YUMMY MAPLE BACON CUPCAKES

Yummy Maple Bacon Cupcakes image

This recipe was given to me by a close friend. I was headed to a bacon party and the dessert list was quite limited. These cupcakes were eaten before the entrees and disappeared quickly! The bacon is the clincher. It is a must and the buttermilk in the batter makes it taste amazing.

Provided by lucky26

Categories Meat and Poultry Recipes Pork

Time 1h

Yield 48

Number Of Ingredients 18

Previous Next

Ingredients

1 ½ cups white sugar
½ cup butter, softened
2 eggs
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
2 cups all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
½ teaspoon baking powder
½ teaspoon baking soda
¼ teaspoon salt
¼ teaspoon ground nutmeg
1 ⅓ cups buttermilk
½ cup butter, softened
¼ cup shortening
½ cup maple syrup
1 pinch salt
2 ½ cups confectioners' sugar
6 strips cooked bacon, crumbled
1 teaspoon raw sugar, or as desired

Steps:

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Fill 48 mini muffin cups with paper liners.
Beat sugar and butter together in a large bowl using an electric mixer until fluffy. Add eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in vanilla extract.
Combine flour, cinnamon, baking powder, baking soda, salt, and nutmeg in a medium bowl. Add to the sugar mixture, 1/2 cup at a time, alternating with buttermilk. Mix well after each addition. Fill muffin cups 2/3 full of batter.
Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center of a cupcake comes out clean, 18 to 21 minutes. Cool completely on a wire rack before frosting, at least 20 minutes.
Beat butter and shortening together until fluffy to start the frosting. Beat in maple syrup and salt. Add confectioners' sugar; beat until smooth. Frost the cooled cupcakes and sprinkle bacon crumbles and raw sugar on top.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 127.3 calories, Carbohydrate 19.5 g, Cholesterol 18.2 mg, Fat 5.2 g, Fiber 0.2 g, Protein 1.1 g, SaturatedFat 2.8 g, Sodium 71.4 mg, Sugar 15.1 g