Banana Chocolate Chip Cupcakes with Cream Cheese Frosting

Ingredients

• 1.25 cups all-purpose flour
• 0.5 teaspoons baking soda
• 0.25 teaspoons baking powder
• 1 pinch salt
• 0.5 cups white sugar
• 6 tablespoons lightly packed brown sugar
• 0.25 cups unsalted butter , softened
• 1 egg
• 2 ripes bananas , mashed
• 0.33 cups buttermilk
• 0.5 cups chocolate chips , Optional

Instructions

1. 1

   Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Line a muffin tin with paper liners.

2. 2

   Whisk flour, baking soda, baking powder, and salt together in a bowl.

3. 3

   Combine white sugar, brown sugar, and 1/4 cup butter in another bowl; beat with an electric mixer until creamy. Beat in egg. Mix in mashed bananas. Add flour mixture in 3 batches, alternating with buttermilk, stirring after each addition. Fold chocolate chips into the batter.

4. 4

   Spoon batter into the prepared muffin tin.

5. 5

   Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean, about 20 minutes. Cool cupcakes on a wire rack, about 30 minutes.

6. 6

   Beat cream cheese and 3 tablespoons butter in a bowl until smooth. Add vanilla extract. Beat in confectioners' sugar, 1 cup at a time, until frosting is smooth.

7. 7

   Spread frosting over cupcakes.