These banana cupcakes are moist, and packed with banana flavor. You’ll need 3 large ripe bananas for this recipe along with baking ingredients. The cupcakes can be frosted, drizzled with a thin icing, or dusted with powdered sugar. Take them to a bake sale or treat friends and family!
Recipe Variations:
Spices: Add warm spices to the cupcakes with 1 teaspoon of cinnamon and 1/4 teaspoon of nutmeg. Or add 1 1/2 teaspoons of pumpkin pie spice or apple pie spice.
Nuts: fold 1 cup of finely chopped pecans or walnuts into the cupcakes.
Icing: Top the cupcakes with cream cheese frosting or a vanilla buttercream.
PrintBanana Cupcakes
Bake a batch of delicious banana cupcakes! Moist and full of banana flavor, they’re sure to be a hit with everyone!
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Cook Time: 18 minutes
- Total Time: 28 minutes
- Yield: 18 cupcakes 1x
- Category: Cupcakes
Ingredients
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- 2 1/4 cups (284 grams) all-purpose flour
- 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon table salt
- 1/2 cup (113 grams) unsalted butter, softened
- 1 1/4 cups (248 grams) granulated sugar
- 2 large eggs
- 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 1 cup mashed banana (about 3 large ripe bananas)
- 1/4 cup buttermilk
Instructions
- Heat the oven to 350 F and line two 12-cup muffin tins with cupcake liners.
- Combine the flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt in a bowl and set aside.
- In a mixing bowl with an electric mixer on medium-high speed, beat the butter and sugar until light and fluffy.
- Add the eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in the vanilla extract.
- Combine the banana and buttermilk in a cup or bowl.
- Beat in 1/3 of the flour mixture, then half of the banana and buttermilk mixture. Repeat with another 1/3 of the flour and the remaining banana and buttermilk mixture, then add the remaining flour and beat until well blended.
- Spoon the batter into the prepared muffin tins, filling them about 1/2 full.
- Bake the cupcakes for 18 to 24 minutes, until a wooden toothpick inserted into a cupcakes comes out clean.
- Cool on a rack and enjoy with powdered sugar or icing.
