"Why does it smell like bacon in here?" Recipe
Ingredients
- Ingredients for cupcakes:
- 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 1/2 tsp baking powder
- 1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 1 cup sugar
- 1/2 cup unsalted butter, melted and then cooled
- 2 eggs
- 1 tsp maple extract (I didn't have the extract so I used 1 tablespoon maple syrup)
- 1/2 cup milk
- 10-12 slices bacon
- Ingredients for Maple Buttercream:
- 2 cups confectioner's sugar
- 3/4 cup unsalted butter, at room temperature
- 2 tablespoons pure maple syrup
- 1/2 teaspoon maple extract
- Pinch of salt
Directions
- Directions for Cupcakes:
- 1. Preheat oven to 350F and line baking pan with paper liners.
- 2. Cook bacon in batches by preferred method until browned, but still slightly flexible. Soak up any extra oil on paper towels and set aside to cool. Once bacon is cooled enough to handle, cut a couple slices of bacon into inch-long pieces. This will be the decoration on top of the cupcake, so make as many as you think you'll need. Set aside. Chop or tear the remaining bacon into tiny pieces. Set aside.
- 3. In a small bowl, mix together flour, baking powder, cinnamon and salt.
- 4. In a large bowl, whisk together butter, sugar and eggs until smooth. Whisk in maple extract. Alternately whisk in flour mixture and milk, making three additions of flour mix and two of milk, beating until smooth. Fold in small bacon pieces. Mix until evenly distributed throughout batter.
- 5. Scoop batter into prepared pan and bake 20-25 minutes until golden brown and tops spring back when lightly touched. Let cool in pan on a rack for 10 minutes, then remove from pan and cool completely.
- Directions for Maple Buttercream:
- 1. In a bowl with an electric mixer, beat butter until light and fluffy. Add maple syrup, maple extract, and salt, and beat until well combined. Add confectioner's sugar, half cup at a time, and beat until smooth and fluffy, about 5 minutes.
- 2. Frost or pipe onto cooled cupcakes. Top with inch-long bacon pieces.
- (I wanted a lighter frosting. So I only used 1 cup of confectioners' sugar. But I whipped to stiff peaks, 8 ounces of heavy whipping. Then folded it into the frosting.)
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Nutrition Facts
| Amount Per Serving | %DV |
|---|---|
| Serving Size 106g | |
| Recipe makes 14 servings | |
| Calories 442 | |
| Calories from Fat 247 | 56% |
| Total Fat 27.77g | 35% |
| Saturated Fat 14.21g | 57% |
| Trans Fat 0.0g | |
| Cholesterol 87mg | 29% |
| Sodium 392mg | 16% |
| Potassium 94mg | 3% |
| Total Carbs 44.17g | 12% |
| Dietary Fiber 0.4g | 1% |
| Sugars 33.32g | 22% |
| Protein 5.27g | 8% |
