WENLYN'S CREAM SODA TOFFEE CUPCAKE W/BROWN BUTTER FROSTING
By
Jo Anne Sugimoto
@sugarnspicetedibears
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Ingredients
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2 call purpose flour
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1 1/2 tspbaking powder
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1 tspbaking soda
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1/4 tspkosher salt
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3/4 cbutter, softened
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1/2 csugar
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1/2 cbrown sugar, packed
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4eggs
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1 Tbspmolasses
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2 tspvanilla extract
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1/2 cbuttermilk
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2 Tbspsour cream
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1/2 ccream soda (no diet)
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3/4 ctoffee bits
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BROWN BUTTER FROSTING:
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1/2 cbutter, softened, divided
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2 cpowdered sugar, maybe more
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1 tspvanilla extract
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1/8 tspground cinnamon
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·dash of ground nutmeg
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·dash of salt
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1 to 2 Tbspbuttermilk
How to Make WENLYN'S CREAM SODA TOFFEE CUPCAKE W/BROWN BUTTER FROSTING
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Prep 18 muffin cups with liners, set aside.
- Combine flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt, set aside.
- In a large bowl, beat butter with electric mixer on medium to high for 30 seconds. Add sugars, beat until well combined.
- Beat in eggs, one at a time, beat after each egg addition until well combined. Beat in molasses and vanilla.
- Alternately add flour mixture, buttermilk and sour cream, and cream soda to butter mixture, beating on low speed after each addition until combined.
- Stir in 1/2 cup of toffee bits.
- Fill each muffin well 3/4 full and bake for about 18 minutes or until tops spring back when lightly touched.
- Remove from oven to wire rack and cool for about 5 minutes, then remove cupcakes from the pans and cool completely.
- BROWN BUTTER FROSTING:
- In a saucepan, heat 1/4 cup of butter over medium-low heat until lightly browned, about 8 minutes, cool.
- In a bowl, beat 1/4 cup softened butter with mixer on medium speed, 30 seconds.
- Add cooled brown butter and beat until combined.
- Add powdered sugar, vanilla, cinnamon, dash nutmeg, and dash salt.
- Beat in 1 to 2 Tbsp. buttermilk until spreadable. Use immediately. If frosting begins to tighten up, stir in a small amount of boiling water.
- Makes 1-1/4 cup of frosting.
- Frost completely cooled cupcakes, sprinkle the remaining toffee bits over the cupcakes.