I am so excited for holiday baking! Oh my goodness bring on the yummy goodness.

Today we are celebrating cupcake Saturday with this lovely Eggnog Spice Cupcake Recipe with Eggnog Frosting.

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Eggnog Spice Cupcakes with Eggnog Frosting

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Eggnog Spice Cupcakes

Cupcake Ingredients:

2 ¼ C flour
1 tablespoon baking powder
½ teaspoon baking soda
½ teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon nutmeg
1 teaspoon cinnamon
½ C unsalted butter, room temp
½ C sugar
2 eggs, room temp
2 teaspoon vanilla
1 C eggnog
⅓ C whole milk

Cupcake Directions:

-Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line cupcake tin with paper liners.
-Add the cake flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, nutmeg, and cinnamon in a bowl and mix well.
-With an electric mixer, beat butter and sugar on high until light and fluffy.
-Blend the eggs and vanilla, add the mixture one half at a time to the butter/sugar mixing after each addition until totally blended.
-Pour the eggnog and whole milk in a measuring cup, mix until well blended.
-Starting with the flour mixture, alternately add equal amounts of dry and wet ingredients on low speed until fully mixed.
-Scoop batter into the paper liners and fill each liner about ¾ full .
-Bake at 350 for 20-25 min or until an inserted toothpick comes out clean.
-Allow cupcakes to cool for 10 min in the cupcake pan.
-Remove from cupcake pan and put each cupcake on a wire rack until completely cooled.

Eggnog Frosting

Frosting Ingredients:

4 C powdered sugar
1 C unsalted butter, room temp
1 teaspoon coconut extract
1 teaspoon nutmeg
cinnamon

Frosting Directions:

-Cream the butter, powder sugar, coconut extract, and nutmeg until it looks creamy.
-Test to see if the frosting can form and hold a stiff peak by taking a spoonful of frosting and turning the spoon upside down. If the frosting stays on the spoon it is ready if not then....
- Add more powder sugar ½ C at a time.... mix well.
-If ready scoop the frosting into the pastry bag with a large tip.
-Twist the open end of the pastry bag to push the frosting to the tip.
-Frost from the cupcake edges inward to the center of the cupcake.
-Sprinkle cinnamon on each cupcake.

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