Banana Walnut Cupcakes With Cream Cheese Frosting

missyqh's Note:

Stated by several as the best thing I have ever baked... these are soooo good, and the frosting is the best cream cheese frosting I have come across yet.

• Total Time: 35 mins
• Prep Time: 15 mins
• Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients:

Yield: 12 cupcakes

Cupcakes

• 1 cup flour
• 2 bananas (mashed)
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1/2 cup granulated sugar
• 3/4 cup brown sugar
• 2 eggs
• 1/2 cup butter
• 3/4 cup walnuts (in small pieces)
• 1/4 cup vanilla yogurt

Cream Cheese Frosting

• 4 ounces cream cheese
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 3/4 cups confectioners' sugar

Directions:

1. Cupcake batter: Cream butter and sugars, add mashed bananas. Add eggs and vanilla. Add flour, baking soda and salt. Stir in yogurt. Add walnuts.
2. Scoop into 12 cupcake papers (I used an ice cream scoop.) Bake in a preheated 350 degree oven for 18-22 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted near the center comes out clean. Mine took 20 minutes.
3. Frosting: Whip cream cheese, vanilla and confectioners sugar, by hand or electric mixer.

Reviews

[Freedome56]

These cupcakes are wonderful. I tried them for Thanksgiving and they were a hit. I followed the recipe as directed using three bananas for the cup cakes and I also had more than twelve cakes. I also made the cream cheese frosting but I used less sugar only because I like less sugar in my cream cheese frosting, but it was great the first day and the second day. I will definitely be making these cupcakes a lot.

[alligirl]

These may have tasted a little more like muffins, than cupcakes, but that was just fine by us! The recipe made 17 cupcakes for me, but I probably could have made them a little bigger. Still would have had more than a dozen, which was a bonus! We enjoyed them immensely, and will be making them again! Thanks so much for sharing a great recipe, missyqh! Made for Fall PAC 2011.