There’s nothing like some over-ripe bananas to get me in the mood for baking. The go-to recipe is of course Banana Loaf but having made countless loafs in recent months (including one still lurking in my freezer!) it was time to put the bananas to another use. Cue the Banana Cupcakes!
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There’s a few things that make Banana Cupcakes a little more special that your standard loaf. The mixture itself uses a bit more flour and baking powder, meaning they’re a little lighter in texture. And better still is that cream cheese icing! I don’t know who thought adding a cheese to a cake was a good idea but it’s definitely one I am on board with.
Plus there’s always something quite special feeling about a little cupcake. The perfect little portion of cake that sits right in your hand. Even if we all know that these Banana Cupcakes are so delicious that you couldn’t possibly just have one!
Granny’s Top Tips
♥ As with Banana Loaf, the best kind of bananas for Banana Cupcakes is the over-ripe ones. The blacker the better!
♥ I topped these cupcakes with a dried banana chipbut you could top them with a slice of fresh banana if you intend to eat them within a few hours.
but you could top them with a slice of fresh banana if you intend to eat them within a few hours.
Ingredients
For the Cupcakes
- 2 Bananas
- 140 g Caster Sugar
- 55 g Butter softened
- 1 Egg
- 1 tsp Vanilla Extract
- 3 tbsp Milk
- 225 g Self-raising Flour
- 1 tsp Baking Power
For the Icing
- 300 g Icing Sugar
- 50 g Butter at room temperature
- 100 g Cream Cheese at room temperature
Instructions
For the Cupcakes
- Pre-heat your oven to 170°c (150°c for fan-assisted oven or Gas Mark 3) and line a muffin tray with twelve cupcake cases.
- In a large bowl, mash the bananas before adding the butter and sugar. Mix well until combined.
- In a separate bowl (or mug) whisk the egg, milk and vanilla before adding to the mixture.
- Sift the flour and baking powder into the mixture and gently fold to form a batter.
- Using an ice cream scoop, transfer the batter to your prepared cupcake cases, filling each to about 2/3 full.
- Bake in your pre-heated oven for 15-20 minutes, until risen, golden and a skewer inserted comes out clean.
- Once cool enough to touch, transfer to a wire rack to cool completely.
For the Icing
- In a large bowl, mix the icing sugar, cream cheese and butter together until light and fluffy.
- Once your cupcakes are completely cool, pipe or spread the icing on top of each.
- Top with a dried banana chip is desired.
Pinned to try soon, can’t wait! Thank you!
Thank you for sharing this recipe, I have made these cakes on 2 occasions and added white chocolate chip and milk chocolate chip chunks (without the frosting on the top)
They have been a massive hit, they are so light and fluffy. I have been using stork cake butter and I’m a big fan of this recipe, thank you
Thank you so much baking with granny I participated in a mini British bake off with my family and they came out so light and fluffy. I love them
Absolutely easy. Delicious and light.
Thanks for sharing…
It tastes so delicious and I’m lucky to have a cross your page. Thank you
I had a couple of over ripe bananas so thought about making cupcakes, I had a few failed attempts with other recipes, but found this one so thought I would give it a try. These were very easy to make and came out perfectly…so light and fluffy.
I’m not a fan of dried banana, so topped them with butterscotch pieces…
Baking with Granny is now my go to page for sweet treats.
Hello! Going to attempt these… can’t bake so should be interesting! How many cupcakes does it make? X
Just Fabulous! Managed to make 15 out of the recipe so extra bonus there lol. Didn’t make the icing as personal taste I find banana cupcakes sweet enough already. My son made them with me and thoroughly enjoyed them. Thumbs up all round!!!
These sound absolutely delicious and (big bonus!) so easy to make. Will be trying your recipe when my grandson comes….Nicholas’ favourite cake is bananabread. Many thanks for the recipe.