Max’s Beer Batter Maple Bacon Spring Break Cupcake

If you’re a fan of Two Broke Girls you’re sure to love Max’s quirks and her delicious cupcakes. While we also became fond of Max’s and Caroline’s uncanny situations we’re also shocked at the variety of cupcakes Max has created. Today we’ll cover one of her most bizarre sounding cupcake but that actually tastes yum. Go ahead and try it for yourself!

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Max's Beer Batter Maple Bacon Spring Break Cupcake

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Course

Desserts

Prep Time

25 minutes

Cook Time

35 minutes

Servings

cupcakes MetricUS Imperial

Ingredients

• 2 cups all purpose flour
• 1 1/2 cups white sugar
• 1 1/2 tsp baking soda
• 1 tsp Salt
• 1 cup stout beer
• 1/2 cup butter
• 1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
• 1 cup Chocolate Chips
• 2 large eggs
• 2/3 cup plain greek yoghurt
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 3 strips bacon
• 1/3 cup maple syrup
• 8 ounces cream cheese
• 1/2 cup butter
• 1 cup powdered sugar
• 1 tbsp maple syrup
• 1 tbsp candied bacon drippings

Course Desserts Prep Time 25 minutes Cook Time 35 minutes Servings cupcakes MetricUS Imperial Ingredients 2 cups all purpose flour 1 1/2 cups white sugar 1 1/2 tsp baking soda 1 tsp Salt 1 cup stout beer 1/2 cup butter 1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa powder 1 cup Chocolate Chips 2 large eggs 2/3 cup plain greek yoghurt 1 tsp vanilla extract 3 strips bacon 1/3 cup maple syrup 8 ounces cream cheese 1/2 cup butter 1 cup powdered sugar 1 tbsp maple syrup 1 tbsp candied bacon drippings

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Instructions

1. Preheat the oven to 350°F
2. Take two muffin tins and line twenty cups with cupcake liners and keep it aside.
3. Add flour, sugar, baking soda and salt to a bowl and whisk it together.
4. Add butter and beer to a large sauce pan and simmer them together on medium heat till the butter melts.
5. Stir in the cocoa powder and chocolate chips till the mixture is smooth and then take it off the heat.
6. Set aside to cool.
7. Whisk the eggs and yoghurt in a large bowl till they become smooth.
8. Slowly add a little cooled down chocolate mixture to it and keep whisking it in.
9. Whisk till the mixture is homogeneous, then add vanilla and mix it in.
10. Add the dry mixture we mixed earlier in the chocolate mixture and combine it well.
11. Ladle the mix into cupcake liners and fill halfway.
12. Bake for 15 minutes and on removing check the cupcakes by inserting a toothpick.
13. If the toothpick comes out clean, the cupcakes are cooked.
14. Line a large baking sheet with aluminum foil.
15. Put the bacon strips across a baking rack and keep this on the baking sheet.
16. Baste the strips with maple syrup and put it into the oven at 375°F
17. After baking for 5 minutes, take the tray out, brush on some maple syrup and put it back in.
18. After another 5 minutes, take the tray out, flip the bacon, brush the flip side with maple syrup and put it in for another 5 minutes.
19. Repeat the basting process once more for the flip side and cook for final 5 minutes.
20. Remove the bacon from the oven and let it rest.
21. Take butter and the cream cheese in a large bowl and whisk them till they are incorporated well.
22. To this mixture, add powdered sugar, maple syrup, and bacon drippings and mix that in too.
23. When the mix is smooth, you can add some more sugar to get the right consistency.
24. Add the frosting to a piping bag and frost all the cupcakes.
25. Crumble the bacon on top of the frosting and refrigerate these for an hour before eating.