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
Print RecipeIngredients
- 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
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
Maria Doss
August 29, 2017 at 8:05 AMFresh 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:)
Kelly
August 30, 2017 at 3:09 PMHehehe I totally like your style Maria!! I am totally down with that 🙂 Have a great week too! XOXO
Amy
August 29, 2017 at 10:33 AMBanana 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.
Kelly
August 30, 2017 at 3:11 PMThanks Amy! Just eating this with a spoon is totally acceptable too heheheh 😉 XOXO
Kelsie | the itsy-bitsy kitchen
August 29, 2017 at 4:28 PMPlease just let me eat a vat of this. I loooove bananas so much so this frosting is my dream come true!
Kelly
August 30, 2017 at 3:12 PMHehehehe then you TOTALLY need to make this!! Just eat it with a spoon 😉 XOXO
heather (delicious not gorgeous)
August 29, 2017 at 11:10 PMlove 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.
Kelly
August 30, 2017 at 3:14 PMMe 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 🙂
Milena | Craft Beering
August 30, 2017 at 11:08 AMThis will be perfect to smother over an entire loaf of banana bread! Can you imagine?? Mmmm….
Kelly
August 30, 2017 at 3:16 PMOMG Milena!!! What a fabulous idea!! Now I am craving banana bread smothered with this banana buttercream hehehe. XOXO 🙂
Deepika|TheLoveOfCakes
August 31, 2017 at 8:35 AMI am wondering how I have never thought of this!! This is such a great frosting!! It’s so versatile.. Love bananas and love this!!
Kelly
August 31, 2017 at 9:28 PMThanks Deepika! It is super yummy frosting…you could put it on anything 😉 XOXO
Melissa
September 6, 2017 at 5:23 PMGosh 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!
Kelly
September 7, 2017 at 11:06 AMAwesome! Thanks Melissa! This buttercream was so yummy. It does not disappoint. 🙂 XOXO
Jodie
September 6, 2017 at 5:47 PMI’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/
Kelly
September 7, 2017 at 11:07 AMThanks Jodie! XOXO
Veronica Cortes
March 20, 2018 at 3:23 PMCan this frosting be stored in the fridge then sit at room temp before frosting?
Kelly
March 21, 2018 at 8:28 AMHi 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!
Veronica Cortes
March 22, 2018 at 9:58 AMThank 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!
Kelly
March 22, 2018 at 5:43 PMAwesome!! Thanks Veronica! I am so happy you loved this recipe…you totally made my day 🙂 XOXO
Veronica Cortes
March 23, 2018 at 8:52 AMxoxo
Nicole
April 3, 2020 at 8:44 AMHi! What would you recommend for smoothing out the butter if you don’t have a stand mixer? Would it be better to soften first?
Kelly
April 3, 2020 at 12:27 PMHmmmmm….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!!
Saana Shah
September 11, 2020 at 5:19 PMcan you put this on top of banana bread?
Kelly
September 11, 2020 at 5:25 PMSure!! I’m sure that would be banana-licious!!!
Ollie
May 24, 2021 at 6:45 PMSadly, 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?
Kelly
May 24, 2021 at 7:01 PMI 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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Lidia
October 4, 2022 at 8:32 AMWill the frosting turn brown from the banana?
Kelly
October 4, 2022 at 5:24 PMMine didn’t. Best used within 2-3 days.
Shannin
October 26, 2022 at 3:50 PMI 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!!!
Kelly
October 27, 2022 at 4:59 AMThat is AWESOME!! Thank you so much! I am so happy that you made this and loved it. Thanks for coming back to comment 🙂 XOXOXO