Description
Delicious banana cupcakes topped with creamy vanilla frosting and garnished with banana chips.
Ingredients
Scale
- 13 ounces vanilla cake mix (1 box)
- 3 ripe bananas
- 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
- 2 large eggs
- 1 cup unsalted butter (at room temperature)
- 1 pound powdered sugar
- 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
- 3 tablespoons heavy cream (or whole milk)
- 12 banana chips
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Line 12 muffin tins with cupcake liners.
- Peel the bananas and add them to a medium mixing bowl. Use a fork to mash the bananas. Add the cake mix, eggs, and vegetable oil to the bowl. Mix until just combined.
- Divide the cupcake batter evenly between the lined muffin tin cups, filling each about ¾ full.
- Bake for 20-24 minutes, or until tops gently spring back when touched and a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
- Remove from the oven and carefully transfer the cupcakes to a wire rack to cool completely.
- Beat the butter in a large mixing bowl for 1 minute with a hand mixer on medium speed. Add the powdered sugar in 1 cup at a time, mixing after each addition. Scrape the sides of the bowl as needed.
- Add vanilla and heavy cream to the bowl, and beat until smooth. If needed, add more cream to thin the frosting as desired.
- Transfer the frosting to a piping bag fitted with your preferred piping tip. Frost the cupcakes and then garnish each one with a banana chip.
Notes
- Ensure bananas are ripe for better flavor.
- Adjust frosting consistency with more or less heavy cream.
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 24 minutes
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 cupcake
- Calories: 250
- Sugar: 22g
- Sodium: 180mg
- Fat: 12g
- Saturated Fat: 7g
- Unsaturated Fat: 4g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 35g
- Fiber: 1g
- Protein: 3g
- Cholesterol: 50mg