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Banana Nutella Cupcakes combine rich chocolate Nutella frosting with light and fluffy banana cakes. The perfect combination!
Your new favorite flavor combo has arrived…Banana Nutella Cupcakes! As if we need another excuse to buy Nutella!
It’s Lizzy from Your Cup of Cake and I’ve brought you another fabulous cupcake recipe as well as a few cupcake tips! Are you ready? Alright, lets get started…
I get asked all the time what my favorite cupcake tools are, and there are two I’m obsessed with. They’re great because no matter what your skill level (or if you pipe on your frosting or use a knife) they’ll make the baking process easier and faster! And won’t break the bank!
The first tool I love is my 24-well cupcake pan. It’s great because some ovens won’t fit 2 separate 12-well pans but they will fit this one!
But the best part is that the pan isn’t as tall as a standard cupcake pan, so you know those dark rims you get on you vanilla cupcakes?
Say goodbye! with this shallower pan, those won’t happen anymore!
And my second favorite tool is a food scoop! I have them in all different sizes and they make my cupcakes all come out the same size and it’s way faster to scoop out! Plus, they’re perfect for making cookies because you can use a huge scoop to make monster cookies or a mini one for bite sized treats.
Most grocery stores sell them, but I do suggest buying a Vollrath one because they’re only a few bucks more and they will last forever. The grocery store ones can break pretty easily… So just go for the profession brand! I promise you’ll love them and you’ll want one in every size and color!
Feel like a cupcake pro yet? These Banana Nutella Cupcakes are just what you need to make to perfect your skills! The rich chocolate Nutella frosting with the light and fluffy banana cakes are the perfect combination. Dare I say even better than peanut butter and chocolate… I know, I can’t believe I even said that.
Make sure to check out my Strawberry Lemonade Cupcakes for another fun summer recipe!
For more delicious cupcake recipes, be sure to check out these Thin Mint Cupcakes, Apple Peanut Butter Cupcakes, and Coconut Cupcakes here on My Baking Addiction.
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Banana Nutella Cupcakes
Ingredients
Banana Cupcakes:
- ½ cup butter room temperature
- ½ cup brown sugar packed
- ¾ cup sugar
- 3 eggs
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 1 ½ cups mashed bananas (about 3 bananas)
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon salt
- ½ cup buttermilk
Nutella Frosting:
- ½ cup butter room temperature
- ½ cup Nutella
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 2-3 cups powered sugar
- 2 tablespoons milk
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°F and line pans with cupcake liners.
- Beat butter, brown sugar and sugar together until creamy.
- Add eggs and vanilla extract and stir until combined.
- Add mashed bananas and stir.
- In a separate bowl, combine flour, baking soda and salt. Add about half of the dry ingredients to the wet. Add buttermilk and then add the final dry ingredients. Mix only until combined.
- Fill cupcake liners 3/4 full and bake for 15-20 minutes or until an inserted knife comes out clean. Let cool.
- Nutella Frosting: Beat butter and Nutella. Add vanilla extract and 2 cups powdered sugar. Add 1 Tbsp. milk and then continue to add powdered sugar an milk to reach your desired consistency.
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Could I make them into mini cupcakes?
I don’t see why not, Greta! Let me know how you like them!
Hi, your cupcakes and the pictures simply looks superb. The level of my cup cakes are not uniform.Inspite of putting the exact batter to the lines. Request your help on this.
Hi, Monica! I think your oven temperature may be off. Maybe buy an oven thermometer and see if the oven is heating to the required temperature. Let me know if this helps!
What is the alternate of buttermilk?
You can make your own buttermilk by adding 1 tablespoon lemon juice or white vinegar to one cup of milk. I hope this helps!
I just made these cupcakes and they were SO good!! That frosting was amazing… this will be my go to frosting! I just have some questions.. I cooked them for 15 minutes and checked them and they were a little wet still… so I put them back in for 2 minutes. After they cooled and frosted them we went to try them… the bottoms stuck to the liner. But they cupcake was so moist and perfect? Not sure what went wrong.
Hi, Charlene. I don’t think you did anything wrong at all. You could spray the cupcake liners with nonstick cooking spray, or you could also try putting them in the refrigerator for a bit to see if that works. I’m really glad you liked them!
Hi!
I love your re-vamped cake mix recipe, I use it all the time – I was wondering if I could do that for example with like vanilla flavored cake & pudding mix and still mash up bananas for the flavor? Or do you think it would throw all the measurements off?!
I say give it a try, Kaylynn! Let me know how it goes!
What size scoop is used for the cupcakes? Thanks!!
Hi, Liza! You can try this scoop. I hope you enjoy the cupcakes!
How do I make the buttermilk? We don’t have it here. Thank you!
Hi, Marcia! You can put one tablespoon lemon juice or vinegar in one cup of milk, and let it stand for about five minutes. You should be all set. I hope you enjoy the cupcakes!
Hi I had one quick question .. I want to bake a banana cake, can I use this recipe to bake a cake instead?
Hi, Namrata! I think you could definitely make this recipe into a cake. You’ll need to bake it a bit longer than the cupcakes. I hope you enjoy it!
I love things that are adorable and delicious, and these are super adorable and super delicious. Loooove these flavors- going to be a crowd pleaser, for sure!
Thank you, Karly! xxoo
Omg the best combo EVER! :) Probably more than chocolate and peanut butter ;) Lizzy, I absolutely LOVE your blog and thank you so much for sharing this!
Thank you, Marina!