Maple Bacon Cupcakes

Name: Maple Bacon Cupcakes
Prep time: 45 min
Total time: 1 h
Ingredients: 1½ cups all-purpose flour; 1 teaspoon baking powder; ½ teaspoon baking soda; ½ teaspoon salt; ½ cup (1 stick) unsalted butter, room temperature; ½ cup light brown sugar, packed; 2 large eggs, room temperature; ¼ cup pure maple syrup; ½ teaspoon pure vanilla extract; 2½ cups confectioners’ sugar, sifted; ½ cup cocoa powder, sifted; ¾ cup (1½ sticks) unsalted butter, room temperature; ⅓ cup buttermilk; 4 slices Candied Bacon; 2 tablespoons heavy cream, more or less as needed; ⅛ teaspoon maple extract* (optional); 2 tablespoons maple syrup

Bacon: It’s what’s for Dessert

Preparation info

Makes
12
cupcakes

Difficulty
Easy
Ready in
1 hr

Appears in

Breakfast for Dinner

By Lindsay Landis and Taylor Hackbarth

Published 2013

About

Though the recent food trend of incorporating bacon into dessert can be overdone, we think that, when used strategically, this crisp and salty breakfast meat can enhance a sweet treat in miraculous ways. These maple-infused cupcakes feature a simple candied bacon topping, but that tiny addition makes all the difference.

Ingredients

For Cupcakes

1½ cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
½

Dinner
Dessert
Breakfast

Method

Preheat oven to 350°F. Line a muffin pan with cupcake papers.
In a bowl, sift together flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. Set aside.
In a large mixing bowl or the bowl of a stand mixer, beat together butter and brown sugar with an e