Coffee Cupcakes with Hansen’s Cream Liqueur Icing | Recipe by @boozybaker_yeg
We love when people use our spirits in their baking and cooking, and no one has done this better than Edmonton’s own, Janelle Sproule (aka @boozybaker_yeg)! We partnered with Janelle to bring you some yummy and festive recipes featuring some of our seasonal spirits!
Ingredients
Scale
Coffee Cupcakes
- 3 cups flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 2 teaspoons baking soda
- ¼ teaspoon cinnamon
- Pinch of nutmeg
- 2 cups sugar
- ½ cup vegetable oil
- ¾ cup buttermilk
- 1 cup string brewed coffee, room temperature
- 2 eggs
- 2 teaspoons vanilla
Hansen’s Cream Liqueur Icing
You can use any of the Hansen Distillery Cream Liqueurs for this recipe.
Morning Glory – a chocolate hazelnut cream liqueur
Purple Cow – a Saskatoon Berry cream liqueur
Salted Caramel – a dulce de leche / salted caramel cream liqueur
Gingerbread Cookie – a festive cream liqueur full of real molasses, ginger and holiday spices
- 1 cup butter, room temperature
- 5 cups icing sugar
- ¼ cup Hansen Distillery Cream Liqueur
Instructions
Coffee Cupcakes
- Preheat your oven to 350 degrees F.
- Line your cupcake pan with liners.
- Mix the flour, baking soda, baking powder, salt, cinnamon, nutmeg, and sugar in a medium bowl.
- Whisk vigorously the oil, milk, coffee, eggs, and vanilla together in a large bowl.
- Slowly add the flour mixture to the coffee mixture and mix to combine. Do not over mix.
- Evenly distribute the batter among the liners.
- Bake the cupcakes for about 25 – 30 minutes, or until a toothpick comes out clean.
- Allow the cupcakes to completely cool before frosting.
Hansen’s Cream Liqueur Icing
- Cream room temperature butter with a hand mixer, the paddle attachment of a stand mixer, or a wooden spoon until smooth and fluffy.
- Gradually beat in confectioners’ sugar until fully incorporated.
- Pour in your choice of Hansen Distillery cream liqueur, and beat for an additional minute.
- Add food colouring, if using, and beat for until smooth or until desired colour is reached.
Makes enough for 24 cupcakes or 8” stacked cake
Makes 24 cupcakes
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