Buttermilk Spice Cupcakes Recipes

BUTTERMILK CUPCAKES WITH CHOCOLATE ICING

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
• Sift the flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt together onto a sheet of parchment paper.
• In a large bowl beat the eggs, yolks and sugar together. Add the melted butter, vanilla and buttermilk to the mixture.
• Add the dry ingredients gradually into the batter. Mix until smooth. It will appear light and fluffy.
• Ladle and divide the batter evenly among muffin cups and bake for about 18 minutes, or until a toothpick tester comes out clean. Let cupcakes cool on a wire rack for 15 minutes before frosting.
• For the frosting: Beat the butter and cream cheese until creamy. Add confectioners' sugar slowly, while mixing in melted chocolate and vanilla extract.

BUTTERMILK CHOCOLATE CUPCAKES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375°. In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in vanilla. Combine flour, cocoa, baking soda and salt. Combine buttermilk and water. Add dry ingredients to creamed mixture alternately with buttermilk and water, beating well after each addition., Fill paper-lined muffin cups two-thirds full. Bake 15-20 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool 10 minutes before removing from pans to wire racks to cool completely., For frosting, in a small bowl, beat butter and confectioners' sugar until smooth. Beat in melted chocolate, milk, vanilla and salt. Frost cupcakes; garnish with chocolate sprinkles.

BUTTERMILK SPICE CUPCAKES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350*F.
• Grease and flour 12 muffin cups, or line with paper wrappers; set aside.
• In a small bowl, whisk together the flour, baking powder, baking soda, spices, and salt; set aside.
• In a large bowl, using an electric mixer on high speed, beat together the butter and both sugars until well blended.
• Reduce mixer speed to medium; beat in the eggs, one at a time, then the vanilla.
• Reduce mixer speed to low; beat in the flour mixture alternately with the buttermilk, mixing just until combined.
• Spoon batter into the prepared muffin tins; bake for 20-25 minutes, until the tops are golden and spring back when lightly pressed with a fingertip.
• Cool 15 minutes in the tins; invert onto wire racks and cool completely before frosting.

FROSTED CHOCOLATE-BUTTERMILK CUPCAKES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line standard 12-cup muffin tin (or two 6-cup muffin tins) with paper liners. In a large mixing bowl, combine flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda, and salt; set aside.
• With an electric mixer, combine cocoa and 3 tablespoons hot water until a thick paste forms (this process intensifies the chocolate flavor). Add butter, buttermilk, egg, and egg white; beat until combined. Whisk in flour mixture until smooth.
• Scoop (or spoon) batter into prepared tin(s). Bake until a toothpick inserted in the center of a cupcake comes out clean, about 20 minutes. Transfer cupcakes to a wire rack to cool completely.
• Use an offset spatula or butter knife to spread Light Cream-Cheese Icing over tops. Decorate as desired.

KIM'S BUTTERMILK SPICE CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a 9x13-inch baking pan.
• Whisk together flour, cinnamon, baking powder, baking soda, salt, cloves, nutmeg, and allspice in a bowl until well combined.
• Cream together butter, brown sugar, and white sugar in a large bowl with an electric mixer until light and fluffy. Beat in eggs, 1 at a time, mixing well after each addition. Mix in vanilla extract. Add in half of the flour mixture, and stir until just combined. Pour in buttermilk, and mix until just combined. Add in remaining flour mixture and mix until just combined. Pour batter into the prepared pan and spread into an even layer.
• Bake in the preheated oven until the middle of the cake springs back lightly when touched, 40 to 45 minutes. Remove from the oven and allow the cake to cool completely before frosting.
• For the frosting, cream butter in a large bowl until smooth. Add cream cheese and beat until thoroughly combined. Mix in confectioners' sugar, 1 cup at a time, and beat until smooth after each addition. Mix in vanilla and salt. Add in heavy cream and beat until frosting is smooth, about 2 minutes. Frost cooled cake as desired.

PUMPKIN SPICE CUPCAKES WITH CREAM CHEESE FROSTING

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°. In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Add pumpkin. Combine flour, pie spice, baking powder, cinnamon, salt, baking soda and ginger; add to creamed mixture alternately with buttermilk, beating well after each addition., Fill 24 paper-lined muffin cups three-fourths full. Bake 20-25 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool 10 minutes before removing from pans to wire racks to cool completely., For frosting, in a large bowl, beat cream cheese and butter until fluffy. Add confectioners' sugar, vanilla and cinnamon; beat until smooth. Frost cupcakes. Refrigerate leftovers.

MIMI'S CAFE BUTTERMILK SPICE MUFFINS

Steps:

• Heat oven to 375°F.
• In a mixing bowl, cream the sugar and butter together with an electric mixer.
• When they are thoroughly mixed, add the eggs and beat for 1 more minute.
• Sift the flour into a separate bowl, together with the baking soda, nutmeg and cinnamon.
• Add the flour and buttermilk to the first mixture, and mix at low speed until smooth.
• To avoid lumps in the batter, add the wet and dry ingredients alternately, in small amounts.
• Make the nut topping by combining all the Nut Topping ingredients together in a small bowl.
• Grease muffin tins with additional butter or margarine, or use paper or foil baking cups.
• Fill each cup ¾ full of batter.
• Add a full rounded tablespoon of the nut topping on top of the batter in each cup.
• Bake immediately, or the topping will sink to the bottom of the muffins, and then you will be mad at yourself - and we don't want that to happen, do we?.
• Bake at 375°F for 20 to 25 minutes until the muffins are golden brown and a toothpick inserted in the middle of a muffin comes out dry.
• (Home ovens' heat differently from Mimi's commercial ovens, and so you may need to adjust the temperature and/or the baking time accordingly).
• This recipe yields 12 standard-size muffins, or 6 Jumbo-size muffins.
• If you are using jumbo muffin tins, reduce the oven temperature by 25° and increase the baking time by 5 to 10 minutes.

EMERIL'S PUMPKIN-SPICE CUPCAKES WITH CREAM CHEESE FROSTING

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees, with racks in upper and lower thirds. Lightly coat 24 standard muffin cups with cooking spray or line with paper liners. In a medium bowl, whisk together pumpkin puree, buttermilk, and vanilla. In another medium bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder, baking soda, and pumpkin pie spice. In a large bowl, using an electric mixer, beat butter and sugars on medium-high until light and fluffy, 3 to 5 minutes. Beat in eggs, one at a time, scraping down bowl as needed. With mixer on low, beat in flour mixture in 3 additions, alternating with 2 additions pumpkin mixture, until combined.
• Spoon 1/4 cup batter into each muffin cup. Bake until a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean, 18 to 20 minutes, rotating pans halfway though. Let cupcakes cool in pans on wire racks, 15 minutes. Remove cupcakes from pans and let cool completely on racks, 10 minutes. To serve, spread frosting onto cooled cupcakes.