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Banana Cupcakes with Peanut Butter Frosting

By Kate Morgan Jackson

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This fun recipe for banana cupcakes with peanut butter frosting takes two favorite flavors and puts them together in one delicious dessert! Oh, and it’s a great way to use up leftover bananas.

Banana Cupcakes with Peanut Butter Frosting

I do love baking with bananas, and sometimes despite knowing that there is a cornucopia of banana-baking possibilities out there I sometimes find myself dealing with aged bananas by making banana bread on repeat.  

But the world is full of banana options, and one of my favorites is combining two of my very favorite flavors: banana (obviously) and peanut butter.  

Imagine if you will a cupcake of tender banana wonderfulness, topped with a creamy, dreamy, peanut butter frosting.  Two great tastes that taste great together – let’s make them!

Here’s how you make banana cupcakes with peanut butter frosting!

The cupcakes are like a light, airy banana bread, and the frosting….just think whipped peanut butter heaven.  So get yourself a couple of bananas…

bananas

These three are not ripe enough, but since they are more handsome than the Extremely Ripe version you need, I figured you could use your imagination.

You are going to smoosh them up into a lovely light dough and bake them up in a muffin tin.  Cool them off completely and then whip up the easy peanut buttery frosting.

The frosting job that I did on the cupcakes involved a pastry bag and some decorating tips that the Southern husband got me for Christmas, which all sounds very fancy and complicated, but it’s as easy as easy can be.

Banana Cupcakes with Peanut Butter Frosting

But feel free to slather that frosting on there however you want. It’s going to taste AWESOME no matter what it looks like.

If you want to go the full peanut route, you can also sprinkle some chopped peanuts on top for extra pizzazz.

One way or the other, here’s to leftover, over-ripe bananas!

 

 

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Banana Cupcakes with Peanut Butter Frosting


  • Author: Kate Morgan Jackson
  • Prep Time: 20 minutes
  • Cook Time: 20 minutes
  • Total Time: 40 minutes
  • Yield: 12 cupcakes 1x
  • Category: Dessert
  • Method: Oven
  • Cuisine: American
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This fun recipe for banana cupcakes with peanut butter frosting takes two favorite flavors and puts them together in one delicious dessert! Oh, and it’s a great way to use up leftover bananas.


Ingredients

  • 1 1/4 cups  flour
  • 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
  • 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt
  • 2 ripe large bananas, peeled
  • 1/2 cup sour cream
  • 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
  • 3/4 cup sugar
  • 1/2 cup  butter, room temperature
  • 1 large egg
  • 1 large egg yolk
  • 1 1/2 cups confectioner’s sugar
  • 1 8-ounce package cream cheese, room temperature
  • 1/2 cup butter, room temperature
  • 1/2 cup smooth peanut butter
  • Chopped peanuts for garnish (optional)

Instructions

  1. Preheat to 350° and line a 12 cup muffin tin with paper liners.
  2. Put flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt in a mixing bowl and stir with a whisk to mix it all up thoroughly.
  3. Get out the frustrations of the day by mashing the bananas with fork or a potato masher in a separate bowl. Stir sour cream and vanilla into bananas.
  4. Beat the sugar and butter until light and fluffy, about 3 minutes. Add egg and egg yolk and beat until well blended. Add flour mixture alternately with banana-sour cream mixture, beginning and ending with flour mixture.  Divide batter among muffin cups.
  5. Bake cupcakes until toothpick inserted into center of each comes out clean, about 20 minutes. Transfer cupcakes to rack and let cool completely.
  6. Now for the frosting! Sift the confectioners sugar into a large bowl. Add cream cheese, butter, and peanut butter and beat everything together until it is nice and smooth. You can either spread the frosting over the top of the cupcakes with a knife, or have fun with your favorite frosting/piping bag.  Sprinkle some chopped peanuts on top if you like, and stand back and watch those cupcakes go!
1 cupcake46229.8 g264.1 mg30.2 g15.8 g0.1 g44.3 g1.5 g6.3 g96.3 mg

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Updated from a previous Framed Cooks post and adapted just a smidge from Bon Appetit

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Kate Morgan Jackson

Hi there!  I’m Kate, and I’m a recipe writer, food photographer and devoted bacon lover.  I started Framed Cooks in 2009, and my mission is to create and share family-friendly recipes that make cooking both easy and fun…yes, I said FUN!  My kitchen is my happy place, and I want yours to be that place too.  And if you make this recipe, I would love you to tag @FramedCooks on Instagram so I can see the deliciousness!as seen in logos

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Published on April 15, 2018

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  1. a Broad says

    July 29, 2010 at 11:48 pm

    OK, they have bananas in Buenos Aires ! yay!
    Finding peanut butter might be hard to impossible but .. what about Nutella?

