Double Chocolate Bacon Cupcake Recipe

How can you go wrong with chocolate and bacon on a cupcake! I am just a tad bit excited for today’s Cupcake Saturday Cupcake…..Double Chocolate Bacon Cupcake Recipe!

The perfect combination of salty and sweet together in a cupcake! PLUS BACON! You just can’t go wrong. 

Double Chocolate Bacon Cupcake Recipe

Cupcake Ingredients:

1 3/4 C Flour
2 C Sugar
1 C Cocoa
1 1/2 TSP Baking Soda
1 1/2 TSP Baking Powder
1 TSP Salt
2 Eggs
1 C Whole Milk
1/2 C  Oil
2 TSP Vanilla
1 C Boiling Water
2 TBSP congealed bacon fat

Cupcake Directions:

-Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
-Line the cupcake tins with paper liners.
-Mix the flour, sugar, cocoa, baking soda, baking powder, and salt in a bowl.
-In a separate bowl add the eggs, whole milk, oil, and vanilla.
-Add the bowl containing the eggs, whole milk, oil, congealed bacon fat, and vanilla to the bowl holding the dry ingredients.
-Mix all together until fully incorporated.
-Beat for 3 minutes on medium.
-Slowly add the boiling water starting with a small amount then pour in the remaining boiling water.
-The batter may be a little runny.
-Scoop  batter into cupcake paper liners until 3/4 full.
-Bake at 350 degrees for 20-25 minutes.
-Remove from oven and allow to cool for 10 minutes.
-Take out of cupcake pan and place on a wire rack until completely cooled.

Frosting Recipe:

Ingredients:

1 C unsalted butter, softened
3/4 C cocoa powder
3 C powder sugar
3/4 C heavy cream
1 lb bacon fried

Directions:

-Beat the softened butter on its own until smooth.
-Add cocoa and powder sugar alternately with heavy cream  into the creamed butter until it becomes a smooth and thick texture.
-If the frosting is too thick, add more heavy cream, if too thin, add more powder sugar.
-Cut 4 slices of fried bacon into tiny bits and add to the frosting…. stir well to blend throughout the frosting.
-Cut remaining bacon strips into thirds and hold for later.
-Scoop frosting into a large pastry bag with a frosting tip.
-Twist the open end of the pastry bag to push frosting to the tip.
-Frost cupcakes.
-Stick bacon piece into the center of the frosted cupcake.

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Double Chocolate Bacon Cupcake Recipe

Author: Tammilee

Ingredients

• 1 3/4 C Flour
• 2 C Sugar
• 1 C Cocoa
• 1 1/2 TSP Baking Soda
• 1 1/2 TSP Baking Powder
• 1 TSP Salt
• 2 Eggs
• 1 C Whole Milk
• 1/2 C Oil
• 2 TSP Vanilla
• 1 C Boiling Water
• 2 TBSP congealed bacon fat
• Frosting Recipe:
• Ingredients:
• 1 C unsalted butter softened
• 3/4 C cocoa powder
• 3 C powder sugar
• 3/4 C heavy cream
• 1 lb bacon fried

Instructions

1. Cupcake Directions:
2. -Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
3. -Line the cupcake tins with paper liners.
4. -Mix the flour, sugar, cocoa, baking soda, baking powder, and salt in a bowl.
5. -In a separate bowl add the eggs, whole milk, oil, and vanilla.
6. -Add the bowl containing the eggs, whole milk, oil, congealed bacon fat, and vanilla to the bowl holding the dry ingredients.
7. -Mix all together until fully incorporated.
8. -Beat for 3 minutes on medium.
9. -Slowly add the boiling water starting with a small amount then pour in the remaining boiling water.
10. -The batter may be a little runny.
11. -Scoop batter into cupcake paper liners until 3/4 full.
12. -Bake at 350 degrees for 20-25 minutes.
13. -Remove from oven and allow to cool for 10 minutes.
14. -Take out of cupcake pan and place on a wire rack until completely cooled.
15. Directions:
16. -Beat the softened butter on its own until smooth.
17. -Add cocoa and powder sugar alternately with heavy cream into the creamed butter until it becomes a smooth and thick texture.
18. -If the frosting is too thick, add more heavy cream, if too thin, add more powder sugar.
19. -Cut 4 slices of fried bacon into tiny bits and add to the frosting.... stir well to blend throughout the frosting.
20. -Cut remaining bacon strips into thirds and hold for later.
21. -Scoop frosting into a large pastry bag with a frosting tip.
22. -Twist the open end of the pastry bag to push frosting to the tip.
23. -Frost cupcakes.
24. -Stick bacon piece into the center of the frosted cupcake.

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