Maple Bacon Cupcakes
Serves 12
20 mins prep
40 mins cook
60 mins total
These maple bacon cupcakes are fluffy and topped with cream cheese frosting and candied maple bacon pieces. The cupcakes taste like pancakes covered in maple syrup! They’re moist, fluffy, and a perfect complement to the sticky and crispy candied bacon. All of your favourite breakfast foods in one cupcake. Just add the coffee on the side!
Cupcakes
Candied Bacon
Cream Cheese Frosting
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Cupcakes
To make the maple cupcakes, preheat oven to 350°F (180°C). Line a 12 hole muffin tin with muffin liners.
In a stand mixer or in a large bowl with electric mixer - beat together the butter, oil, salt, and sugar until light and fluffy. A whisk attachment works best here.
⅕ ¼ butter⅕ ⅛ vegetable oil⅕ ⅛ sea salt⅕ ¼ brown sugarAdd vanilla and eggs, one by one, beating well in between. Add maple syrup and buttermilk, beating well. It’s ok if the mixture separates.
⅕ 1 pure vanilla extract⅕ 2 large eggs⅕ ⅓ maple syrup⅕ ⅓ buttermilkSift flour and baking powder right into the bowl of wet ingredients. Fold until a smooth and creamy batter forms. You can use the paddle attachment on your stand mixer and mix on medium speed for 7 seconds.
⅕ 1 all purpose flour⅕ 1 baking powderBake in preheated oven for 18-20 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean. Let cool in baking tin for 5 minutes before transferring to cooling rack.
Candied Bacon
Preheat oven to 350°F (180°C). I like to make candied bacon right after baking the cupcakes. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper. Spread out brown sugar in a large plate and set aside.
⅕ ¾ brown sugarPlace bacon onto baking sheet and drizzle maple syrup. Flip the bacon to evenly coat each side with syrup.
⅕ 6 uncooked bacon⅕ 4 maple syrupPlace each piece of bacon into the plate with brown sugar, turning it over to coat each side. Arrange back onto baking sheet.
Place into oven and bake for 20 minutes. After 20 minutes, check the bacon every 3 minutes so that the sugar doesn’t burn. It’s ready when the bacon is golden brown and crisp. The sugar will turn a deep golden colour. It is burnt when it turns a dark brown/black colour.
Remove from oven and let cool completely on the baking sheet. Once cool, cut into 1” pieces.
Cream Cheese Frosting
The butter needs to be only slightly softened. It should still feel a bit cold to the touch but will make an indentation if you press your finger into it. Beat butter, sugar, and salt until very light and fluffy with a paddle attachment - about 5-7 minutes. It should become very pale in colour.
⅕ ¾ butter⅕ 2 powdered sugar⅕ ⅛ sea saltAdd in the cold cream cheese, piece by piece, beating well in between each addition. Beat until smooth.
⅕ 4 cream cheeseAdd the vanilla extract and add the whipping cream, tablespoon by tablespoon until the frosting becomes light and fluffy but still holds its shape.
⅕ 1 pure vanilla extract⅕ 3-6 heavy whipping creamFill a piping bag fitted with a star tip with cream cheese frosting. Pipe swirls of frosting onto the cooled cupcakes and place bacon pieces on top. Drizzle with more maple syrup (optional). Enjoy!
