Spiced Almond Cupcake With Hazelnut Nutmeg Frosting
Yummy cupcakes, that taste like they came right from coffee shop pastery case!
Posted by Candice T.
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A yummy cupcake that I made, its sooo good! I know it looks like a lot of ingredients, but its super easy to make, and you probably already have most of it! I found the hazlenut syrup in the coffee aisle to sweeten your coffee! Its not the creamer but the actual syrup!
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You Will Need (12 things)
- 3 cup Sugar
- 1 tsp Allspice
- 1 tsp Baking Powder
- 1 tsp Vanilla Extract for cupcakes
- 1 Egg(s) whole egg
- 4 oz Cream Cheese
- 1 cup Butter for frosting
- 1 tsp Vanilla Extract for frosting
- 1 tsp Nutmeg
- Cream Cheese
- 1 cup All Purpose Flour
- 1 cup Butter
Steps (6 steps, 40 minutes)
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1
Sorry I didn't take pictures as I worked
Allow your butter, egg and egg yolks get to room tempeture, about 30 min
then line your 12 hole cupcake pan with cupcake liners
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2
In small bowl stir flour, baking powder, salt, allspice and cinnoman
Preheat your oven to 350F
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3
Beat your butter with an electric mixer for 30 seconds, add sugar and beat agan for a minute
Remember to scrape the sides of your bowl
add 1 1/2 tsp vanilla and 1 table spoon of Almond extract, egg and egg yolks
Mix Mix Mix!
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4
Add your flour mixture to your egg mixture along with whipping cream.
Mix some more, batter will be thick!
Spoon into you muffin cups, I used my 1/4 cup for each liner
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5
Pop into the oven! Bake for 20 minutes
mmm smells good right?
Take out and let cool
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6
Now for the frosting, let your butter and cream cheese get to room temp, another 30 min
Beat together in a large bowl
Add 1 tsp vanilla, about 1 1/2 tsp nutmeg, and 3 or 4 tablespoons hazelnut syurup...you can add more to taste on the hazelnut
Add 5 cups confectioners sugar (powdered sugar)
Mix Mix Mix!
Fill a pastery bag with the frosting, I just put it in a big ziploc bag and cut a whole in the corner, pipe onto fininished cooled off cupcakes!
Done!