These fluffy Horchata Cupcakes, flecked with vanilla bean, are filled and topped with a boozy whiskey buttercream that's sure to please all the cinnamon lovers in your life!
Course Dessert
Cuisine American, Spanish
Keyword horchata cupcakes
Prep Time 35 minutesminutes
Cook Time 18 minutesminutes
Cooling Time 45 minutesminutes
Total Time 53 minutesminutes
Servings 12
Calories 389kcal
Author Erica
Ingredients
Horchata Cupcakes
1 ¼cupsall-purpose flour
1teaspoonbaking powder
Pinch kosher salt
6tablespoonsunsalted buttersoftened
¾cupgranulated sugar
1large egg
½teaspoonvanilla extract
½cup+ 2 tablespoons whole milk
2teaspoonshorchata liqueurlike RumChata
Cinnamon Buttercream
¾cupunsalted buttersoftened
3-4cupspowdered sugar
1teaspoonvanilla extract
3tablespoonshorchata liqueurlike RumChata
3tablespoonscinnamon whiskeylike Fireball
Pinch kosher salt
Cinnamon sugarfor garnish
Dragee sprinklesfor garnish
Instructions
Horchata Cupcakes:
Preheat oven to 400 degrees F. Line a standard cupcake pans with 10-12 liners and set aside.
In a medium bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder, and salt. Set aside.
In the bowl of a stand mixer, cream butter and sugar 3 minutes until light and fluffy. Add eggs and vanilla, mixing until blended well.
Add the milk/horchata and flour mixture in alternate additions, beginning and ending with flour. Mix until just combined - don't overmix.
Fill the cupcake liners 3/4 of the way full, and bake for 5 minutes at 400 degrees, then reduce heat to 350 and bake an additional 10-12 minutes, until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
Remove from oven and allow to cool in pan for 5 minutes, then move to cooling rack. When cool, use a cupcake corer or small knife to make a well in the center of each cupcake.
Cinnamon Buttercream:
While cupcakes are baking, make buttercream. In a KitchenAid stand mixer fitted with a whip attachment (or with a hand mixer), add butter and sift 2 cups of powdered sugar over it. Beat on low to combine, then increase speed to high for 3-4 minutes to blend.
Add vanilla, Horchata, Fireball, and salt, and blend on low until incorporated. Taste and add 1-2 more cups powdered sugar as necessary to reach desired flavor and consistency.
Once incorporated, increase speed to high and whip for 3-4 minutes until fluffy.
Spoon into a piping bag and fill each cooled cupcake with frosting, then top with desired amount.
Garnish with dragee sprinkles and cinnamon sugar. Serve and enjoy!