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Banana Nut Cream Cheese Cupcakes

Prep Time20 minutes
Cook Time20 minutes
Total Time40 minutes
Course: Cupcakes, Dessert, Sweets
Servings: 12
Calories:
Author: Terri

Ingredients

Banana Cupcakes

Cream Cheese Filling

Cream Cheese Frosting

Instructions

  • Preheat oven to 350°
  • Take eggs out of the fridge and let stand at room temperature for 30 minutes.
  • Grease and flour cupcake tins or use cupcake liners.

For Filling

  • Mix cream cheese, flour, sugar, vanilla and egg in a medium mixing bowl until well blended, set aside.

For Cupcakes

  • In a large mixing bowl, whisk flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda, and salt.
  • Add bananas, buttermilk, butter, and vanilla and beat until well combined.
  • Beat in eggs on medium speed until well blended.
  • Pour into cupcake tins or cupcake liners and fill ¼ full.
  • Spoon 1 tbsp of cream cheese filling on top of batter.
  • Pour remaining batter on top of cream cheese filling, to ¾ full.
  • Bake at 350° for approximately 17-24 minutes (depending on the size cupcakes you are baking), until a toothpick inserted in the middle comes out clean.

For Frosting

  • In a medium bowl, beat cream cheese, butter and vanilla until well blended.
  • Add powdered sugar 2 cups at a time and blend, repeat.
  • Add milk and continue to beat until well blended.
  • Frost cooled cupcakes and garnish with chopped walnuts.

ENJOY!

    Notes

    Banana Cupcakes adapted from Betty Crocker
    Cream Cheese Filling adapted from http://bakedbree.com/banana-cream-cheese-muffins
    Cream Cheese Frosting adapted from PHILADELPHIA Cream Cheese