Banana Pudding Cupcakes

These incredible Banana Pudding Cupcakes are a fun family baking project and the kiddos can help, too. Tender baked vanilla cupcakes are filled with a super simple banana cream filling and chunks of bananas then topped with whipped cream and a sprinkle of crushed vanilla wafers. They’re the epitome of homestyle goodies that are always a hit whenever they’re served.

We love cupcakes at our house!  What’s not to love, right?  The versatility of flavor combinations and fillings is only limited by your imagination.  They don’t require forks or spoons and… they’re portable!  I often make not just frosted but, filled cupcakes and have for many many years.  Long before there was a show on TV highlighting creative cupcakes in all flavors.  My lifelong obsession with banana pudding brought this particular cupcake to life, and it remains one of my most downloaded recipes to date.

I’ve had brides who loved these banana pudding goodies so much they served them at their wedding reception. Now, that’s true cupcake love. My dream for this banana pudding cupcake was to combine two desserts to make one delectable handheld treat and that’s exactly what it does.  If you prefer to bake completely from scratch, you may prefer to use my recipe for Old Fashioned Butter Cake in place of the cake mix. My family refers to these cupcakes as “portable banana pudding.” It doesn’t get any better than that.

Ingredients
Cupcakes:

• 1 box vanilla cake mix plus ingredients to prepare (Use whole milk or buttermilk in place of water)
• OR from scratch using 1 recipe Old Fashioned Butter Cake
• For the filling:
• 1 [8 oz] container spreadable light cream cheese softened
• 1 [14 oz] can sweetened condensed milk
• 1 cup whole milk
• 1 [3.4 oz] package instant vanilla pudding mix
• 1 [16 oz] container frozen whipped topping thawed & divided
• 3 bananas
• 1 tsp pure vanilla extract
• 1 cup crushed vanilla wafer crumbs for garnishing

Instructions

1. To prepare the cupcakes: Preheat the oven to 350°F and line two 12 cup muffin tins with liners.
2. Prepare the cake mix per the instructions on the box using milk or buttermilk in place of the water. Use the same quantity of eggs recommended by the package directions. Bake the cupcakes per the directions then set aside to cool. (From scratch Old Fashioned Butter Cake)
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