees, however I baked mine for about 33 minutes at 300 degrees.  
  • For the frosting.  Add the butter and cream cheese to a mixing bowl.
  • Whip the butter and cream cheese until well combined for about 5 minutes.
  • Add the vanilla and confectioners sugar.  
  • Beat until creamy.  Add a tablespoon of milk, if need be.
  • If desired, add food color.
  • HEAVENLY!

NOTES

Bananas: Use very ripe bananas for the best results.

Nutrition

Calories: 338kcal | Carbohydrates: 44g | Protein: 3g | Fat: 17g | Saturated Fat: 11g | Cholesterol: 62mg | Sodium: 123mg | Potassium: 107mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 33g | Vitamin A: 597IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 40mg | Iron: 0.3mg

Additional Info

Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American
Diet: Vegetarian
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Hi, I'm Nisha!

A foodie passionate about bringing authentic Indian recipes and global flavors to your kitchen. I create dishes using simple, real ingredients, and seasonal produce. Join me on this soul-searching journey as I share "what's cooking" through my love for good food. I hope to inspire you to cook more at home, explore new flavors, and enjoy the process along the way.

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15 Comments

  3. Thanks Holly.. yeah, I am so lucky too. Baby Showers are SO boring to me, it's different when you are hosting because I can control how much baby stuff I wanna do. 🙂

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  4. You certainly have a best friend there, such a sweet post about Jhiane! You both are lucky to have each other. Quick ques about the cup cakes: is cake flour the same as self raising flour? I have not been able to find plain or self raising flour in Delhi even in international stores…have any idea what I can do to substitute flour? I really want to make cup cakes or muffins or even a cake! Thanks 🙂

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    1. Thanks Amelia, we are both lucky, agreed. So I'm not sure about self-raising flour, but cake flour is essentially regular all purpose white flour and cornstarch – this results in a more tender cake. If you don't have cake flour, you can make it as follows:
      for every 1 cup of cake flour = 3/4 cup regular white flour + 2 tbsp of regular white flour + 2 tbsp of cornstarch.
      I hope I didn't confuse you.
      So this recipe calls for 1 1/2 cups of cake flour.
      You would need :
      1 1/4 + 1 tbsp of white flour.
      3 tbsp of cornstarch.
      Hope that helps.

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  5. I love banana anything. These cupcakes are totally perfect for me or for a baby shower. 😉 I love the tea sandwiches. Congrats to your friend!

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  7. When reading this you brought me to tears. Nish you have been such a profound blessing in my life. You make my life so worthwhile. You are my sister, maybe by not blood, but by destiny. I don't feel that I've thanked you enough for all that you do for me and all the support that you have given me. Thanks for all the great memories, laughter and conversations. Thank you for being there for me during my trials and tribulations. Thanks for throwing me such a thoughtful baby shower with so many delectable goodies to devour. Love your bestie Jhiane

    Reply

    1. Awww.. Jhiane. You're so sweet, I feel the same way, my sista from another mother. Lol. We've had some great memories to last me a lifetime.

      Reply