Banana Chocolate Chip Cupcakes With Cream Cheese Frosting Recipes

BANANA CHOCOLATE CHIP CUPCAKES WITH CREAM CHEESE FROSTING

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Line a muffin tin with paper liners.
• Whisk flour, baking soda, baking powder, and salt together in a bowl.
• Combine white sugar, brown sugar, and 1/4 cup butter in another bowl; beat with an electric mixer until creamy. Beat in egg. Mix in mashed bananas. Add flour mixture in 3 batches, alternating with buttermilk, stirring after each addition. Fold chocolate chips into the batter.
• Spoon batter into the prepared muffin tin.
• Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean, about 20 minutes. Cool cupcakes on a wire rack, about 30 minutes.
• Beat cream cheese and 3 tablespoons butter in a bowl until smooth. Add vanilla extract. Beat in confectioners' sugar, 1 cup at a time, until frosting is smooth.
• Spread frosting over cupcakes.

BANANA-CHOCOLATE CHIP CUPCAKES

Steps:

• Heat oven to 375°F (350°F for dark or nonstick pan). Place paper baking cup in each of 24 regular-size muffins cups.
• In large bowl, beat cake mix, bananas, water, butter and eggs with electric mixer on low speed 30 seconds, then on medium speed 2 minutes, scraping bowl occasionally. Stir in chocolate chips. Spoon batter evenly into muffin cups.
• Bake 18 to 24 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Remove from pan to cooling racks. Cool completely, about 30 minutes. Frost cupcakes with frosting. Store loosely covered.

BANANA CUPCAKES WITH CREAM CHEESE FROSTING

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F., and spray a 12-cup standard or 24-cup mini muffin tin with non-stick spray. IMPORTANT: If you use paper liners, be sure to spray the insides of the liners or the cupcakes will stick!
• CUPCAKES: Mix the mashed banana and 1/4 cup sugar and set aside.
• Beat 1/2 cup sugar, butter and 1 tsp vanilla extract at medium speed of a mixer until well blended. Add eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition. Now add banana mixture and beat well.
• In separate bowl, whisk together flour, baking soda, salt and nutmeg. Add flour mixture to wet mixture alternately with buttermilk, mixing after each addition.
• Bake at 350 deg. for about 25 minutes (mini cupcakes, 12 to 15 minutes) or until a cake tester inserted in center comes out clean. Cool completely on a wire rack.
• FROSTING: Beat powdered sugar, chilled cream cheese and 1/2 tsp vanilla extract at medium speed just until blended (do not overbeat). Use the back of a spoon to spread over cupcakes.
• Store frosted cupcakes and any leftover frosting in the refrigerator, although these cupcakes don't last long enough to worry about that!

BANANA CHOCOLATE CHIP CUPCAKES

Steps:

• for Banana Chocolate Chip Cupcakes:.
• Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line 2 standard (6 cup) muffin tins with paper liners; set aside.
• Combine the sugar, flour, baking soda, baking powder, cinnamon and salt in a bowl.
• In a separate bowl combine the eggs, melted butter (you can microwave it), vanilla and banana mash.
• Pour the wet mixture into the dry and stir ONLY until you can no longer see the dry ingredients.
• Gently mix in the chocolate chips.
• Drop batter into the 12 cups, filling each about 3/4 full.
• Bake cupcakes for 25 minutes (you'll know they're done if an inserted toothpick comes out clean).
• Remove cupcakes from tins and let cool for about 1 hour, preferably on a wire rack.
• for Buttercream Frosting:.
• Dice the butter.
• Using an electric mixer, mix together all ingredients until the mixture looks and feels like frosting, about 3 minutes.
• Use a butter knife to spread the frosting onto the cooled cupcakes. Decorate with additional banana slices, chocolate chips or coconut flakes.