Banana and Vanilla Cupcakes with Buttercream Frosting

Name: Banana and Vanilla Cupcakes with Buttercream Frosting
Prep time: 1 h 50 min
Cook time: 1 h 50 min
Total time: 1 h 50 min
Yield: 12
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 2 teaspoons baking powder; 2 larges bananas, chopped; 158 milliliters butter, at room temperature; 532 milliliters confectioners sugar; 3 eggs, room temperature; 414 milliliters all-purpose flour; 2 Tbsps heavy cream; 59 milliliters milk; 1 teaspoons salt; 1 teaspoons vanilla extract; 118 milliliters white sugar

You can never have too many American recipes, so give Bananan and Vanilla Cupcakes with Buttercream Frosting a try. This dessert has 323 calories, 4g of protein, and 13g of fat per serving. This recipe serves 12. This recipe covers 5% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. It is a good option if you're following a vegetarian diet. Head to the store and pick up baking powder, bananas, salt, and a few other things to make it today. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes roughly 1 hour and 50 minutes.

Instructions

Preheat an oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease 12 muffin cups or line with paper muffin liners.

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Muffin Liners

Oven

Whisk the flour, baking powder, and salt together in a bowl; set aside. Beat 1/2 cup butter and the white sugar with an electric mixer in a large bowl until light and fluffy.

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Baking Powder

Granulated Sugar

Butter

All Purpose Flour

Salt

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Hand Mixer

Whisk

Bowl

Add the eggs one at a time, allowing each to blend into the butter mixture before adding the next. Beat in the vanilla with the last egg.

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Vanilla

Butter

Egg

Pour in the flour mixture alternately with the milk, mixing until just incorporated. Fold in the chopped bananas, mixing just enough to evenly combine.

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Banana

All Purpose Flour

Milk

Pour the batter into prepared cups.

Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, about 20 minutes. Cool in the pans for 10 minutes before removing to cool completely on a wire rack.

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Toothpicks

Wire Rack

Oven

While the cupcakes are cooling, make the buttercream by beating 2/3 cup of butter in a bowl until smooth and glossy. Beat in the vanilla, followed by the confectioners' sugar. Once no dry lumps of sugar remain, add the cream and food coloring. Whip on high speed until light and fluffy. Frost the cooled cupcakes with the buttercream frosting.

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Powdered Sugar