The category for Bacon Dessert at the Winneshiek County Fair awarded these cupcakes first place. They make me think of pancakes!
| Prep Time: | 20 mins |
| Cook Time: | 20 mins |
| Total Time: | 40 mins |
| Servings: | 20 |
| Yield: | 20 cupcakes |
Ingredients
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 2 cups white sugar
- 2 teaspoons baking soda
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 ½ cups buttermilk
- 3 eggs, beaten
- ½ cup vegetable oil
- 1 teaspoon maple flavoring
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 4 slices crisp bacon, crumbled into bits
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Grease 20 muffin cups.
- Mix flour, sugar, baking soda, and baking powder together in a bowl. Add buttermilk, eggs, oil, maple flavoring, and vanilla extract. Stir in crumbled bacon.
- Fill muffin cups 2/3 full of batter.
- Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into a cupcake comes out clean, 17 to 20 minutes.
- I used a standard buttercream frosting recipe, added maple flavoring, and then topped with chunks of crispy bacon.
Nutrition Facts
| Calories | 204 kcal |
| Carbohydrate | 31 g |
| Cholesterol | 31 mg |
| Dietary Fiber | 0 g |
| Protein | 4 g |
| Saturated Fat | 1 g |
| Sodium | 236 mg |
| Sugars | 21 g |
| Fat | 8 g |
| Unsaturated Fat | 0 g |