I had posted a picture of my favorite winter cupcake to facebook a couple weeks back and had a few ask for the recipe. So I thought I would share with you all! I combined a few of my favorite things and came up with my Spiced Eggnog Cupcake recipe last year! It is now a favorite in my house and I have made it several times since! A spicy pound-cake baked to golden perfection, a bit of buttery caramel, then a rather delightful eggnog cream cheese icing tops it off, but don’t forget to sprinkle the nutmeg & cinnamon and add a caramel drizzle to complete this mouth-watering cupcake! We hope you all enjoy this recipe as much as we do!
Yields 24 delicious cupcakes! :)
Cake Ingredients
- 1 1/2 cups butter, softened
- 1 1/2 cups packed brown sugar
- 1 cup sugar
- 3 eggs
- 3 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1/2 teaspoon ground allspice
- 1/2 teaspoon ground cloves
- 1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
- 3 1/2 cups flour
- 1/4 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup eggnog
Eggnog Icing Ingredients
- 1 cup salted butter {softened}
- 1 8oz softened cream cheese
- 1/3 cup eggnog
- 1 tbs vanilla
- 1 tsp cinnamon
- 1/2 tsp nutmeg
- 1 pkg {7 cups} powdered sugar
- Line 24 muffin cups with liners and preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- In the bowl of a mixer, cream butter and sugars together, beating until fluffy, about 3 minutes. Add eggs, 1 at a time, beating well after each addition.
- Add vanilla, cinnamon, allspice, cloves, and nutmeg.
- Sift together flour, baking soda, and salt; add flour mixture to egg mixture alternating the eggnog, and beginning and ending with the flour.
- Pour into prepared muffin tins and bake for 15 minutes or until golden and inserted toothpick comes out clean. Allow to cool on wire rack.
- Meanwhile prepare the icing! Place all icing ingredients in large mixing bowl, beat(starting on slow speed and working your way up to med-high speed) until fluffy(about 4-5 minutes!)
- Spread about 1tbs caramel on top of cooled cupcakes. Then pipe on icing, sprinkled with a bit of nutmeg & caramel, and finish with a delightful caramel drizzle!
- Enjoy!!
These look yummy. Will be making these over the Christmas holidays!!