    Reply
  2. Kate Morgan Jackson says

    July 30, 2010 at 12:26 am

    Definitely give Nutella a try – I think it would be great!

    Reply
  3. Grumpy and HoneyB says

    July 30, 2010 at 12:37 am

    love these! I am always looking for different ways with bananas too and have some bananas going really ripe right now!

    Reply
  4. Kate says

    July 30, 2010 at 3:04 am

    My husband loves bananas and peanut butter. A great idea to combine them. He will love the cupcakes…but mostly the frosting, I think.

    Reply
  5. Vicki says

    July 30, 2010 at 2:33 pm

    These sound delicious!!!

    Reply
  6. R Grant says

    July 30, 2010 at 8:36 pm

    Here's another recipe idea that I love for ripe bananas, Bourbon Banana Pudding from Gourmet http://www.gourmet.com/recipes/2000s/2009/03/bourbon-banana-pudding-with-glazed-pecans

    Reply
  7. Nutmeg Nanny says

    July 31, 2010 at 2:38 am

    It's Elvis in cupcake form :) I'm with you on the browning bananas. Although half the time I let them go to waste because my banana bread never turns out. I'm not sure why. I'm starting to think it's because I overfill the pan.

    Reply
  8. Cella Babee says

    August 1, 2010 at 6:24 am

    My roommate & I had some "EXTRA" ripe bananas lying around so, of course, I thought of this post! I just wanted to tell you that they are absolutely delicious!!! They were so incredibly moist… We added an extra banana and garnished the cupcakes with chocolate chips. I plan to make these again and again and again (and again?)

    :)

    Reply
  9. Chocolate Shavings says

    August 1, 2010 at 10:10 pm

    That is a nice change from banana bred – your cupcakes look beautiful!

    Reply
  10. Carrie says

    August 2, 2010 at 12:50 pm

    These look so fabulous! I always liked spreading peanut butter on banana bread….so this looks right up my alley. Yum!

    Reply
  11. Renee says

    August 5, 2010 at 2:08 am

    I made these this week and they were delicious! I added to the recipe by sprinkling mini-chocolate chips on top. Great Recipe!

    Reply
  12. Liz S. says

    August 11, 2010 at 5:35 am

    I just used your recipe (minus the frosting) and put in some orange zest, So YUM! Thank You!!

    Reply
  13. The Nosh Pit says

    September 4, 2010 at 3:52 pm

    these are so freakin' good. i could mainline the frosting.

    i made them for a benefit auction and they were a HUGE hit. the woman that ended up with them said they were some of the best cupcakes she had ever tasted.

    I garnished with a dried banana and some crushed honey roasted peanuts. yum!

    Reply
  14. Mo W. says

    September 29, 2010 at 8:38 pm

    Here's my version:

    http://wife4matt.blogspot.com/2009/11/dessert-of-week-ode-to-elvis-cupcakes.html

    Reply
  15. Cara says

    November 10, 2010 at 7:39 am

    I just made these for a school bake sale, and the banana cake part truly is amazing. I made chocolate cupcakes from a box and then these. It is unbelievable how much difference you can taste between the box cupcakes and the ones made from scratch. The flavor is incredible, and the texture is so moist!

    Reply
  16. dining table says

    November 16, 2010 at 1:41 am

    I have never tried bananas in my cupcakes. I thought this is going to be a very nice idea! Thanks a lot for sharing.

    Reply
  17. oak dining table says

    November 23, 2010 at 1:05 am

    I love the frosting. It is really nice. I love peanut butter a lot. I think this will also do good on chocolate cupcakes.

    Reply
  18. Meghan Rae says

    December 5, 2010 at 6:07 pm

    Thanks for the recipe!! I am going to make these today!! I, too, have very ripe bananas sitting on my counter!!

    -Meghan Rae
    http://www.thefashionistafoodie.blogspot.com

    Reply
  19. forkblog says

    January 20, 2011 at 1:16 am

    These looks pretty awesome. I just made some banana cupcakes and incorporated an Espresso Stout Beer and some ginger. The beer gave them a really nice fluffiness. http://bit.ly/fKvbpu

    Reply
  20. Cupcake and Talk says

    August 13, 2012 at 11:18 am

    I love your blog. I can’t believe I just found these cupcakes. I can’t wait to try them.

    Reply
    • Kate says

      August 14, 2012 at 8:20 pm

      They are a MAJOR favorite in my house. Bananas and cupcakes – how can you go wrong? :)

      Reply
  21. Theresa Murphy says

    April 17, 2018 at 7:15 am

    You could go all Elvis on these and top with some candied bacon crumbles. Just sayin’…

    Reply
    • Kate says

      April 18, 2018 at 8:24 pm

      I COULD. :)

      Reply

Hi, I’m Kate! I’m a recipe writer, food photographer and devoted bacon lover. I’m so glad you’re here!

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