Eggnog Cupcakes with Eggnog Cream Cheese Icing

It’s time for some festive baking! And who doesn’t love a good nog-infused treat? I’ve been super excited to try making something with eggnog and now that I’ve done it, I must say, it was an excellent choice. These cupcakes are really yummy, with just enough hint of eggnog to feel festive but not so much that you couldn’t drink a glass of eggnog along with them. Try them for yourselves!

Here’s what you’ll need:

Cupcakes – Makes 12

• 1 1/4 cups flour
• 1 cup sugar
• 1/2 tsp freshly grated nutmeg
• 1/2 tsp baking powder
• 1/4 tsp baking soda
• 1/4 tsp salt
• 1/2 cup butter, softened
• 2 eggs
• 1/2 cup eggnog

Icing

• 250 g (1 package) cream cheese, softened
• 1/2 cup butter, softened
• 1 tsp vanilla
• 2 cups icing sugar
• Pinch of nutmeg
• 2 tbsp eggnog

Here’s what you do:

Cupcakes

• Preheat oven to 350°F. Line muffin tin – feel free to use festive liners! I went for green and pink (as I didn’t have red).
• In a medium bowl, stir together all ingredients except the butter, eggs, and eggnog.
• In a large bowl, beat 1/2 cup butter until creamy, about a minute.
• Add flour mixture to large bowl all at once; beat until mixture is crumbly.
• Add 2 eggs; beat 30 seconds; scrape bowl; beat for another minute. Batter should be lightly coloured and a bit fluffy.
• Gently beat in 1/2 cup of eggnog until just combined. Batter should be silky and smooth.
• Poor into trays

• Bake 25-28 minutes (26 minutes was my sweet spot), or until the tops are springy or a toothpick inserted comes out clean.

• Cool completely, about 45 minutes.

Icing

• While your cupcakes are cooling, get started on your icing.
• Blend cream cheese and butter until creamy.
• Gradually add icing sugar, beating thoroughly after each addition until well combined.
• Add vanilla, nutmeg, and eggnog.
• Mix until smooth and creamy.
• Pipe and decorate once cupcakes are completely cool.

Chow down and enjoy to your heart’s content the eggnoggy goodness.

For cupcake recipe. For icing recipe.