Brown Sugar Banana Cupcakes with Avocado Buttercream.
Raise your hand if you think I’m weird.
Or… don’t. I’ve already seen enough hands. I’m beginning to develop a complex.
So here’s the deal. Like bananas? Like avocados? These cupcakes were made for you. Yes, you! I had you in mind all along. We have so much in common, FYI. It’s like we share a brain.
Someone I don’t share a brain with? Hmm… that would be my husband. This is made all the more evident considering he can calculate down to the penny just how much a pair of shoes that are 30% off + and extra 10% off will cost, while I sometimes try to count the 47 (48? 50?) states on my fingers and round my $78 grocery bill down to $50.
Pretty banana cupcakes with silky frosting that resembles Slimer? So cute, so sweet, so soft and fluffy? Mr. How Sweet’s worst nightmare. Only one way I could make it worse: adding coconut. I didn’t do that, by the way. I’m not mean.
So don’t feel bad if you want to slap me silly. If you’re looking at me like I have a third eye. If you think my taste buds have gone off the deep end. No. Don’t fret. It is scary yet adventurous in an oh-so-awesome way. Trust. You must have trust.
Trust is important in this mutual relationship of ours. I make (sometimes weird) things and you say “that looks so good!” or “that looks… interesting…” or “what were you thinking?!” Even when we both know that it is weird, that I am weird. Fortunately for you, looks can be deceiving. So make these weirdo cupcakes and please your tongue. Take a big chewy bite and experience the softest, smoothest cupcake with the freshest taste you can imagine. They will rock your (weird) world. I don’t lie.
Brown Sugar Banana Cupcakes
makes 12-20 cupcakes, depending on your scoop
1 1/3 cups flour
1 1/4 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
pinch of nutmeg
1 egg
3/4 cup brown sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
3 large ripe bananas, mashed
1/4 cup sour cream
1/2 cup butter, melted
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Line a muffin tin with cupcake liners.
Combine dry flour, salt, baking soda, cinnamon and nutmeg and set aside. In a bowl, whisk egg and add brown sugar, mixing until smooth. Stir in vanilla extract. Add sour cream and melted butter and mix. Stir in dry ingredients, then add mashed bananas and mix until batter comes together. The batter will be thick. Using an ice cream scoop or 1/4 cup measure, scoop batter in liners. Bake for 15-18 minutes. Let cool completely.
Avocado Buttercream
2 ripe avocados
2 tablespoons butter, softened
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
4 cups powdered sugar
pinch of salt
Cream avocado and butter together until smooth. With the mixer on low speed, add powdered sugar one cup at a time. Sprinkle in a pinch of salt and add vanilla. More sugar can be added if you’d like the frosting thicker. Frosting can be store in the fridge for up to 3 days. I recommend refrigerating the cupcakes.
Less weirdness coming tomorrow. That’s a (delicious) promise.
223 Comments on “Brown Sugar Banana Cupcakes with Avocado Buttercream.”
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Umm, NOT weird at all. I can imagine just how delicious these are!!!! Love the pale green from the avocado. :)
These sound awesome! I’m very curious to try them. I’m wondering – do you think I could pass them off as muffins, or are they really too sweet for that? I’m doing “Brinner” with some friends and I want to make these, but I want something like cheesecake for dessert, too.
I think they may be a bit too sweet and have too much frosting (the frosting is very sweet too) for muffins… what if you replaced the all purpose flour with whole wheat and then just did a light coating of the frosting?
I will give that a try! Thanks for the suggestion!
OMG!!! I’m making these and adding the damn coconut cuz I’m crazy like that lol! These look great! Thanks
xo
Mindy
No lie. These look awesome!!
they sound delicious to me, but i love to combine my favorite foods into homemade concoctions. my hubbie thinks i’m crazy too, but i say he’s way too traditional, aka boring!
…I’m intrigued. Though I would not think to make buttercream with avocado…why not? I’m game.
These look very interesting. I should just try them and not tell people what is in them. I don’t think coworkers would eat them if they knew that had avocado.
These look amazing! And great for summer parties! I love avocado in sweet things! Down here in Cali, Avacado shakes are popular! YUM!
Wow, what a unique cupcake! I found your blog recently and I absolutely love it.
I have so many recipes I want to try!
Thanks Susie!
ahhh this isnt weird! Its fantastical weird!!! hjdzhkdjjaskdhks must.bake.these.now.
and must find some ripe avocados so i dont have to wait a week to try these!
ah and the green color is just amazing!
