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Healthy Banana Cupcakes Recipe with Cream Cheese Frosting! 250 calories for moist, spicy banana cake and fluffy cream cheese frosting!
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Banana Cupcakes with Cream Cheese Frosting

These easy cinnamon-scented cupcakes are feather-light and dependably tender, thanks to the moisture of the mashed banana and brown sugar.

Prep Time10 minutes
Cook Time20 minutes
Total Time30 minutes
Course: Snack
Cuisine: American
Keyword: banana cupcakes, cupcakes with cream cheese frosting, easy cupcake recipe
Servings: 12 servings
Calories: 261kcal
Author: Andie Mitchell

Ingredients

Cupcakes:

  • 1 ¼ cups all-purpose flour
  • 2 teaspoons baking powder
  • ½ teaspoon salt
  • 1 ½ teaspoons ground cinnamon
  • 2/3 cup brown sugar
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 ¼ cups mashed very ripe bananas 2 very large bananas or 3 small
  • 2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
  • ½ cup vegetable oil

Frosting:

  • 4 ounces cream cheese softened
  • 2 cups confectioner’s sugar
  • ½ teaspoon fresh lemon juice

Instructions

  • Make the cupcakes: Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Line a standard 12-cup muffin pan with paper cupcake liners. In a large bowl, whisk the flour, baking powder, salt, and cinnamon.
  • In a small bowl, whisk the sugar, eggs, mashed banana, vanilla, and oil. Add this wet mixture to the dry ingredients and mix until just combined. Spoon the batter into the prepared pan; each cup should be about three-quarters full.
  • Bake until golden brown and a toothpick inserted into one of the cupcakes comes out with only a few moist crumbs attached, about 15 to 18 minutes. Let the cupcakes cool in the pan for two minutes before removing and allowing them to cool completely on a wire rack.
  • Make the frosting: Beat the cream cheese in a large bowl until smooth. Add sugar and beat for 3 minutes on high speed until the sugar is fully incorporated and the mixture is silky. Add lemon juice and beat for one additional minute.

Notes

**Note that this amount of frosting will be enough to frost 24 cupcakes—double that which is necessary for these cupcakes. Using less than 4 ounces of cream cheese in a frosting recipe is challenging; it’s simply much too small an amount to work with.
Nutrition Information for 1 Banana Cupcake, Plain without Frosting: Calories 206, Total Fat 10.2 g, Total Carbohydrate 31.6 g, Dietary Fiber 0.9 g, Sugars 19.1 g, Protein 2.6 g
Nutrition Information for 1/24th of the Entire Frosting Recipe (about 2 tablespoons): Calories 55, Total Fat 1.7 g, Total Carbohydrate 10.1 g, Dietary Fiber 0.0 g, Sugars 9.8 g, Protein 0.4 g

Nutrition

Serving: -5g | Calories: 261kcal | Fat: 12g