Bacon & bourbon cupcakes
https://www.coop.co.uk/recipes/bacon-and-bourbon-cupcakes
Bacon and bourbon in a cupcake? You bet. These baked treats are perfect for the father figure in your life this Father’s Day
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Feeds
6
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Ready in
55 minutes
Each serving contains
% of adult’s reference intake | Carbohydrates per serving : 114g
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Ingredients
- ½ x 230g pack Co-op Irresistible air dry cured smoked streaky bacon rashers
- 3 tbsp Co-op Fairtrade light brown soft sugar
For the cupcakes
- 150g baking spread
- 150g Fairtrade caster sugar
- 200g Co-op self-raising white flour
- ¼ tsp salt
- 2 Co-op free range eggs
- 60ml Co-op whole milk
- 3 tbsp bourbon
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
For the buttercream
- 150g Co-op unsalted butter, softened
- 350g Fairtrade icing sugar, sifted
- 3 tbsp bourbon
Method
- Preheat the oven to 200°C/fan 180°C/gas 6
- Lay the bacon rashers on a wire rack set on a baking tray lined with foil
- Sprinkle the bacon with the brown sugar and bake for 10-15 mins, until golden and crisp
- When cool enough to handle, roughly chop, reserving a quarter for decoration
- Reduce the oven temperature to 180°C/fan 160°C/gas 4
- Line a 6-hole muffin tin with paper cases
- Put the ingredients for the cupcakes in a bowl and beat together until light and creamy
- Fold in the chopped bacon pieces
- Fill the cases with the mixture and bake for 20-25 mins, until risen and firm to the touch
- Leave to cool in the tin for 5 mins, then transfer to a rack to cool completely
- Meanwhile, beat together the butter and icing sugar until fluffy
- Add the bourbon and a pinch of salt and beat until just combined
- Pipe or spoon on the buttercream and decorate with the reserved bacon pieces
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