Banana Walnut Cupcakes With Cream Cheese Frosting

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.

• Ready In: 35 mins
• Yields: 12 cupcakes

Ingredients

• 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.