Brown Sugar Butterscotch Cupcakes

Name: Brown Sugar Butterscotch Cupcakes
Prep time: 40 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 210 min
Yield: 15, 15 cupcakes
Cuisine: american
Ingredients: 1/4 cup (4 Tbsp; 56g) unsalted butter; 3/4 cup (150g) dark brown sugar; 1/2 teaspoon fresh lemon juice (do not skip!); 1/2 cup (120g/ml) heavy cream (do not use milk or half-and-half); 2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract (or vanilla bean paste); 2 teaspoons scotch, bourbon, or rum (see Note); 1/2 teaspoon salt; 1 and 2/3 cups (209g) all-purpose flour (spooned & leveled); 1 teaspoon baking powder; 1/4 teaspoon baking soda; 1/2 cup (8 Tbsp; 113g) unsalted butter, melted and slightly cooled; 1 cup (200g) packed light or dark brown sugar; 1 large egg, at room temperature; 1/4 cup (60g) sour cream or plain yogurt, at room temperature; 3/4 cup (180g/ml) whole milk, at room temperature; 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract (or vanilla bean paste); Vanilla buttercream (sweet) or Swiss meringue buttercream (not as sweet)

Nutrition Facts

Per serving · recipe makes 15 · 3h 30m total

Servings

Calories

22% of a 2,000 cal day

439KCAL

Protein

3g5% DV

% DAILY VALUE

Total Fat20g

26%

Saturated9g

46%

Unsaturated11g

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Total Carbs62g

23%

Fiber0g

Total Sugars49g

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incl. Added Sugars23g

45%

Starch13g

—

Sodium225mg

10%

% Daily Value is based on a 2,000 calorie day.

Moist brown sugar cupcakes filled with buttery butterscotch sauce. Rich, toffee-flavored treats with gooey centers that taste like butterscotch pudding in cupcake form.

Ingredients

15 SERVINGS

56 gunsalted butter — ¼ cup
150 gdark brown sugar — ¾ cup
½ tspfresh lemon juice
120 gheavy cream — ½ cup
2 tsppure vanilla extract — or vanilla bean paste
2 tspscotch — or bourbon or rum
½ tspsalt
209 gall-purpose flour — spooned and leveled, 1⅔ cup
1 tspbaking powder
¼ tspbaking soda
113 gunsalted butter — melted, ½ cup
200 glight brown sugar — packed, 1 cup, or dark brown sugar
1large egg
60 gsour cream — room temperature, ¼ cup, or plain yogurt
180 mlwhole milk — ¾ cup
1 tsppure vanilla extract — or vanilla bean paste
Vanilla buttercream — sweet, or Swiss meringue buttercream

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Method

3h 30m total

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