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Chocolate and banana is the perfect foundation for ANY cupcake, cake, or even bread recipe! It’s one of the most favorite flavours of many and mixed in with a cream cheese topping, who can resist? These cupcakes are loaded with chocolate chips and have a banana cream cheese topping to cool you down in the summer months and even cozy you up in the winter! Bake away for family and friends, and you surely won’t disappoint!
Chocolate Chip Banana Cupcakes with Cream Cheese Frosting
Yields 18
Delicious banana cupcakes with chocolate chips and cream cheese frosting!
Ingredients:
For Cupcakes
- Dry Ingredients
- 1 ¾ cup flour
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 tbsp baking powder
- ½ tsp salt
- 2 tsp vanilla extract or 1 packet vanilla sugar
- Wet Ingredients
- ½ cup Crisco shortening
- 1/3 cup evaporated milk
- 2 medium sized ripe bananas, mashed
- 2 large eggs
- 1 cup chocolate chips
For Cream Cheese Frosting
- 8 oz (225g) of cream cheese
- ½ tsp vanilla extract
- ½ cup powdered sugar
- 2/3 cup heavy cream, chilled
Instructions:
To Make Cupcakes
- Set oven to 375F and line cupcake pan with cupcake cups. In a large mixing bowl using an electric mixer, mix together all the dry ingridients. Slowly mix in the wet ingredients one at a time and then mix in the chocolate chips last with a wooden spoon.
- Fill cupcake cups with batter and bake for about 20 minutes or until toothpick comes out clean. Remove from oven and allow to cool for 10 minutes. Transfer to a cooling rack until completely cooled.
To Make Frosting
- In a large mixing bowl using an electric mixer, beat the cream cheese until smooth. Slowly add in the powdered sugar, vanilla extract, and then the heavy cream until super thick. Pipe frosting onto cooled cupcakes and serve! To store, place cupcakes in airtight containers.