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Hummingbird Cupcakes

Name: Hummingbird Cupcakes
Prep time: 40 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 60 min
Yield: 2 dozen.
Ingredients: 1 cup butter, softened; 2 cups sugar; 3 large eggs, room temperature; 2 teaspoons vanilla extract; 2 cups mashed ripe bananas; 1/2 cup drained canned crushed pineapple; 3 cups all-purpose flour; 1 teaspoon baking soda; 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon; 1/2 teaspoon salt; 1 cup sweetened shredded coconut; 1 cup chopped walnuts; CREAM CHEESE FROSTING:; 1 package (8 ounces) cream cheese, softened; 1/2 cup butter, softened; 3-3/4 cups confectioners' sugar; 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

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Total Time

Prep: 40 min. Bake: 20 min. + cooling

Makes

2 dozen

Updated: May. 05, 2023

Turn the traditional hummingbird cake—flavored with pineapple, bananas and walnuts—into a bite-sized treat with these moist cupcakes. —Jessie Oleson, Santa Fe, New Mexico

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Ingredients

1 cup butter, softened
2 cups sugar
3 large eggs, room temperature
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
2 cups mashed ripe bananas
1/2 cup drained canned crushed pineapple
3 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 cup sweetened shredded coconut
1 cup chopped walnuts
CREAM CHEESE FROSTING:
1 package (8 ounces) cream cheese, softened
1/2 cup butter, softened
3-3/4 cups confectioners' sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Directions

In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy, 5-7 minutes. Add eggs, 1 at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in vanilla. In a small bowl, combine bananas and pineapple.
Combine the flour, baking soda, cinnamon and salt; add to the creamed mixture alternately with banana mixture, beating well after each addition. Fold in coconut and walnuts.
Fill 24 paper-lined muffin cups about two-thirds full. Bake at 350° until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean, 20-25 minutes. Cool the cupcakes for 10 minutes before removing from pans to wire racks to cool completely.
In a small bowl, beat cream cheese and butter until fluffy. Add confectioners’ sugar and vanilla; beat until smooth. Frost cupcakes.

Nutrition Facts

1 cupcake: 410 calories, 20g fat (11g saturated fat), 67mg cholesterol, 230mg sodium, 56g carbohydrate (39g sugars, 2g fiber), 4g protein.

Hummingbird Cupcakes

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