Banana cupcakes with honey cinnamon icing
Banana cupcakes with honey cinnamon icing are like the best banana bread ever but with icing.
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Servings: 24
Calories: 300kcal
Ingredients
Cupcakes
- 2 ¼ cups plain AP flour
- ¾ teaspoon baking soda
- ½ teaspoon baking powder
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ½ teaspoon ground cinnamon
- ¼ teaspoon ground nutmeg
- 1 ½ cup mashed bananas approximately 3-4 bananas, very ripe
- ¼ cup milk
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 250 g 2 sticks/ 1 cup unsalted butter, room temperature
- ½ cup brown sugar
- ½ cup + ⅓ cup caster superfinesugar
- 2 large free-range eggs
Icing
- 2 tablespoon honey
- 250 g 1 cup/2 sticks unsalted butter
- ½ teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 2 ½ cups icing confectioner's sugar
Instructions
- Pre-heat the oven to 160C (350F) fan-forced and line two 12-hole muffin tins with liners.
- In a large bowl, whisk together the flour, baking soda, baking powder, salt, cinnamon and nutmeg.
- In another bowl, combine the mashed bananas, milk and vanilla.
- In the bowl of an electric mixer, beat the butter, brown sugar and caster sugar until light and fluffy.
- Add the eggs, one at a time and beat just until they are mixed in.
- Alternating between the dry and wet ingredients, mix in a third of the dry then a third of the wet and repeat until everything is mixed in.
- Divide the batter between the cupcake cases.
- Bake for 18 minutes or until a cake tester inserted in the middle of a cupcake comes out clean.
- Leave to rest in the tin for 5 minutes then transfer to a wire rack to cool completely.
- Meanwhile make the icing.
- Beat the honey, butter and cinnamon together until light and then slowly add the icing sugar.
- Continue to beat until the icing is light and fluffy.
- When the cakes are cooled, spread or pipe the icing on top.
- Store in an airtight container.
Nutrition
Calories: 300kcal | Carbohydrates: 35g | Protein: 2g | Fat: 17g | Saturated Fat: 11g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 5g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 59mg | Sodium: 234mg | Potassium: 86mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 24g | Vitamin A: 554IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 23mg | Iron: 1mg
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