Honey Toasted Hazelnut Chocolate Chunk Cupcakes with Boozy Honey Buttercream Frosting

Cute sweet and oh so tasty cupcakes

👥 18 Servings⏱️ Prep & Cook: 1h⏳ Prep: 25 min🔥 Cook: 20 min👤 Tieghan Gerard📖 halfbakedharvest

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🥘 Ingredients

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🍳 Cookware

●oven
●bowl
●mixing bowl
●measuring cup
●pan
●skillet

📝 Preparation Steps

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.

Line a muffin tin with 16-18 liners or grease with cooking spray.

In a medium bowl combine flour, baking powder, and the salt. Set aside.

flour2 cups

In a large mixing bowl beat butter with an electric mixer on medium to high speed for ⏱️ 30 seconds. Add the brown sugar, honey, hazelnut liquor and vanilla and beat until combined. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition.

cup butter (at room temperature)1/2butter (softened)1 cupcup honey1/2honey (plus more for drizzinling)1 tablespoonhazelnut liquor1 tablespoon-2 tablespoons hazelnut liquor (can sub vanilla if desired)1vanilla1 teaspooneggs2

Add the milk and coffee into a glass measuring cup or small bowl.

Then alternately add flour mixture and milk/coffee to the butter mixture, beating on low speed after each addition just until mixture is combined. Fold in the chocolate chunks.

flour2 cupscup butter (at room temperature)1/2butter (softened)1 cup

Spoon batter into prepared muffin cups, filling each about three-fourths full.

Bake for 20 to ⏱️ 15 minutes or until the center of the cupcakes does not jiggle and the tops are puffed and lightly browned. Cool cupcakes in muffin cups for ⏱️ 10 minutes. Remove cupcakes from muffin cups. Cool completely.

While the cupcakes bake toast hazelnuts. Heat a small non-stick skillet over medium heat, add the hazelnuts and honey to the pan. Toast over medium for about ⏱️ 5 minutes, just be careful and watch that they don not burn. Remove and allow to cool.

cup honey1/2honey (plus more for drizzinling)1 tablespoon

To make the frosting, In large mixing bowl beat the butter, honey, and hazelnut liquor the with mixer on medium speed until light and fluffy. Gradually add 1 cup of the powdered sugar, beating well. Taste and if desired add more powdered sugar to your liking.

To assemble, pipe the frosting onto the cupcakes and sprinkle with the honey toasted hazelnuts. Drizzle with honey if desired.

cup honey1/2honey (plus more for drizzinling)1 tablespoon

Nutrition Facts

calories

426 kcal

fat Content

22 g

serving Size

1 serving

fiber Content

1 g

sugar Content

38 g

sodium Content

182 mg

protein Content

3 g

cholesterol Content

59 mg

carbohydrate Content

50 g

saturated Fat Content

12 g

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