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Eggnog cupcakes with spiced brandy buttercream frosting recipe

Eggnog cupcakes with spiced brandy buttercream frosting recipe

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Ring in the festive season with these delicious eggnog cupcakes. These little fluffy treats topped with spiced brandy buttercream frosting make the perfect spiced afternoon treat. See method

  • Serves 12
  • 20 mins to prepare and 20 mins to cook, plus cooling time
  • 479 calories / serving
  • Vegetarian

Ingredients

For the cupcakes

  • 150g caster sugar
  • 150g soft unsalted butter
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract​
  • 3 eggs
  • 150g self-raising flour
  • ¼ tsp ground nutmeg
  • 1 tsp bicarbonate of soda
  • 3 tsp advocaat 

For the buttercream frosting

  • 200g unsalted butter, at room temperature
  • 400g icing sugar
  • 1 tsp ground cinnamon
  • ½ tsp ground nutmeg
  • 1 tbsp raw brown sugar
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract
  • 1 tbsp advocaat
No self-raising flour? Add 2 tsp baking powder for every 150g plain flour

Each serving contains

  • Energy

    2005kj
    479kcal     24%

  • Fat

    26g 38%

  • Saturates

    15g 75%

  • Sugars

    50g 55%

  • Salt

    0.4g 6%

of the reference intake
Carbohydrate 61g Protein 3.2g Fibre 0.7g

Method

  1. Heat oven to gas 5, 190°C, fan 170°C. Line a 12-hole muffin tin with cupcake or muffin cases.
  2. In a large bowl, cream the sugar, butter and vanilla together until pale and fluffy. Add the eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Then beat in the advocat. Lastly sift over the flour, spices and bicarbonate of soda and fold until combined.

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  3. Divide the mixture between the muffin holes. Bake for 18-20 mins until risen and golden and the cakes spring back when touched. Remove and cool on a wire rack.
  4. While the cupcakes are cooling make the buttercream. In a large bowl, beat the butter, vanilla and advocaat until really soft, then gradually beat in the icing sugar and most of the cinnamon and nutmeg, leaving a little for decorating. Spoon the icing into a piping bag with a large round nozzle and pipe onto the cakes. Mix together the brown sugar and the remaining nutmeg and cinnamon and serve each cupcake garnished with a sprinkle of the spiced sugar.

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