Cinnamon Swirl Sour Cream, Maple Cream Cheese, Strawberry And Bacon Breakfast Cupcake

Serves: 4

Llewellyn Gorczany

1 January 1970

Based on User reviews:

50

Spice

46

Sweetness

46

Sourness

38

mins

Prep time (avg)

3.6

Difficulty

Ingredients:

1 tsp

Baking Soda

1 tsp

Salt

1 cup

Sugar

2

Eggs

1.25 cups

Sour Cream

450 g

Cream Cheese

1 cup

Maple Syrup

1 cup

Maple Sugar

Directions:

1

Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F

2

Line a mini cupcake or muffin pan with 24 mini cupcake liners or a regular-size cupcake or muffin pan with 9 cupcake liners

3

Sift the flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt into a medium-size bowl

4

Set the bowl aside

5

In the bowl of an electric stand mixer, with a paddle attachment, cream the butter and sugar together, about 5 minutes

6

Scrape down the sides of the bowl, and then add the vanilla and one egg at a time, scraping down the sides of the bowl after each addition

7

Turn the mixer to the lowest speed, and add the flour mixture and sour cream, alternating between the 2, beginning and ending with the flour

8

Mix the cinnamon and brown sugar together in a small bowl and fold by hand into the batter

9

Do not fully mix into the batter, it should be swirled in

10

Fill 24 mini cupcake liners 1/2-full with batter and bake for 30 minutes or fill 9 regular-size cupcakes 3/4-full with batter and bake for 32 minutes, or until golden and baked through

11

Cool the cupcakes completely

12

To assemble: Generously frost the top of each cupcake with the maple cream cheese mixture

13

Chop the maple-glazed turkey bacon into a fine dice and divide evenly among the cupcakes, sprinkle over the frosting

14

Sprinkle the maple sugar on top of the bacon to resemble "sand"

15

Whip the cream cheese and maple butter in the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with a whisk attachment until fully incorporated

16

Fold in, by hand, the jelly and fresh strawberries

17

Put the frosting into a pastry bag and cut 1/2-inch off the tip

18

Cook the bacon on the stove top in 2 nonstick skillets coated with olive oil spray, over medium heat, turning once, making sure the bacon is fully cooked

19

Turn the heat down and divide the maple syrup between the 2 skillets, drizzle the syrup over the bacon

20

Continue to cook, turning the bacon often, watching closely that the syrup does not burn

21

You want the bacon to be coated with the syrup and caramelized, but not soggy

22

Let cool