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Banana Chocolate Chip Cupcakes with Cream Cheese Frosting Recipe

Recipe by: merlfish

"I was inspired by a few different banana cupcake recipes before settling on this one. The cream cheese frosting is probably my favorite part; it's just wonderfully decadent on a banana cupcake. Refrigerate cupcakes after frosting. P.S. They taste much better the next day!"

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Directions

Prep25 m
Cook20 m
Ready In1 h 15 m

1Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Line a muffin tin with paper liners.
2Whisk flour, baking soda, baking powder, and salt together in a bowl.
3Combine 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.
4Spoon batter into the prepared muffin tin.
5Bake 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.
6Beat 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.
7Spread frosting over cupcakes.

Footnotes

Cook's Note:
I love putting chocolate chips in my banana bread, but if you want to eliminate them or substitute nuts or something, all the better. I also like to decorate them with a cute chocolate chip on top.

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