super baconator cupcakes

Ingredients

• Servings: 2
• cupcakes:
• 24 slices bacon
• 2 cups whole wheat flour
• 2 cups demerara sugar
• 1 cup dark chocolate chips
• 2 teaspoons baking soda
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon sea salt
• 1 cup cold, strong, brewed coffee
• 1 cup buttermilk
• 1/2 cup bacon grease
• 2 eggs
• frosting:
• 1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese, softened
• 1/4 cup butter, softened
• 3 cups confectioners' sugar
• 1 1/2 teaspoons maple-flavored extract
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract

Recipe

Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 20 mins Ready Time: 1 hr 20 mins


• preheat oven to 375 degrees f (190 degrees c). grease 24 muffin cups or line with paper liners.
• place bacon in a large skillet and cook over medium-high heat, turning occasionally, until evenly browned, about 10 minutes. drain bacon slices on paper towels and crumble. measure 1 1/2 cups bacon pieces and reserve the rest for garnish.
• stir flour, sugar, chocolate chips, baking soda, baking powder, and salt together in a bowl; make a well in the center. whisk coffee, buttermilk, bacon grease, and eggs together in a separate bowl; pour into the flour mixture well. stir until batter is just combined; fold in reserved 1 1/2 cups bacon. spoon batter into the prepared muffin cups.
• bake in the preheated oven until tops spring back when lightly pressed, 20 to 25 minutes. cool cupcakes in the muffin tin set on a wire rack.
• beat cream cheese and butter together in a bowl using an electric mixer until smooth and creamy. stir confectioners' sugar, maple extract, and vanilla extract into creamed butter mixture until frosting is smooth.
• arrange cooled cupcakes on a serving platter and spread frosting over each cupcake; sprinkle with reserved bacon pieces.