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Amaretto Cupcakes with Orange Amaretto Frosting

  • Author: Chocolate Covered Cheetah

Ingredients

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  • Cupcakes:
  • 1/2 cup unsalted butter
  • 1/2 cup white sugar
  • 2 eggs
  • 1.5 tsp vanilla
  • 1/4 cup amaretto
  • 1 1/4 cup white all-purpose flour
  • 1 1/2 tsp baking powder
  • 1/4 tsp sea salt
  • 1/3 cup almond milk
  • Frosting:
  • 2 tbsp cold, unsalted butter
  • 1.5 cups powdered sugar
  • 1 tbsp fresh squeezed orange juice
  • 1 tsp orange zest
  • 1 tbsp amaretto
  • 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
  • 12 maraschino cherries with stems

Instructions

  1. Cupcakes:
  2. Pre-heat oven to 350° In the bowl of your electric mixer fitted with the blade attachment, cream together butter and sugar until fluffy
  3. Add vanilla, mix
  4. Add eggs 1 at a time, mix until fully combined
  5. Add amaretto, mix
  6. In a small bowl, whisk together the flour, baking powder and sea salt
  7. Slowly add 1/2 the dry mixture to the mixing bowl
  8. Pour in the almond milk
  9. Add remaining dry mixture, mix until just combined
  10. Fill cupcake liners with batter
  11. Bake for about 20 minutes or until a toothpick comes out dry when inserted in the center
  12. Allow cupcakes to cool completely
  13. Frosting:
  14. Add butter to the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with blade attachment, beat on high
  15. Slowly add 1/2 of the powdered sugar
  16. Add orange juice, amaretto, vanilla and orange zest, mix
  17. Add remaining powdered sugar and mix until fully combined and the frosting is thick
  18. Refrigerate for at least 30 minutes
  19. With clean hands, form frosting into small balls, place one on top of each cupcake
  20. Press a cherry into each ball of frosting
  21. Serve immediately

Notes

You can make the frosting and cupcakes ahead of time, but do not assemble them until you are ready to serve them.

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