https://www.cutoutandkeep.net/projects/maple-syrup-and-bacon-cupcakes • Posted by jade.owen.338
Loved the pancake version so thought I'd turn it into cupcakes :) These are lovely and fluffy but also full of flavour. The recipe will let you make 24 large cupcakes. Usually I will make 12 just maple syrup and 12 with bacon to cover all friends! Feel free to scale down the recipe - I tend to make a lot in one go!
Loved the pancake version so thought I'd turn it into cupcakes :) These are lovely and fluffy but also full of flavour. The recipe will let you make 24 large cupcakes. Usually I will make 12 just maple syrup and 12 with bacon to cover all friends! Feel free to scale down the recipe - I tend to make a lot in one go!
Pre-heat the oven to 180 Degrees Celsius and prepare a tray with cupcake cases
Firstly cream the butter and caster sugar until smooth. Then whisk in the eggs (don't panic if it looks like it curdles!) Then add the self-raising flour, brown sugar and baking soda followed by 10 table spoons of pure maple syrup. If you would like just maple syrup cupcakes only - Stop here, and skip to Step 5. I normally do this for half the mixture.
Heat a frying pan and cook the fatty bits you chopped off. Once most of the juice has come out, pour this into a separate container to cool. Into the same frying pan add ~7 table spoons of maple syrup and cook the chopped bacon bits in it. Once the bacon bits have become cooked, pour the excess maple syrup into the container with the juice to also cool, then further fry the bacon bits until slightly crispy. Once done, spread the bacon bits over a dish to cool.
Once the juice/maple syrup mixture has cooled, mix this into the remaining cake batter. Also add approximately half of the maple-syrup-bacon bits into the cake batter and mix.
Spoon a heaped tablesppon of cake mixture into each large cupcake case. Then place the tray into the preheated oven. The cakes normally take ~18mins to bake however this may change with different ovens. Therefore wait until golden brown ontop and use a knife/skewer to check if done completely (will come out the middle of a cupcake clean if baked through).
Once baked, take the cupcakes out of the oven and allow to cool on a rack.
Whilst the cakes are cooling, the maple syrup icing can be made. Mix 300g of butter, 500g of icing sugar and 7 table spoons of maple syrup together and mix. It should be fairly thick to allow pipeing. If too thick, add more maple syrup.
Once the cupcakes have cooled, use a pipeing bag for swirls or the back of a spoon for a smother effect with the icing. For the Maple Syrup ONLY cupcakes: Decorate with a small amount of red sprinkles or if you can, a sycamore leaf made from sugar paste/ gum paste For the Maple Syrup and Bacon cupcakes: Decorate with the left over bacon bits And enjoy!