Frostings and Icings

Banana Buttercream Frosting

Banana Buttercream Frosting, made from scratch, using a fresh banana and banana extract, for the ultimate banana flavor!  If you need a banana buttercream frosting, this is the frosting for you!  This frosting would be great on top of yellow cupcakes, vanilla cupcakes, chocolate cupcakes, peanut butter cupcakes and so many other cupcake flavors!

The key to this frosting is one banana.  Ripe, but not over ripe.  Don’t use a brown banana like we would in banana bread!  And I love this frosting because we use COLD butter.  No waiting around for the butter to come to that perfect room temperature.

Mash your banana so there are no chunks.

Banana Buttercream Frosting

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Serves: 30 Cupcakes Cooking Time: 0-minutes

Ingredients

  • 1-1/2 cups unsalted butter, cold and cut into cubes
  • 1 ripe banana, mashed
  • 1-1/2 teaspoons banana extract
  • 6-7 cups powdered sugar, divided
  • 1/2 teaspoon lemon juice
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract (I used Vain Madagascar Vanilla Extracted in Cane Rum)
  • 2 tablespoons heavy whipping cream

Instructions

1

In the bowl of a stand mixer, affixed with the paddle attachment, add the cubed butter into the bowl. Mix on medium-high speed for 7-minutes, scraping down the sides of the bowl as needed.

2

Change the mixer speed to low and add the mashed banana, and two cups of powdered sugar. Mix on low until incorporated. Add one teaspoon of banana extract and one teaspoon of vanilla extract into the mixture and mix until combined.

3

Add two more cups of powdered sugar to the mixer and mix on low until combined. Increase the speed of the mixer to medium-high speed and beat for 3-minutes.

4

Add the last 2 cups of powdered sugar, the heavy whipping cream, the lemon juice and the 1/2 teaspoon of banana extract to the mixer. Beat on low until all ingredients are incorporated. Increase the speed of the mixer to medium-high speed and beat the frosting for 5-minutes.

5

Frost onto cooled cupcakes.

Notes

This frosting is a little softer than the other frostings I usually pipe. You can add another cup of powdered sugar to your frosting, if you want a firmer texture. I piped the frosting and it held its swirl just fine, but if you are using a more intricate piping tip, you might want the texture a little firmer.

Now you are ready to pipe your frosting onto your cupcakes!  I piped my Banana Buttercream Frosting onto Yellow Cupcakes with Mini Chocolate Chips.

What flavor cupcake would you top with this Banana Buttercream Frosting??

XOXO,

Kelly

PS- I have linked this recipe up at the following link parties: The Pin Junkie, Sugar and Spice, Pretty Pintastic Party, Meal Plan Monday.

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34 Comments

  • Reply
    Maria Doss
    August 29, 2017 at 8:05 AM

    Fresh banana buttercream?? I wouldn’t bother using it on a cupcake – The bowl and a spoon, and I’d be a happy camper. Have a great week Kelly:)

    • Reply
      Kelly
      August 30, 2017 at 3:09 PM

      Hehehe I totally like your style Maria!! I am totally down with that 🙂 Have a great week too! XOXO

  • Reply
    Amy
    August 29, 2017 at 10:33 AM

    Banana buttercream frosting!!! What’s not to love? It may make it’s way to a cake, but I’m afraid that more of it would get eaten than the cake.

    • Reply
      Kelly
      August 30, 2017 at 3:11 PM

      Thanks Amy! Just eating this with a spoon is totally acceptable too heheheh 😉 XOXO

  • Reply
    Kelsie | the itsy-bitsy kitchen
    August 29, 2017 at 4:28 PM

    Please just let me eat a vat of this. I loooove bananas so much so this frosting is my dream come true!

    • Reply
      Kelly
      August 30, 2017 at 3:12 PM

      Hehehehe then you TOTALLY need to make this!! Just eat it with a spoon 😉 XOXO

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    heather (delicious not gorgeous)
    August 29, 2017 at 11:10 PM

    love how banana-y this sounds! and i’m surprised it’s so snow white; i would have thought that the banana would have oxidized, so i’m in awe of how not brown it is lol.

    • Reply
      Kelly
      August 30, 2017 at 3:14 PM

      Me too Heather! It was an experiment that worked! I am guessing because the banana is ripe, but not brown, and the added lemon juice helps keep the frosting white 🙂

  • Reply
    Milena | Craft Beering
    August 30, 2017 at 11:08 AM

    This will be perfect to smother over an entire loaf of banana bread! Can you imagine?? Mmmm….