I wonder if you could make a avocado cream cheese frosting for it? Im more partial to cream cheese frosting than butter cream.. i mean butter, cream cheese, sugar, vanilla.. whatcould be better??
also i would feel the need to splash tobasco on it. i must eat avocados with tobasco i mean ugh just its so good. not sure about tobasco on cupcakes. im willing to try
Don’t know if I could get behind a tobasco cupcake.
Wow. Avocado buttercream. I …. I’m speechless. I guess I can’t diss it ’til I try it!
Those look so cute! In a not weird way. Love the avocado color too :D
I love the green frosting, these look fun to try :)
Since these have bananas and avocados in them, that means they’re like, totally healthy, right? And I can eat 3487346 of them and the calories won’t count? =] Looks delicious!
Yesssss.
That color of frosting is simply brilliant. Love it.
Truly, this look fantastic. Banana? Avocado? Cupcake? Yes please.
Not a fan of avocado anything but the banana cupcakes look yummy. I will have to give then a try but I think I will need peanutbutter icing instead! Thanks for sharing.
I trust you.
When people think of avocados, they usually think guacamole, but that’s like saying butter can only be used on bread. I don’t know why no one has thought of this before.
Those look amazing! I made an chocolate avocado cake with avocado buttercream about a month ago off of Joy The Baker’s website, it was delicious. I can imagine these are as well.. and I have two avocados sitting in my fridge :)
p.s. I order some blueberry balsamic last week and it just arrived today.. let the fun begin!
Some people say butter or avocado. You say both. I love you.
These actually sound dreamy. Recipe noted! :)
I’m not sure these cupcakes are even going to make it to the refrigerator, but thanks for the tip ;)
I’m very intrigued! I love anything to do with bananas and the avocado buttercream looks divine. So smooth and silky. Love it :-)
I can’t imagine these are anything BUT amazing. They’re so springy, too!
I can totally get on the banana train with this recipe. And avocado buttercream sounds heavenly to me.
You must be reading my mind because I have been eating avocados all the time lately. It doesn’t hurt I live in southern California where they are everywhere! So combining the deliciousness of avocado with butter and sugar – what’s not to love??
You are lucky! They cost a million dollars here.
I love that you’re weird. :)
ahhhh these look sooo purty!! love the green–my fave color. In fact, I may only eat the whole batch just b/c of the color haha. I bet even greek yogurt could go in instead of the sour cream? :D
I am totally making these…so different, but good, I’m sure
Between this and Maria’s avocado ice cream, I’m starting to think I need to get on the bandwagon…I’m sure they taste amazing, but I’m most enamored with the bright green frosting!
Avocadoe ice cream sounds delicious!! I’ve never had it, although I’ve had corn ice cream, that is great!! Like cornbread and when sprinkled with cinnamon it’s amazing :)
This is how much I love your blog: I don’t like avocados (welll… I’ve never HAD an avocado), but I want to eat about seven of these for breakfast. At least it’s a vegetable. That makes it healthy, right?
Right. But I REALLY think you need to try an avocado!
I love that avocado buttercream – So creative, and I bet absolutely delicious with the banana cupcake! You continue to amaze, Jessica, and I can’t look away. :)
You had me at sour cream…
so want to try this!
hmmm, to trust or not trust, that is the question :P
Lately you have been trying very interesting combos….I like. I might have to give these a try. And as always, your pictures are amazing!!
Thanks Sarah!
i’m on board for the banana part, but the avocado is what is throwing me off right now! i’m not above trying it though :)
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Wow, the frosting on these look so pretty! I love the interesting green color from the avocados and it’s all natural coloring!
I am both intrigued and scared… which means I will have to try it. Does it taste like mashed avocado? Or do the sugar and vanilla make it taste like vanilla with a hint of avocado?
It takes like frosting with a hint of avocado. My brother and I couldn’t stop eating them and he said it perfectly: when you bite into it, you get a hint of avocado and then you finish with the banana flavor. So good!
You have convinced me – I will be trying this frosting soon!
Is that Mr. How Sweet in the background? If so, is he actually wearing sleeves?!!
Hahaha… Of course not! He never wears sleeves! That’s my brother. ;)
Yum! And healthy too – done deal.
WAIT! Avocado buttercream? You-just-blew-my-mind.
Very pretty, but I don’t think I can do it. Too scary!
That Avocado Buttercream is freakin’ brilliant!!!!!!!
Hmmm….I’ll have to trust you on the avocado buttercream! Sounds interesting but I can’t see myself making it anytime soon.
ok first off your photography skills are amazing! that last pic of mr how sweet holding the cupcake is amazing!!
second of all…did you make this up?! this is cupcake wars worthy with teh creativity!! love it! :)
Brown sugar in banana cupcakes? I love it. I recently tried the avocado and banana combo – I am still on the fence, but would be willing to give it another try :)