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A cupcake with caramel-colored frosting and caramel drizzle sits in a brown wrapper against a peach-colored background.

Cookie Butter Cupcakes

Cookie butter cupcakes, filled with cookie butter, topped with cookie butter frosting, drizzled with melted cookie butter and sprinkles with crushed Speculaas cookies.
4.41 from 5 votes
Prep 30 minutes
Cook 45 minutes
Total 1 hour 15 minutes
Course Dessert
Cuisine American, Dutch
Servings 20
Calories 177 kcal

Ingredients

Cupcakes

  • 3 1/2 cups (430 g) plain flour all-purpose
  • 1 1/4 cups (265 g) caster sugar superfine
  • 3 tsp (3 tsp) baking powder
  • 1/2 tsp (1/2 tsp) fine salt
  • 1/2 cup (125 g) unsalted butter softened
  • 2 large (2 large) eggs
  • 1 1/2 cups (375 ml) full-cream milk whole
  • 1/2 cup (125 ml) vegetable oil
  • 2 tbsp (2 tbsp) Greek yoghurt or sour cream
  • 1 tsp (1 tsp) vanilla extract vanilla bean paste
  • 250 g (250 g) melted not hot cookie butter + extra to drizzle
  • 250 g (250 g) roughly chopped speculoos cookies

Frosting

  • 1 batch (1 batch) fluffy buttercream frosting
  • 3 tbsp (3 tbsp) melted not hot cookie butter
  • Preheat your oven to 180C 356F or 160C (320F) for a fan forced oven. Line a cupcake tin with cupcake liners.

Instructions
 

Cupcakes

  • Preheat your oven to 180C (356F) or 160C (320F) for a fan forced oven. Line a cupcake tin with cupcake liners.
  • In the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, add the flour, baking powder, caster sugar and salt. Turn mixer on low speed and allow it to mix for a couple minutes to help everything combine well (alternatively you may do this by sifting the ingredients together). Add the softened butter and let it mix until it resembles a fine sand like texture.
  • Next, add milk, eggs, yogurt, oil and vanilla extract in a large jug and whisk well.
  • Add wet ingredients to dry ingredients in a slow and steady stream until no dry ingredients are visible. Scrape down the bowl, add ½ cup cookie butter and mix for another 20 seconds.
  • Fill each cupcake liner 3/4 of the way (using an ice cream scoop to transfer the batter into the cupcake liners makes this a quick and easy process otherwise you can use two tablespoons). Sprinkle the top of each cupcake liner with a generous amount of crushed cookies. Bake for 20-25 min or until a toothpick inserted comes out clean. Allow them to cool completely on a wire cooling rack before frosting.
  • To prepare cookie butter frosting combine frosting and cookie butter together.
  • Core the centre of each cupcake and fill with cookie butter
  • Fit the end of a piping bag a Wilton 1M tip and frost in a swirl. Drizzle melted cookie butter. Finish off with a sprinkle of cookies.

Notes

Cupcakes can be stored in an airtight container for up to three days.

Nutrition

Serving:20g | Calories:177kcal | Carbohydrates:17g | Protein:3g | Fat:11g | Saturated Fat:8g | Polyunsaturated Fat:0.1g | Monounsaturated Fat:0.1g | Trans Fat:0.1g | Cholesterol:31mg | Sodium:140mg | Potassium:30mg | Fiber:1g | Sugar:1g | Vitamin A:169IU | Vitamin C:0.1mg | Calcium:50mg | Iron:1mg
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