Looking for a delicious cupcake for your upcoming Christmas party with your friends?
Try these delicious Butterscotch cupcake recipe and your BFF will LOVE every bit of it.
These cupcakes are also good for a bake sale, a fundraiser for your upcoming travel destination or just a nice dessert for your movie night with your girlfriends.
Any reason is good to cook, right?
So let’s get started on the how to!
Butterscotch cupcakes recipe for your upcoming Christmas party
Butterscotch Ingredients:
- 1/4 C unsalted butter
- 3/4 C brown sugar
- 3/4 C heavy cream
- Two tsp vanilla
- 1/2 tsp salt
Cupcake Ingredients:
- 1 2/3 C flour
- 1/2 tsp baking powder
- 1/4 tsp baking soda
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1 C packed brown sugar
- 1/2 C unsalted butter
- One egg, room temp
- 1/4 cup Greek yogurt
- 3/4 C whole milk
- 1 TBSP vanilla
Frosting:
- 1 C unsalted butter, room temp
- 3-4 C powdered sugar
- 1/4 C heavy cream
- 2 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
Butterscotch:
- Over medium heat, using a medium pot
melt the butter. - Add in the brown sugar and whisk
- Add in the cream then whisk again
- Bring the mixture to a bubble and allow to thicken for 5 minutes maximum NO stirring.
- Now remove it from the heat and add in the vanilla and salt make sure to whisk again
- Allow to cool.
- Preheat oven to 350F degrees.
- Place cupcake liners in the pan
melt the butter.Cupcakes:
- Whisk the flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt together in a medium bowl.
- Melt butter in the microwave in a small bowl.
- Whisk in the brown sugar until it is smooth
- Whisk in egg, yogurt, milk, and vanilla extract. Whisk until it is well combined
- Slowly begin to mix in dry ingredients until it is smooth
- Fill cupcakes liners with the mix ¾ of the way full
- Bake for 20 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
- Cool completely before frosting
Frosting:
- Beat softened butter on medium speed with an electric or stand mixer for 4 minutes.
- Add powdered sugar, cream, and vanilla extract continue to mix
- Increase the speed to high for 3 minutes.
- Drizzle butterscotch over the cupcake for extra gooey-ness
Isn’t this Butterscotch cupcake delicious? For other cupcake ideas, you can make these Black Forest cupcakes
Or these descendants cupcakes
My parents would LOVE this cupcake. The love butterscotch a lot. My parent are coming for a visit at christmas so I will have to surprise them with these!
I never had a butterscotch cupcake-but boy does it sound good!! It really would be great for a bake sale!
This sounds like an amazing recipe. I’ve never had butterscotch cupcakes!
Those first ones look so delicious. Messy, but delicious.
Shocks. It’s a butterscotch cupcake – I definitely would love this. Only if I am not on a diet, lol!
Your Butterscotch Cupcakes look mouthwatering! I’m a big fan of butterscotch, so I might add them to our holiday menu!
Yum! These sound so good!! Can’t wait to try them!
I’m so hungry right now. I wish I could make them right this moment! LOL. I love anything with butterscotch. I’m pinning this for sure– my family would love it.
These sound delectable! I love butterscotch 🙂 Thanks for sharing at Merry Monday!
These look like they could literally melt in your mouth…
Yum! These cupcakes look incredible. Thanks so much for sharing your yummy recipe on the Monday Funday Party!
I saw these on What’s Cookin’ Wednesday
I love butterscotch! These look so tasty!
Thanks for the recipe!
Michelle
These look so delicious! Thanks for sharing with the Delicious Dishes Recipe party this week!
I love cupcakes! All cupcakes!
liz @ j for joiner
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