Pancake Cupcakes With Maple Frosting Recipes

PANCAKE CUPCAKES WITH MAPLE BACON BUTTERCREAM FROSTING

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Line a 12-cup muffin tin with cupcake liners.
• Beat sugar and shortening together in a bowl with an electric mixer until creamy. Sift pancake mix and flour together in a separate bowl; add baking powder. Combine buttermilk and egg in another bowl.
• Add flour mixture to the creamed shortening in batches, alternating with the buttermilk mixture, beating batter briefly after each addition. Mix until combined; batter should be thick, not runny. Spoon batter into the muffin cups.
• Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into a cupcake comes out clean, 15 to 16 minutes.
• Cool cupcakes on a wire rack for 5 minutes. Run a table knife around the edges to loosen. Invert carefully onto a serving plate or cooling rack. Let cool, about 20 minutes.
• Beat butter at high speed until creamy, about 3 minutes. Sift in powdered sugar slowly, beating until well combined. Add maple syrup, bacon, vanilla extract, and salt; mix well. Pipe buttercream onto cooled cupcakes.

PANCAKE CUPCAKES WITH MAPLE-BACON BUTTERCREAM FROSTING

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400°F Line a sheet pan with aluminum foil and arrange bacon on the pan. Bake 15 minutes until very crisp; immediately transfer bacon to paper towels to drain; let cool 5-10 minutes. Crumble bacon and toss with maple syrup. (Note that there is a total of 8 slices of bacon and 1/4 cup of maple syrup in this step.).
• Line a standard muffin pan with paper liners, and spray liners with non-stick spray.
• Whisk together flour, sugar, baking powder and salt in a large bowl. Add a third of the cooled bacon. In a second bowl, whisk together milk, eggs and melted butter. Pour the wet ingredients over the dry and stir just until fully moistened (there may be small lumps). Divide the batter evenly amongst the muffin cups and bake in the preheated oven until puffed and firm to the touch, about 10 minutes (they will not brown much). Cool in pan 5 minutes, then transfer to a wire rack until fully cooled.
• In the work bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the whisk, whip the butter on high until very light and fluffy, about 5 minutes, scraping down the sides of the bowl every minute or two. Turn the speed down to low and add the powdered sugar a little at a time; do not add more until it's nearly completely absorbed. Scrape down the sides of the bowl, turn up to medium-high and whip until fluffy, 1-2 minutes. Add maple syrup and vanilla and continue to whip 1 minute more. Add half the remaining bacon and stir in with a spatula. Frost the cooled cupcakes with an offset spatula. Top with more bacon.

PANCAKE CUPCAKES WITH MAPLE FROSTING RECIPE

Steps:

• If using cupcake papers, spray lightly with nonstick cooking spray . Line a 12-cup muffin tin with the prepared cupcake papers. Or grease and flour the cups or spray with baking spray.
• Heat the oven to 375 F.
• In a bowl combine the flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, and sugar.
• In a large bowl, whisk the buttermilk with the eggs and melted cooled butter until smooth. Whisk in the flavoring(s). Stir in the flour mixture until smooth. Spoon into the prepared pan, filling cups or papers about 2/3 full.
• Bake for 16 to 18 minutes, or until lightly browned. Cool in pan on a rack for 10 minutes, then remove the cupcakes to a rack to cool completely.
• In a mixing bowl with an electric mixer, beat the butter with 1 cup of confectioners' sugar until smooth and light. Add the maple syrup and 2 more cups of confectioners' sugar, along with 2 tablespoons of cream, and the maple and vanilla extracts. Beat until light and fluffy, adding more confectioners' sugar or cream, as needed.
• Pipe or spread the frosting onto the cooled cupcakes.

BACON-PANCAKE CUPCAKES

Steps:

• Heat oven to 400°F. Line cookie sheet with cooking parchment paper. Place bacon on cookie sheet. Bake 15 to 20 minutes or until cooked completely. Transfer to paper towel to drain. Crumble. Reduce oven temperature to 350°F. Place paper baking cup in each of 12 regular-size muffin cups.
• In medium bowl, place Bisquick mix. In 2-cup measuring cup, beat buttermilk, eggs, 2 tablespoons syrup and the vanilla with whisk. Pour over Bisquick mix. Add up to 2 more tablespoons maple syrup if more maple flavor is desired. Stir in one-third of the crumbled bacon. Divide batter among muffin cups. Sprinkle with additional bacon, reserving some for garnish.
• Bake at 350°F about 20 minutes or until skewer inserted in center comes out clean. Cool completely.
• In medium bowl, beat Frosting ingredients until smooth. Place frosting in decorating bag fitted with tip. Pipe frosting onto cooled cupcakes. Sprinkle with remaining bacon.