Hummingbird Cupcakes

May 01, 2013

Carrot cake (minus the carrot) meets banana bread meets aloha bread in these delicious cupcakes that are topped with cream cheese frosting! Who doesn't love that?! I used a large ice cream scoop (Pampered Chef) and got 33 cupcakes out of this recipe! The best part is, they are only 100 calories each if you make them small so you can have two (or three!)

3/4 c. all purpose flour
3/4 c. white whole wheat flour
1 c. sugar
2 t. baking soda
1 t. salt
1t. ground cinnamon
1/4 t. nutmeg
1/4 t. ground ginger
2 T. canola oil
2 large eggs
1 t. vanilla extract
2 c. mashed ripe bananas (about 4 large bananas)
20 can crushed pineapple, undrained
1/2 c. chopped pecans, optional (I did not use pecans)

For the frosting:

1 (8 oz.) brick 1/3 less fat cream cheese at room temperature
1 c. powdered sugar
2 t. vanilla extract
33 pecan halves for topping (if desired)

For the cupcakes: Preheat the oven to 350. Line cupcakes tins with paper liners and set aside. In a large bowl place flour (white and whole wheat), sugar, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, nutmeg and ground...
See the full directions on my site

Nutritions

Calories
331

Sodium
177mg
7% DV

Fat
6g
9% DV

Protein
9g
19% DV

Carbs
61g
20% DV

Fiber
5g
20% DV