Eggnog Cupcakes
With an eggnog cake and like-minded frosting, Eggnog Cupcakes is one Christmas cupcake recipe that is tasty all over – yet not too strong and overwhelming.
Seeking other festive holiday desserts? I have many that I think you need to try! These Eggnog Cookies, Cranberry Eggnog Bread and Peanut Butter Snowballs are always a hit during the holiday season.
Turtle Cookies are also sure to impress. I love that they taste exactly like the famous treat, but in cookie form.
Also, you can’t beat tradition, so you need to make these Peanut Butter Confetti Squares at least once a season.
With December approaching it’s time to shift gears away from all things pumpkin spice. It’s time to add more Christmas flavours into your life, eggnog all this things!
Even your coffee can get a seasonal kickstart with this homemade Powdered Eggnog Creamer!
Last year I made some great eggnog cookies, which has become one of my favourite holiday treats to make, of all time next to Eggnog Donuts.
While I continually make my tried and true recipes, I also like to add new ones here and there to mix things up and build up the recipe box.
I love to provide my family with new flavours to enjoy during the holiday season.
Eggnog Cupcakes is one of those recipes that I’m happy to have added to this collection, along with these Santa Hat Cupcakes and Salted Caramel Gingerbread Cupcakes.
I knew I wanted to make these holiday cupcakes months ago, and have been chomping at the bit waiting for eggnog to arrive in stores – and now they are here!
How to Make Eggnog Cupcakes
You’ll need the following ingredients to make these festive cupcakes:
- all purpose flour
- white sugar
- baking powder
- room temperature butter
- egg whites
- vanilla extract
- nutmeg
- eggnog
- milk
- icing sugar / confectioners sugar
To Make: Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. In a large bowl, mix together the flour, sugar and baking powder.
Add butter, egg whites, vanilla, nutmeg, eggnog and milk to a bowl and mix on medium speed until smooth.
Add paper liners to a muffin tin. Fill cupcake liners 3/4 full of the cake batter, and bake for 18-20 minutes.
Allow to cool for 1-2 minutes, then move to cooling rack.
To make icing, cream together butter, egg nog, vanilla, and nutmeg in a medium bowl.
Mix in 2 cups of the icing sugar, then if it’s too runny add more in 1/4 cup increments until it’s the consistency needed.
Pipe frosting onto cooled cupcakes and enjoy!
With an eggnog cake and eggnog frosting, this is one cupcake that is tasty all over – yet not too strong and overwhelming.
Just a nice light sweet treat that reminds you of Christmas in every bite.
This homemade cupcake recipe is light & fluffy and piled high with a delicious Eggnog Buttercream.
These are perfect for a holiday party, or a sweet treat to have one chilly winter evening. You will just love this easy recipe!
My daughters and I put up the tree over the weekend and decorated for Christmas, a tad sooner than previous years.
Yet they’ve been wanting to and honestly, our lives need that extra dose of happy when we can get it.
After we completed our holiday decorating, together we iced these cupcakes and toasted to the start of the season. Toasted with cupcakes that is, which was perfect.
All cuddled up and admiring the lights on the tree. Let’s just say the moment was perfect. Your favorite festive beverage = soft and moist EGGNOG CUPCAKES, both the cake and the frosting are filled with delicious eggnog flavor!
Decorating and these cupcakes helped kickstart our holiday season, and I hope they provide some smiles and sweet warmth to yours.
Enjoy the recipe and here’s to the holidays!
For another delicious easy cupcake, try our Root Beer Cupcakes Recipe.
Eggnog Cupcakes
Ingredients
FOR THE CUPCAKES
- 1-3/4 cups flour
- 1 cup sugar
- 1/2 tsp baking powder
- 3/4 cup butter (room temperature )
- 3 egg whites
- 2 tsp vanilla extract
- 1/2 tsp nutmeg
- 3/4 cup eggnog
- 1/4 cup milk
FOR THE ICING
- 1/2 cup butter (softened)
- 1/4 cup egg nog
- 3 tsp vanilla
- 1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
- 2-3 cups icing sugar
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees
- Whisk together flour, sugar and baking powder.
- Add butter, egg whites, vanilla, nutmeg, eggnog and milk to a bowl and mix on medium speed until smooth.
- Fill cupcake liners 3/4 full and bake for 18-20 minutes.
- Allow to cool for 1-2 minutes, then move to cooling rack.
- To make icing, cream together butter, egg nog, vanilla, and nutmeg in a large bowl.
- Mix in 2 cups of the icing sugar, then if it’s too runny add more in 1/4 cup increments until it’s the consistency needed.
- Pipe frosting onto cooled cupcakes and enjoy!
these sound amazing , a must try , thanks for sharing the recipe 🙂 so festive !
Oh boy, these cupcakes look delicious. I’m hoping that my son will make them for New Year – well I’m away for Christmas so New Year would be best eh?
We love eggnog in our family. These would be a huge hit.
Hoping to make these n the weekend when the grandkids visit….they can help me eat them
They sound and look extremely delicious.
I would just thinking about making these, thanks for the recipe!
These sound great, my husband loves eggnog so I know he would enjoy these. Thanks for the recipe.
Yummy I would eat these!
They look so delicious and perfect!
These sound delish!! What a great holiday cupcake 🙂
These cupcakes sound delicious. I love eggnog.
I want to try these cupcakes.
These sound very good, I love eggnog, so I would love these cupcakes!!
Yum! That sounds delicious!
What a fabulous addition to the holiday treat plate. I have already printed this one, even before I read the recipe. lol. Your cupcakes look perfect, I must take the time to pipe on my icing, it looks so much nicer. Thanks again for another delicious recipe.