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Banana walnut cupcakes on a white plate.

Irresistible Banana Walnut Cupcakes with Cream Cheese Frosting

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Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 20 minutes
Cooling Time 45 minutes
Course Dessert
Cuisine American
Servings 12
Calories 308 kcal

Ingredients
  

Cupcakes

  • 2 very ripe bananas peeled and mashed well with a fork.
  • 1 ½ cups cake flour
  • 1 ½ teaspoons baking powder
  • ½ teaspoon baking soda
  • ½ teaspoon salt
  • 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
  • ½ teaspoon ground nutmeg
  • ⅛ teaspoon cloves
  • 3 tablespoons white granulated sugar
  • ¾ cup buttermilk
  • 2 tablespoons melted butter.
  • 1 cup chopped walnuts
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Cream Cheese Frosting

  • ½ stick of unsalted butter at room temperature
  • 8 ounces of full-fat cream cheese softened
  • 1 teaspoon maple extract
  • ¼ teaspoon salt
  • 4 cups powdered sugar
  • 1/4 cup maple syrup for drizzling (optional)

Instructions
 

Cupcakes

  • Preheat the oven to 400° degrees and prepare a 12 cupcake pan by adding liners. Add a spritz of nonstick cooking spray to the liners.
  • In a large mixing bowl, add the flour, baking soda, baking powder, spices and salt. Whisk together to combine.
  • Add the buttermilk, melted butter, mashed bananas, sugar and vanilla to the dry ingredient mixture. Mix everything together until combined. Do not over mix.
  • Add the walnuts and fold into the batter.
  • Divide the batter evenly among the cupcake liners filling each approximately ¾ full.
  • Bake the cupcakes at 400° degrees for the first five minutes.
  • Then reduce the oven temperature to 350° degrees and continue to bake for an additional 15-20 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center of a cupcake comes out clean without batter.
  • Times may vary depending on your oven, so watch the cupcakes carefully and check often starting at the 14-minute mark.
  • Remove the cupcakes to a rack to cool completely before frosting.
  • Let them cool COMPLETELY before frosting.

Cream Cheese Frosting

  • Add the butter and cream cheese to a bowl. Using a stand or hand mixer, beat until smooth and creamy.
  • Add the Maple extract and salt and combine.
  • Slowly add the powdered sugar one cup at a time and mix until smooth and fully incorporated.
  • Add the cream cheese frosting to a piping bag and pipe over the cupcakes.
  • Top with a few chopped walnuts.
  • OPTIONAL: Drizzle with a little bit of maple syrup on top.

Nutrition

Serving: 1gCalories: 308kcalCarbohydrates: 60gProtein: 3gFat: 7gSaturated Fat: 1gPolyunsaturated Fat: 5gMonounsaturated Fat: 1gSodium: 246mgPotassium: 77mgFiber: 1gSugar: 47gVitamin A: 3IUVitamin C: 0.1mgCalcium: 51mgIron: 1mg
Keyword banana, cupcakes
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