Grandpa Z’s Light & Fluffy Banana Cupcakes
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How to Make Grandpa Z’s Light & Fluffy Banana Cupcakes
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These cupcakes are a piece of my childhood… something we always had at Grandma and Grandpa’s! I can remember the smell of the kitchen when my mom would make these… and just how much I loved them!
Below is the actual recipe, which was a cake… and this was typed out by my Grandpa so many years ago on his typewriter. Grandpa is gone now, but this is something that always reminds me of him. He was such an amazing Grandpa to all of us grandkids (12 of us including cousins) so this is an extra special recipe that I am excited to share with all of you!
These are great topped with my Nutella Frosting like in the photo or with a lemon cream cheese frosting!
Enjoy!
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Grandpa Z’s Banana Cupcakes
These cupcakes are a piece of my childhood… something we always had at Grandma and Grandpa’s! I can remember the smell of the kitchen when my mom would make these… and just how much I loved them!
Ingredients:
- 1 1/2 teaspoon lemon juice
- 1/2 cup milk
- 1/2 Cup Butter
- 1 cup Sugar
- 2 cups flour
- 2 eggs , separated
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 2 teaspoons of baking powder
- pinch of salt
- 3 ripe bananas , mashed
Directions:
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
- Add lemon juice to 1/2 cup measuring cup. Top to 1/2 cup with milk, stir and set aside.
- Beat egg whites on high until stiff peaks form and set aside.
- In a separate bowl, cream together butter and sugar.
- Add in yolks and 4 tablespoons of the milk mixture (you can discard the rest).
- Mix together flour, baking powder, baking soda & salt. Slowly add to butter mixture.
- Stir in bananas.
- Gently fold in egg white mixture.
- Bake for 17-20 min or until cupcakes spring back when lightly touched.
- Allow to cool and frost with Nutella Frosting
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Holly
Holly is a wine and cheese lover, recipe creator, shopping enthusiast and self appointed foodie. Her greatest passion is creating in the kitchen and making deliciously comforting recipes for the everyday home cook!
These look absolutely yummy! I will be making these tmrw! :)
…Mmmmm…These look delicious…Thank you for the recipe !!!!
These sound just like my grandma’s cupcake recipes!!! I will have to make these ones to try out as they sound super yummy!
Yummy!!! These are delicious. I love the old recipe picture.
No oven temp. Is noted in the cupcake recipe. Is it the same as in Grandpa Z’s typed recipe card for the Banana Cake? 375 F?
Also- I’ve made banana bread, but others may be unsure about the bananas. Assume they need to be mashed with a fork, but the Cupcake recipe only noted 3 ripe bananas. And in the Instructions, #6 notes Stir in bananas.
Hi Linda,
These are baked at 375. Yes, the bananas will need to be mashed.
Great recipe!!! Definitely a keeper – thank you so much!
I’m so glad you loved it Melissa. As I’m sure you know, this recipe is near and dear to my heart. :)
Loved the cupcakes!
I am so glad you enjoyed this recipe!
Just took these out of the oven and they look awesome! I was able to make 16 cupcakes thst are nucekt mounded. I made a badic chicolsye buttercream frosting for them. I really loved seeing Grsmoa Z’s typed recipes! Thanks for sharing.
I hope you enjoyed this recipe Deb!
Sounds fabulous— Considering the cupcakes will rise while baking, could you recommend how high to fill each cup with the batter to make it bloom fully, yet not overflow?
Thanks so much!
If you divide the batter evenly between the 18 cupcakes, they should bake perfectly!