Prepare cupcakes and add two teaspoons maple extract before baking.

Bake cupcakes according to directions.

Let cupcakes cool.

Add 1/4 teaspoon maple extract to the buttercream frosting along with the white food coloring if you like the frosting not to have a tan color.

Frost the cupcakes with a spatula leaving a well in the center of each cupcake

spoon wet walnuts into the center of each cupcake.