Buttermilk Pancake Cupcakes with Maple Frosting and Bacon
Buttermilk Pancake Cupcakes with Maple Frosting and Bacon
These AMAZING cupckaes will win everyone over, pancake fan or not.
The frosting is so delicious and with a drizzle of maple syrup on top, you’ll not only enjoy them for desssert…
you’ll be enjoying them for breakfast too!
Buttermilk Pancake Cupcakes
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Pancakes are a huge favorite of my house.
And the aroma of maple syrup heated is amazing, these cupcakes are simple to make. You will be surprised that even my son has made them and he has NO interest in being in the kitchen other than to lick the bowl and devour sweets!
You can decorate the cupcakes simply with some maple frosting, or you can go OVERBOARD
like I did on these, and add a stack of mini pancakes then drizzle some syrup down the stack for a sticky sweet treat.
Now I normally don’t like things so messy, but this is one of those times you have to make an exception!
I sometimes think my kids you have breakfast lunch and dinner if allowed. Well if they could eat them for breakfast lunch and dinner I figured they could eat these for dessert.
They came out light and fluffy. It was so tempting to eat one of those warm fluffy pancakes, but I resisted.
After all, what are cupcakes without frosting?
Who would have thought that two basic breakfast items would turn into these!
I piped on the frosting with a number 846 tip, then drizzled the cupcakes with pancake syrup.
These cupcakes were made for breakfast time, right? One bite and you’ll want one every morning for breakfast.
Breakfast, Dessert whichever, they are really easy, fun and delicious!
Pancakes aren’t just for breakfast anymore!
If in fact, you think pancakes are for breakfast,
this one’s for you.
Since you couldn’t reach out and grab it, I knew the only right thing to do was enjoy it for you, and enjoy it I did!
To give them an extra kick, they are topped with turkey bacon {apparently this is my attempt to save calories LOL} but I have made them plenty of times with crumbled bacon, strips of bacon sticking out, and they are always enjoyed by all.
They are one of my son’s friends’ favorites,
One week, he asked if I would make him a batch so he could take a dozen to school with him for lunch to share with his friends.
I knew he was excited to bring them and seemed to BADLY want them…
So I told him I’d watch HIM MAKE THEM, and he did, He did such a great job, he was so proud of himself.
He bragged to his friends he did it all himself and THEY LOVED the CUPCAKES!
I often use pancake mix to make these up really quick,
but I have also used my favorite easy pancake recipe and they are delicious, I just reduce the milk to 1/4-1/2 cup so that batter isn’t really thin and the cupcakes bake up beautifully!
You can even make mini cupcakes to top the cupcakes off with so you may want to make some extra pancake batter if you want to top the cupcakes with mini pancakes too!
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Buttermilk Pancake Cupcakes
Ingredients
- 2 cups buttermilk pancake mix
- 1 cup milk
Instructions
- Mix pancake mix and milk together then place 3 tablespoons of batter into each cupcake liner (in a cupcake pan)
- Bake them at 325° for 13 min.
Maple Frosting
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 cups butter
- 2 1/2 cups powdered sugar
- 1 teaspoon maple extract
- 2 tablespoons milk or heavy cream
Instructions
- Beat butter, sugar, extract, and milk blend until smooth and creamy.
- Place frosting in the piping bag and swirl onto cooled cupcakes.
- Drizzle maple syrup over frosting and add bacon for an extra special cupcakeÂ
Notes
I made these and my son loved them so much he asked if we can make a batch for him to bring to friends next week, and of course we will, since they are so easy!
These have become a real favorite around here, I’ve made them twice already! What a fun simple recipe.
I made these and they were so simple and delicious!
These Buttermilk Pancake Cupcakes with Maple Frosting and Bacon are the breakfast-dessert crossover we never knew we needed! That drizzle of maple syrup and crispy bacon on top? Absolute game changer