    • Reply
      Kelly
      August 30, 2017 at 3:16 PM

      OMG Milena!!! What a fabulous idea!! Now I am craving banana bread smothered with this banana buttercream hehehe. XOXO 🙂

  • Reply
    Deepika|TheLoveOfCakes
    August 31, 2017 at 8:35 AM

    I am wondering how I have never thought of this!! This is such a great frosting!! It’s so versatile.. Love bananas and love this!!

    • Reply
      Kelly
      August 31, 2017 at 9:28 PM

      Thanks Deepika! It is super yummy frosting…you could put it on anything 😉 XOXO

  • Reply
    Melissa
    September 6, 2017 at 5:23 PM

    Gosh Kelly, I don’t even like sweets much but every time I see one of your recipes my stomach starts growling and I have to go to the kitchen to get something sweet to eat!! This looks just as amazing as your other recipes so I’m pinning it to my cake board for later-Thanks for another delicious recipe!

    • Reply
      Kelly
      September 7, 2017 at 11:06 AM

      Awesome! Thanks Melissa! This buttercream was so yummy. It does not disappoint. 🙂 XOXO

  • Reply
    Jodie
    September 6, 2017 at 5:47 PM

    I’ve made a lot of things banana, but not banana butter cream frosting = yum!
    Thanks for sharing at reader tip tuesday last week. Hoping to see you at this week’s party:
    http://www.jodiefitz.com/2017/09/05/reader-tip-tuesday-weeks-craft-recipe-party-2/

    • Reply
      Kelly
      September 7, 2017 at 11:07 AM

      Thanks Jodie! XOXO

  • Reply
    Veronica Cortes
    March 20, 2018 at 3:23 PM

    Can this frosting be stored in the fridge then sit at room temp before frosting?

    • Reply
      Kelly
      March 21, 2018 at 8:28 AM

      Hi Veronica! Yes, that should be okay. Because it has real bananas in it, you might see some discoloration in the frosting though. Let me know if it works for you!

      • Reply
        Veronica Cortes
        March 22, 2018 at 9:58 AM

        Thank you, I just made it last night and it was delicious! I have plenty left over and so far, no discoloration! This is a keeper and a hit!

        • Reply
          Kelly
          March 22, 2018 at 5:43 PM

          Awesome!! Thanks Veronica! I am so happy you loved this recipe…you totally made my day 🙂 XOXO

          • Veronica Cortes
            March 23, 2018 at 8:52 AM

            xoxo

  • Reply
    Nicole
    April 3, 2020 at 8:44 AM

    Hi! What would you recommend for smoothing out the butter if you don’t have a stand mixer? Would it be better to soften first?

    • Reply
      Kelly
      April 3, 2020 at 12:27 PM

      Hmmmmm….Do you have a hand mixer?? That would work too. Otherwise you can try room temperature butter and a lot of elbow grease to whip the frosting!!

  • Reply
    Saana Shah
    September 11, 2020 at 5:19 PM

    can you put this on top of banana bread?

    • Reply
      Kelly
      September 11, 2020 at 5:25 PM

      Sure!! I’m sure that would be banana-licious!!!

  • Reply
    Ollie
    May 24, 2021 at 6:45 PM

    Sadly, this ended up coming out more banana scented than banana flavored. How do you think using a more browned banana (for the extra oomph) would affect the overall texture of the frosting?

    • Reply
      Kelly
      May 24, 2021 at 7:01 PM

      I would probably add more banana extract first. Or try carmelizing the banana in a pan in brown sugar. Just let it cool completely before adding to the frosting. I haven’t tried this though, so I can’t promise it will work. You can try adding an additional banana but you might need to add more powdered sugar in order to get a frosting consistency. Hope this helps!

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  • Reply
    Lidia
    October 4, 2022 at 8:32 AM

    Will the frosting turn brown from the banana?

    • Reply
      Kelly
      October 4, 2022 at 5:24 PM

      Mine didn’t. Best used within 2-3 days.

  • Reply
    Shannin
    October 26, 2022 at 3:50 PM

    I actually used it on my granddaughters banana and chocolate cake. I did a layer of banana cake that I doctored up and a layer of chocolate cake and I made a creamy banana/Nutella frosting like filling in between the two layers then decorated the cake with this frosting. SO DELICIOUS!!!

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      Kelly
      October 27, 2022 at 4:59 AM

      That is AWESOME!! Thank you so much! I am so happy that you made this and loved it. Thanks for coming back to comment 🙂 XOXOXO

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