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.

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