Best Banana Cupcakes - cooking recipe

Ingredients

2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt
3/4 cup butter, softened (1 1/2 sticks)
1 1/2 cups granulated sugar
3 eggs
1 1/2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
2 large ripe bananas, mashed
3/4 cup sour cream
frosting (your favorite)

Preparation

Preheat oven 350\u00b0F.
In large bowl, cream butter and sugar with electric mixer until light and fluffy.
In medium bowl, combine flour, baking soda, and salt; set aside.
Add eggs, vanilla and banana; mix well.
Add flour mixture alternately with sour cream; blend thoroughly but do not over-mix.
Pour into paper lined cupcake pans. We fill them almost to the top for big cupcakes with \"muffin tops\".
Bake 20-25 minutes or until toothpick inserted comes out clean.
Cool 10 minutes in pan on rack; remove and cool completely before frosting as desired.
(We used half of a container of vanilla frosting with some banana extract. Cream cheese frosting would also work well here.).