Banana Nut Cream Cheese Cupcakes Recipes

BANANA NUT CUPCAKES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°. In a large bowl, cream shortening and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in eggs. Stir in bananas, milk and vanilla. Combine flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt; gradually add to creamed mixture and mix well. Stir in nuts., Fill paper-lined muffin cups two-thirds full. Bake 18-20 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool 5 minutes before removing from pans to wire racks.

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 WALNUT CUPCAKES WITH CREAM CHEESE FROSTING

Steps:

• Cupcake batter: Cream butter and sugars, add mashed bananas. Add eggs and vanilla. Add flour, baking soda and salt. Stir in yogurt. Add walnuts.
• Scoop into 12 cupcake papers (I used an ice cream scoop.) Bake in a preheated 350 degree oven for 18-22 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted near the center comes out clean. Mine took 20 minutes.
• Frosting: Whip cream cheese, vanilla and confectioners sugar, by hand or electric mixer.

BANANA CUPCAKES

Steps:

• Line a 12-hole muffin tray with cupcake liners. Preheat oven to 180 C (350 F) standard / 160 C (320 F) fan-forced.
• In a large mixing bowl, add butter and sugars and beat with an electric mixer on medium speed until pale and creamy. Add vanilla and egg and beat briefly just until combined.
• In a separate bowl, add flour, baking powder, cinnamon and salt and whisk briefly.
• Add flour mixture to the butter mixture, along with buttermilk and the mashed banana. Gently mix until just combined. The batter will be thick and creamy.
• Spoon batter into prepared cupcake liners and bake for approximately 18-20 minutes or until the cakes spring back lightly to the touch. Remove cupcake from muffin tray and place on a wire rack to cool completely.
• To make the cream cheese frosting, add butter and cream cheese (ensuring both are at room temperature) to a large mixing bowl. Beat with an electric mixer on medium speed for 2-3 minutes until smooth and creamy. Add vanilla.
• Add sugar, 1 cup at a time, and continue to beat on a medium speed until smooth. Transfer frosting to a large piping bag fitted with a large round tip. Pipe frosting onto each cupcake. Scatter over crushed walnuts.

BANANA NUT CREAM CHEESE CUPCAKES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°
• Take eggs out of the fridge and let stand at room temperature for 30 minutes.
• Grease and flour cupcake tins or use cupcake liners.

GINA'S BANANA CUPCAKES

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 F. Line a (12-cup standard) muffin tin with paper cupcake liners.
• In a medium bowl, combine the flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. Set aside.
• In a large bowl, add the butter and granulated sugar. Beat with a hand-held mixer until combined. Add the sour cream and vanilla. Slowly beat in the eggs, one at a time. Incorporate the dry mixture and wet mixture together until thoroughly combined. Add the bananas and 1/2 cup walnuts, being careful not to over mix.
• Using an ice cream scoop, fill each cupcake liner three-quarters of the way full. Bake in the oven until the tops turn golden-brown and a toothpick, inserted in the middle of the cupcake, comes out clean, 18 to 20 minutes. Remove the cupcakes from the oven to a wire rack and let cool before frosting.
• In a large bowl, add the cream cheese and butter. Beat together until incorporated. Add the molasses and mix well. Stir in the confectioner's sugar, milk and vanilla.
• Heavily frost the cupcakes and garnish with the remaining 1/4 cup walnuts.

BANANA NUT CAKE WITH CREAM CHEESE FROSTING

Steps:

• Butter and flour 3 (9-inch) round cake pans; set aside. Preheat oven to 350 °F.
• In a mixing bowl, stir together the flour, sugar, baking soda, cinnamon and salt. Add the eggs and oil and stir just until the dry ingredients are moistened; do not beat. Stir in the banana, 1 cup pecans and 1 1/2 teaspoon vanilla. Divide the batter among the prepared pans and bake for 23 to 28 minutes, or until a wooden pick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool the cake layers in the pans for 10 minutes, and then turn them out onto a rack to cool completely. While the cake cools, make the frosting.
• In a bowl, blend together the cream cheese and butter. Gradually add the confectioner's sugar and beat until light and fluffy. Beat in 1 teaspoon vanilla. Stir in 1/2 cup pecans, or reserve them to sprinkle over the frosted cake. Fill and frost the cake when it is completely cool.
• This makes enough for a naked cake. To make enough to frost the entire cake, multiply ingredients by 1.5.