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Banana Cupcakes with Salted Caramel Frosting
Banana Cupcakes with Salted Caramel Frosting are homemade goodness made easy with your ripe bananas! Lovely enough for special occasions, but easy enough for everyday treats!
Course
Dessert
Cuisine
American
Servings
12
cupcakes
Calories
356
kcal
Author
Renee Pajestka
Ingredients
Cupcakes
1 ¼
cup
all purpose flour
¾
cup
granulated sugar
½
tsp.
baking soda
1
tsp.
baking powder
½
tsp.
salt
2
small ripe bananas
peeled (or 1 med)
¼
cup
low-fat buttermilk
or milk
1
tsp.
pure vanilla extract
2
large eggs
½
cup
vegetable oil
Frosting
½
cup
softened
unsalted butter
1
tsp.
kosher salt
2-3
cups
powdered sugar
1
tsp.
caramel flavoring
find by extracts
1
TBS
cream or milk
if needed
salted caramel syrup
for drizzle (optional)
dried banana chips
for garnish (optional)
Instructions
Cupcakes
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Line standard sized muffin tin with cupcakes liners.
In large bowl, combine the flour granulated sugar, baking soda, baking powder, and salt. Set aside.
In a blender or Magic Bullet type blender, add banana(s), buttermilk, vanilla extract, eggs, and vegetable oil. Blend until smooth.
Pour banana mixture into the flour mixture and stir until JUST combined. Do not over mix!
Portion batter into the prepared muffin tin.
Bake for 15 -20 minutes, or until toothpick inserted into center of cupcake comes out clean. Remove from pan onto wire rack.
Cool completely before frosting.
Frosting
In a large bowl, with an electric mixer, combine the butter and the salt.
Beat in the powdered sugar, one cup at a time, beating after each addition until smooth.
Beat in caramel flavoring.
Add in milk, if needed, and beat to spreading consistency.
Frost cooled cupcakes. Drizzle with salted caramel syrup and garnish with dried banana chips, if desired.
Notes
Recipe adapted from Cake Magic!
Nutrition
Calories:
356
kcal
|
Carbohydrates:
47
g
|
Protein:
2
g
|
Fat:
18
g
|
Saturated Fat:
12
g
|
Cholesterol:
49
mg
|
Sodium:
314
mg
|
Potassium:
143
mg
|
Sugar:
34
g
|
Vitamin A:
305
IU
|
Vitamin C:
1.7
mg
|
Calcium:
33
mg
|
Iron:
0.8
mg