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Treat yourself to something sweet and delicious– homemade banana cupcakes! Perfect for any occasion, these cupcakes are so easy to make. They have an easy cream cheese frosting, fresh banana, and an amazing Golden Oreo cookie surprise.
Easy Banana Cupcakes Recipe
For all my banana cake fans, this one’s for you. This isn’t your ordinary banana cupcake recipe. Although we love a classic banana cake, it’s great to change things up from time to time. That’s why this banana cupcake recipe has a unique twist you’re gonna want to try.
What separates these banana cupcakes from the rest are the homemade cookie crust and frosting. If you know me, you know how much I love golden Oreos and bananas together. Each cupcakes a Golden Oreo cookie crust. It’s super easy – just pop one in the bottom of the cupcake liner, then top it with the batter.
To top it all off, we’ll add my easy cream cheese frosting which is incredibly delicious and made with basic household ingredients that I bet you already have. After baking several cupcake recipes, I finally discovered the perfect cupcake trifecta: Golden Oreos + Banana Cupcakes + Cream Cheese Frosting = Deliciousness.
Ingredients needed
- Oreos: I’m using golden Oreos plus more for garnish – these are optional!
- Cake mix: one box of yellow cake mix
- Bananas: the fresh banana flavor comes from the use of ripe bananas. These banana cupcakes are best made with overripe bananas
- Oil: vegetable oil is the best to use for baking since it keeps our cake batter moist without adding any strong flavor
- Eggs: large eggs room temperature to help bind all these ingredients together
- Cream cheese: this is to make the delicious cream cheese frosting. I love tangy cream cheese frosting. It’s best to have it at room temperature since it’s softer that way.
- Powdered sugar: you can’t make icing without your powdered sugar!
How to make banana cupcakes
- Preheat oven to 350°F and line pans with cupcake liners. Place a Golden Oreo at the bottom of each liner.
- Mash your ripe bananas in a large bowl until completely smushed. I used a potato masher but if your bananas are overripe, you can just use a fork.
- Add cake mix, oil, eggs, and water.
- Mix for about 30 seconds by hand or using a mixer.
- Bake for 15-20 minutes, or until the tops begin to brown just a bit.
- Cool completely before frosting with cream cheese frosting!
Expert tips
- You can skip the cookie liner, or use a shortbread cookie or butter cookie instead.
- Vanilla Buttercream would also be fantastic – so would chocolate cream cheese frosting!
- Let the cupcakes cool completely before frosting.
- Cupcakes are done baking when a toothpick comes out clean from the center of the cupcake.
- Don’t overfill your cupcake liners – fill about 2/3 full.
- Store cupcakes in the refrigerator for up to 3 days or freeze for up to 2 months.
FAQs
Yes. Cupcakes can be frozen for up to one month.
I love cream cheese frosting for these banana cupcakes.
Easy Banana Cupcakes
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Ingredients
For the Cupcakes:
- 24 Golden Oreos plus more for garnish
- 1 (approx 15 ounce) box yellow cake mix
- 2 medium overripe bananas
- ¼ cup oil
- 3 large eggs
- ¾ cup water
For the Frosting:
- 8 ounces cream cheese softened
- ½ cup (113g) unsalted butter , softened
- 3 cups (339g) powdered sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°F. Line pans with cupcake liners (makes about 24 cupcakes). Place a Golden Oreo in the bottom of each liner.
- Place bananas in a large bowl. Mash with a potato masher until completely smushed. Add cake mix, oil, eggs, and water. Mix for 30 seconds on low speed with a hand mixer, then 2 minutes on medium.
- Scoop into prepared pans, filling about 3/4 full. Bake for 15-20 minutes, or until a toothpick comes out clean. Cool completely before frosting.
- To make frosting: beat cream cheese and butter until smooth. Slowly add powdered sugar and mix, 1 cup at a time, until combined. Add vanilla and beat until smooth. Frost or pipe onto cupcakes (I used a 1M tip) and top with a 1/2 or full Golden Oreo.
- Store in refrigerator for up to 2 days. Cupcakes can be frozen for up to one month.
Recipe Notes
- Let the cupcakes cool completely before frosting.
- Cupcakes are done baking when a toothpick comes out clean from the center of the cupcake.
- Don’t overfill your cupcake liners – fill about 2/3 full.
- Store cupcakes in the refrigerator for up to 3 days or freeze for up to 2 months.
Too much sugar for the frosting other than that not bad
These sound fabulous! I just found Chocolate Covered Strawberry Oreos. Those could make something similar to a banana split cupcake! Can’t wait to try!!! Thank you for the amazing inspiration! And the pictures are absolutely perfect 🙂
Wow! It looks so great that I want to bake right now :)) .. I love cupcakes and oreos!
Thanks Ari!
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