Banana Cupcakes with Peanut Butter Frosting are a simple dessert made with fresh bananas and creamy peanut butter. When you’ve got a busy schedule and limited time for baking, there’s no easier cupcake recipe than this one.
Some days do you feel like you have dropped the ball on parenting?
Well, come to my house because it is happening now.
At this very moment.
Today has been a series of unorganized parenting blunders.
Let’s see…
My 7 year old wore a not-entirely-clean baseball uniform to his game.
Alright, it was dirty.
I dug it out of the hamper.
I meant to wash it. Truly.
And there was the 2nd grade homework that I helped my kiddo complete.
It got returned as incorrect.
As in with big red “X”‘s on it.
Apparently 2nd grade math is a challenge for me.
Then there was dinner.
Sometimes cereal is appropriate for dinner, right?
I mean Lucky Charms has to have some sort of nutritional value…please say yes.
Then I caught my child in the corner with a spoon and a tub of sour cream.
Maybe it’s some sort of strange vitamin deficiency (see above) that’s causing this strange craving for dairy, or maybe he just has an odd obsession with sour cream…either way I’m thinking it can’t be good.
Adding to the day, we discovered a plant growing under the dishwasher in my kitchen.
I’ll say that again…a plant was growing UNDER MY DISHWASHER.
Last time I checked plants weren’t supposed to grow under there.
We are thinking that a lone seed from an “everything” bagel got trapped and sprouted.
I can’t keep a plant alive to save my life, yet rogue seeds grow on their own in entirely ridiculous places.
Note to self, remember to clean UNDER the dishwasher.
I feel very overwhelmed.
Maybe a cupcake will help.
Banana Cupcakes with Peanut Butter Frosting
Banana Cupcakes
- Prep Time: 25 min
- Cook Time: 15 min
- Total Time: 40 min
- Yield: 24 cupcakes 1x
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Oven
- Cuisine: American
Description
These soft and fluffy banana cupcakes are made with fresh bananas and a splash of tangy buttermilk, topped with swirls of peanut butter frosting and chocolate.
Ingredients
Scale
Cupcakes:
- 1/2 cup vegetable shortening
- 1 1/4 cups sugar
- 2 eggs
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 1 1/2 cups mashed ripe bananas
- 1/4 cup buttermilk
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 3/4 tsp baking soda
- 1/2 tsp kosher salt
Frosting:
- 1/2 cup butter, room temp (1 stick)
- 1 cup creamy peanut butter
- 3 cups sifted powdered sugar
- 1/4 cup milk (you can add more if you prefer a creamier frosting)
Garnish *optional
- Chocolate syrup for drizzle (I used Hershey’s)
- Reese’s Peanut Butter cups, chopped
Instructions
Cupcakes:
- Preheat oven to 350°F.
- Cream shortening and sugar together in a mixing bowl.
- Add eggs, vanilla, buttermilk and bananas. Mix until combined thoroughly.
- On low speed, add flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. Stir together until combined.
- Line two muffin pans and fill each liner 2/3 full with batter.
- Bake for 15-20 minutes until the cupcakes are set and a toothpick comes out clean.
- Remove the cupcakes to a wire rack and let them cool completely before frosting.
Frosting:
- Combine butter and peanut butter and mix on medium speed until combined.
- Slowly add powdered sugar mixing until incorporated.
- Add milk slowly until the desired consistency is reached.
- Pipe the frosting onto the cooled cupcakes. Garnish with chocolate syrup and chopped-up Reese’s Cups (if desired).
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 cupcake
- Calories: 416
- Sugar: 63.7 g
- Sodium: 136.7 mg
- Fat: 12.6 g
- Carbohydrates: 74.4 g
- Protein: 4.6 g
- Cholesterol: 16.2 mg
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Helpful tip… Out of buttermilk?
These cupcakes look delicious! I'm sure your parenting skills are great! Feel better!
WE AS PARENTS ARE HUMAN. THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS A PERFECT PARENT. WE ARE ALLOWED TO DROP THE BALL EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE. DON'T BEAT YOURSELF UP ABOUT IT. THE KIDS WILL BE FINE. I HAVE 3 BOYS AGE 31, 13, AND 18 AND THEY ALL SURVIVED!! LOL
Very nice design. I love cakes. It look so delicious. Yummy !
You crack me up! I have had many crazy days like that. The plant is really funny, though. The cupcakes look amazing, as all of your goodies do.
Your son is smart, sour cream is awesome, give him a chip next time…lol
Kids only care that they do have something to eat and something to wear and a Mom who's there. You are doing just fine.
Cupcake is gorgeous, pour yourself a glass of wine tonight and enjoy one or two…you deserve it.
Somehow, no matter how we screw up, our kids grow up fine. All we can do is our best.
Your pb frosting on the banana cupcake would have been a favorite with Elvis, for sure!
My house…every day. THESE truly are beautiful and perfect!
Oh my… These look and sound amazing! Bananas, chocolate and PB, my 3 most favoritest things on the face of the planet…
You're one of those secret conspirators who are trying to get me to eat junk, huh? One is okay… right?!? 😛
I cannot wait to make these, and I believe I have everything on hand!
Oh, you make me laugh! 🙂 Yes, Lucky Charms are fortified with vitamins and minerals:) The everyhting bagel idea cracked me up! I have to share this post with my daughter.
The peanut butter icing sounds amazing!
Cupcakes will help any day! 🙂