Recipe Banana Cupcakes with Cream Cheese Frosting

Makes 12 cupcakes

Cupcakes:
1 1/4 cups all purpose flour
1 1/2 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp baking soda
1/4 tsp salt
2 very large or 3 small bananas, peeled
1/2 cup sour cream
1 1/2 tsp vanilla
3/4 Cup sugar
1 stick unsalted butter, room temp
1 large egg
1 large egg yolk

Position rack in center of oven and preheat to 350. Line 12 standard muffin cups with paper liners. Whisk flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt in medium bowl to blend. Mash bananas with fork in another medium bowl until smooth. mix sour cream and vanilla into bananas.
Using electric mixer, beat sugar and butter in large bowl until light and fluffy, about 3 min. Add egg and egg yolk, beat until well blended. Add flour mixture in 3 additions alternately with banana-sour cream mixture in 2 additions, biginning and ending with flour mixture and beating just until blended after each addition. Divide batter among prepared muffin cups (generous 1/4 C for each)
If you want to make cake layers instead, double this recipe and use 2 8 or 9 inch round pans.

Bake cupcakes until tester inserted into center comes out with a few crumbs attached, about 20 minutes. Transfer to rack and let cool. For layer cakes, test after 20 min, may take 5 min longer.

Cream Cheese Frosting

2 8oz. pkg cream cheese
1 stick unsalted butter
1 Tblsp. vanilla
2 1/2 C powdered sugar
Beat cream cheese and butter in bowl until smooth. Add vanilla and powdered sugar. Beat until smooth.
This recipe will frost a 2 layer cake, cut it in 1/2 if you are only making 12 cupcakes.