Eggnog Cupcakes – My Cake College

These moist eggnog cupcakes have scrumptious spiced taste from eggnog, cinnamon, and nutmeg. If you’re looking for cozy vacation desserts, these easy spiced cupcakes with cream cheese frosting are the right alternative. We hope that you just get pleasure from them!

A Fast Have a look at the Components

Here’s a fast have a look at our key components for the cupcakes- you will discover the full, printable recipe on the backside of this put up!

• Butter (We used unsalted in order that now we have extra management over the quantity of salt within the recipe. Some salted butters comprise extra salt than others.)
• Sugar
• Vanilla Extract
• Eggs
• Cake Flour has a decrease protein content material which ends up in much less gluten formation and a extra tender cake.
• Baking Powder & Baking Soda
• Salt
• Floor Cinnamon & Nutmeg give our cupcakes a lift of heat spices
• Eggnog– We advocate full fats for added richness and a pleasant texture.
• Bitter Cream additionally provides a pleasant richness and makes for a extra tender crumb.
• Vegetable Oil (we use Canola)

Find out how to Make Eggnog Cupcakes

You’ll find the total recipe on the backside of this put up. Here’s a have a look at our steps!

• Preheat the oven to 350 levels, add paper cupcake liners to cupcake pan(s)
• In a medium bowl, whisk the cake flour, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon, nutmeg, and salt for 30 seconds. Put aside
• In one other bowl, add the eggnog, vegetable oil, bitter cream, and vanilla extract. Put aside.
• Within the bowl of your mixer, add the softened butter and blend at medium pace till clean. Steadily add the sugar and proceed to combine on medium pace for 3 to five minutes till lightened in colour and fluffy.

• Add the eggs separately, mixing after every till the yellow of the yolk has blended.
• With the mixer on low pace, alternately add the flour combination and eggnog combination, starting and ending with the dry components (3 additions of dry components and a pair of of liquid).
• Combine simply till included. Watch out to not over-mix.

• Scoop about ¼ cup bake batter into every cupcake liner (within the cupcake pans)
• Bake at 350 levels for 15-18 minutes or till a toothpick inserted within the heart comes out clear or with simply few crumbs connected. We wish to take away cupcakes instantly from the pans to stop over-baking. Baking occasions can differ relying on pan & oven- verify at quarter-hour to be on the secure facet, however it might take a couple of minutes extra.
• Makes 30-32 cupcakes (roughly ¼ cup of batter per cupcake)

Cream Cheese Frosting

We like to pair spice desserts and cupcakes with cream cheese frosting! This recipe is a straightforward mixture of softened, cream cheese, butter, powdered sugar, a pinch of salt and vanilla extract.

*We used plain cream cheese frosting however for much more spice, you may add a little bit of cinnamon and nutmeg.

Frosting the Eggnog Cupcakes

After the cupcakes have cooled, it’s time to frost the cupcakes! Embellish nonetheless you like- the cream cheese frosting could be very straightforward to work with. (If at any time it turns into too gentle to brighten with, simply pop it within the fridge for 10 minutes or till it companies up a bit!)

We used a 1M piping tip to pipe shells and swirls onto our cupcakes.

Extra Recipes

We now have many extra spice cake recipes and Christmas Cake Recipes to share with you! A few of our favorites are Gingerbread Cake, Eggnog Pound Cake, Purple Velvet Cake, however there are such a lot of extra!

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