Peanut Butter Banana Cupcakes

These Peanut Butter Banana Cupcakes have a moist, fluffy banana cupcake on bottom and a lovely cream cheese peanut butter frosting on top! Such a perfect flavor combo! Well, I hope you had a lovely Halloween! Ours was pretty low key. We went trick-or-treating with some friends and their kids. They were Fred and Wilma Flintstone, which at the age of 2 1/2 was adorbs. After the candy gathering, we went back to the house to hand out candy. It’s always my goal to get rid of it all and I never succeed. I’m basically begging kids to take handfuls of candy by the later part of the night. If they don’t take it, I eat it. In fact, I was eating it while handing it out.

The peanut butter frosting on top has a cream cheese base and is my favorite way to make a peanut butter frosting. It pairs perfecting with the banana cupcake, since I always love a cream cheese frosting with a banana cake. The final cupcake is pure heaven for any peanut butter and banana fan!

PEANUT BUTTER BANANA CUPCAKES

 yield: 12-14 CUPCAKES

Moist, fluffy banana cupcakes topped with a cream cheese peanut butter frosting!

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INGREDIENTS:

BANANA CUPCAKES

10 tbsp (140g) unsalted butter, room temperature

1 cup sugar (207g)

1 tsp vanilla extract

1 large egg white

1 large egg

1 2/3 cups (217g) all purpose flour

1 1/2 tsp baking powder

1/4 tsp salt

1/2 cup (120ml) mashed bananas (the riper, the better)

1/2 cup (120ml) milk

2 tbsp (30ml) water

PEANUT BUTTER CREAM CHEESE FROSTING

8 ounces (226g) cream cheese, room temperature

1/4 cup (56g) salted butter, room temperature

1/2 cup (140g) creamy peanut butter

4-5 cups (460g-575g) powdered sugar

Banana chips

DIRECTIONS:

TO MAKE THE CUPCAKES:

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees and prepare a cupcake pan with cupcake liners.

2. Beat butter and sugar until light in color and fluffy, about 2-3 minutes.

3. Add vanilla extract and mix until combined.

4. Add egg white and egg in two batches, mixing until combined after each.

5. Combine dry ingredients in another bowl, then combine mashed bananas, milk and water in another bowl.

6. Add half of the dry ingredients to the batter and mix until well combined.

7. Add the milk and banana mixture and mix until well combined.

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