Super Baconator Cupcakes

Name: Super Baconator Cupcakes
Ingredients: 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

18 ingredients

6 steps

Ingredients

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

Directions

1

Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Grease 24 muffin cups or line with paper liners.
2

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.
3

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.
4

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.
5

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.
6

Arrange cooled cupcakes on a serving platter and spread frosting over each cupcake; sprinkle with reserved bacon pieces.