Banana Caramel Cupcakes with Caramel Cream Cheese Frosting

I’ve been going caramel crazy lately. I made a ton of batches of both my Homemade Caramel Sauce and my Homemade Salted Caramel Sauce and have been topping EVERYTHING with it. I can’t help it. The stuff is addictive.

As great a topping as caramel sauce makes, there was no way in hell that was all I was gonna use it for. So to put my Homemade Caramel Sauce to better use, I swirled some into this banana bread and stuffed some inside these cupcakes. Those recipes were a caramel dream come true, but I still had loads of caramel sauce, so I thought “what the hell? Let’s bake more desserts!”

Banana Caramel Cupcakes with Caramel Cream Cheese Frosting

Ingredients

• 1 recipe of my Homemade Caramel Sauce

Banana Cupcakes:

• 1 and ½ cups all purpose flour
• 1 and ½ tsp baking powder
• ½ tsp baking soda
• ½ tsp salt
• ½ tsp ground cinnamon (optional)
• ½ cup unsalted butter, room temperature
• ¾ cup granulated sugar
• ¼ cup light brown sugar, packed
• 2 Tbsp vegetable oil
• ½ cup sour cream, room temperature
• 1 and ½ tsp pure vanilla extract
• 2 large eggs, room temperature
• 2-3 overripe large bananas, puréed or mashed (about 1 and ½ cups)

Caramel Cream Cheese Frosting:

• ½ cup Unsalted Butter, room temperature
• 1 (8 oz.) package full-fat cream cheese, room temperature
• 1 tsp pure vanilla extract
• 4 cups Powdered Sugar, sifted
• ¼ cup caramel sauce (recipe above)
• ¼ tsp salt

Optional Garnishes:

• Toffee Bits
• Extra Caramel Sauce
• Fresh Sliced Bananas

Instructions

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