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    Home » Recipes » Dessert

    Banana Cupcakes

    Published: July 23, 2015 · Updated: December 5, 2020 · By: Krissy · 6 Comments
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    This is the best recipe for super soft, light and fluffy, tasty and delicious homemade Banana Cupcakes that your entire family will love.

    This is the best recipe for super soft, light and fluffy, tasty and delicious homemade Banana Cupcakes that your entire family will love.

    a cupcake with blueberry frosting with bananas

    Everyone is all about the Minions these days. Rightfully so. They are downright awesome. Ever since I first saw Despicable Me with my kids, I've been in love with those little dudes. My love of minions, and their love of bananas, was my inspiration for these banana cupcakes.

    minion holding bananas

    That, and the fact that Hostess Twinkies came out with a Minion Decoration Kit that includes EDIBLE stickers. I got my hands on this box and had to listen to my kids beg to make their own Twinkies Minion for weeks. I know... it was totally cruel to make them wait. What can I say? Sometimes I'm horrible like that. They turned out so cute, but you'll have to make your way down to the bottom of the post to see the final product.

    A banana sitting on top of a box of twinkies

    Inside the box of Twinkies you'll find several sheets of edible stickers. All you have to do is peel them off the paper and stick them right to the surface of the Twinkie. That's all. It doesn't get much easier or fun for the kids than that, now does it? I'm willing to bet your kids would freak out over getting to make their own Twinkie Minion too.

    twinkies on table with minion stickers

    Honestly, I think my kids did a better job decorating them than I could have. I'm guessing its because they've seen the Minions movies roughly 23x more than I have.

    decorating twinkies with minion stickers

    I'm so glad I went with banana flavored cupcakes. I'm friends with probably the most talented cake maker in the world and she's the one who told me banana would go great with the Twinkies Minions. She's a genius. Just look how fluffy the batter turned out! I use my cookie scoop to transfer it from the bowl to the liners so that I don't spill any on the baking dish. And if you're wondering, I use stone to cook. Its just personal preference.

    banana cupcake batter in pan

    Ah, fluffy golden banana perfection. To quote my husband: "those cupcakes you made were freaking GOOD".

    baked banana cupcakes in pan

    Because of the mixing method I use, they cupcakes end up with a really tight crumb, but the cake is super moist and fluffy. I really didn't want to make something that resembled banana bread or a banana muffin. I was going for a cupcake and a cupcake is what I got.

    close up of a banana cupcake split in half

    I topped my cupcakes with some homemade blueberry cream cheese frosting and then I trimmed the very bottoms off my Twinkie Minions so that they would stand up straight. Aren't they super cute? Since the minion set was seasonal, that part is obviously totally optional when you make your cupcakes. 🙂

    twinkies that look like minions on top of cupcakes

    a cupcake with blueberry frosting with bananas

    Banana Cupcakes

    This is the best recipe for super soft, light and fluffy, tasty and delicious homemade Banana Cupcakes that your entire family will love.
    5 from 3 votes
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    Course: Dessert
    Cuisine: American
    Prep Time: 15 minutes
    Cook Time: 30 minutes
    Total Time: 45 minutes
    Scale: 12 cupcakes
    Recipe Created By: Krissy Allori

    Ingredients

    • 1 ½ cups cake flour
    • 1 teaspoon baking soda
    • ¼ teaspoon salt
    • 1 cup granulated sugar
    • ½ cup butter (softened)
    • 2 eggs (beaten)
    • 2 bananas (ripe, mashed)
    • ½ cup sour cream

    Instructions

    • Preheat oven 325°F.
    • In bowl of stand mixer with paddle attachment, combine flour, baking soda, salt, and sugar. With the mixer running on medium speed, add butter one tablespoon at a time. Continue to mix until crumbly, about 1 minute. Flour must be completely coated in butter.
    • In separate bowl, combine eggs, banana, and sour cream; mix well. Add about ⅓ of the liquid to the flour mixture and combine on low speed. Once combined, increase speed to medium. Mix until very fluffy, about 3-5 minutes. Scrape down bowl, add remaining liquid, and thoroughly mix, scraping down several times as needed.
    • Scoop into cupcake liners. Bake 25-30 minutes or until toothpick inserted comes out clean. Cool 10 minutes in pan on rack; remove and cool completely before decorating.

    NUTRITION INFORMATION

    Calories: 235kcal | Carbohydrates: 33g | Protein: 3g | Fat: 11g | Saturated Fat: 6g | Cholesterol: 53mg | Sodium: 226mg | Potassium: 110mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 19g | Vitamin A: 348IU | Vitamin C: 2mg | Calcium: 20mg | Iron: 1mg
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    1. martha

      November 07, 2016 at 5:42 am

      hello! can I freeze them? thank you!

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      • Krissy

        November 11, 2016 at 1:58 pm

        You bet! Just squeeze out as much air as possible and don't add any frosting. -Krissy

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    2. sarah

      August 03, 2015 at 6:09 pm

      When is the sugar supposed to be added?

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      • Krissy

        August 04, 2015 at 4:04 pm

        Hi Sarah! Doh! I'm so sorry. The sugar is to be combined with the other dry ingredients and then the butter is added to it. I updated the recipe. Its how I mix all of my homemade cakes. I suppose I do it so often that my brain didn't catch up with my hands when I wrote the recipe. Thank you for letting me know! -Krissy

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        • Emma

          November 04, 2020 at 10:41 am

          5 stars
          I luv this recipie it's great for using up bananas when they go too brown for my liking. I top mine with a maple and pecan frosting yummy

          Reply
    3. Holly N

      July 24, 2015 at 8:44 pm

      5 stars
      These are the best cupcakes ever! My daughter is going to love these!

      Reply

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