Banana Chocolate Chip Cupcakes with Cream Cheese Frosting
Description
These easy chocolate chip cupcakes topped with a buttery cream cheese frosting are a decadent upgrade on a classic favorite, banana bread.
Ingredients
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1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
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1/2 teaspoon baking soda
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1/4 teaspoon baking powder
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1 pinch salt
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1/2 cup white sugar
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6 tablespoons lightly packed brown sugar
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1/4 cup unsalted butter, softened
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1 egg
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2 ripe bananas, mashed
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1/3 cup buttermilk
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1/2 cup chocolate chips, or to taste
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1 (3 ounce) package cream cheese, softened
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3 tablespoons butter, softened
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1 teaspoon vanilla extract
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2 cups confectioners' sugar, or more to taste
Directions
1
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Line a muffin tin with paper liners.
2
Whisk flour, baking soda, baking powder, and salt together in a bowl.
3
Combine white sugar, brown sugar, and 1/4 cup butter in another bowl; beat with an electric mixer until creamy. Beat in egg. Mix in mashed bananas. Add flour mixture in 3 batches, alternating with buttermilk, stirring after each addition. Fold chocolate chips into the batter.
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Spoon batter into the prepared muffin tin.
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Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean, about 20 minutes. Cool cupcakes on a wire rack, about 30 minutes.
6
Beat cream cheese and 3 tablespoons butter in a bowl until smooth. Add vanilla extract. Beat in confectioners' sugar, 1 cup at a time, until frosting is smooth.
7
Spread frosting over cupcakes.