Banana Pumpkin Cupcakes Recipes

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.

PUMPKIN CUPCAKES

Steps:

• For the pumpkin cupcakes: Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Line one 12-cup muffin pan with paper cupcake liners.
• In a medium bowl, whisk together the flour, cinnamon, ginger, allspice, nutmeg, baking powder, baking soda and 1/4 teaspoon salt. Set aside.
• In a large bowl, add the butter and the sugar. Beat with a hand-held mixer until light and fluffy, 3 to 4 minutes. Add the pumpkin puree and the vanilla extract. Slowly beat in the eggs, one at a time. Incorporate the dry mixture into the wet mixtures together until thoroughly combined.
• Using an ice cream scoop, fill each cupcake liner 3/4 of the way full. Bake until the tops turn golden brown and a toothpick inserted in the center of the cupcake comes out clean, about 20 minutes. Remove the cupcakes from the oven to a wire rack and cool completely before frosting.
• For the cream cheese frosting: Add the cream cheese, butter, maple syrup, and salt to a large bowl and beat until creamy. Gradually add the powdered sugar until thoroughly combined.
• Top the cupcakes with the frosting and chopped pecans.

LORI'S BANANA-PUMPKIN MUFFINS

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Line 23 muffin cups with paper liners.
• Mash bananas in a large bowl. Add pumpkin puree, sugar, buttermilk, safflower oil, eggs, pumpkin pie spice, and vanilla extract; mix by hand until well incorporated.
• Mix together all-purpose flour, oat flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt in a separate bowl. Add flour mixture to banana-pumpkin mixture and stir gently until blended. Use a medium scoop to fill prepared muffin cups with batter.
• Bake in the preheated oven until tops spring back when lightly pressed, 15 to 20 minutes. Cool in the tins for 5 minutes, then transfer to a wire rack.
• Mix together sugar and cinnamon for the topping in a small bowl. Baste each warm muffin with melted butter and sprinkle with cinnamon-sugar mixture.

PUMPKIN BANANA MUFFINS

Steps:

• In a large bowl, combine the first 9 ingredients. In another bowl, combine the eggs, pumpkin, bananas, buttermilk, oil and vanilla. Stir into dry ingredients just until moistened., Coat muffin cups with cooking spray; fill three-fourths full with batter. Bake at 400° for 15-18 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in muffin comes out clean. Cool for 5 minutes before removing from pans to wire racks. Serve warm.

PUMPKIN BANANA PANCAKES

Steps:

• Sift all-purpose flour, whole wheat flour, sugar, baking powder, salt, and cinnamon together in a bowl. Set aside.
• Mix milk, pumpkin, banana, oil, and egg together in another bowl; add flour mixture. Mix just to moisten.
• Heat a lightly oiled griddle over medium heat. Drop batter by large spoonfuls onto the griddle and cook until bubbles form and the edges are dry, 3 to 4 minutes. Flip and cook until browned on the other side, 2 to 3 minutes. Repeat with remaining batter.

FROSTED BANANA CUPCAKES

Steps:

• In a large bowl, cream shortening and sugar until light and fluffy. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in bananas and vanilla. Combine the flour, baking soda, baking powder and salt; add to creamed mixture alternately with buttermilk, beating well after each addition., Fill paper-lined muffin cups two-thirds full. Bake at 375° for 18-22 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool for 10 minutes before removing from pan to a wire rack to cool completely., In a small bowl, combine the frosting ingredients; beat until light and fluffy. Frost cupcakes.