Eggnog Cupcakes

These moist eggnog cupcakes have delicious spiced flavor from eggnog, cinnamon, and nutmeg. If you are searching for cozy holiday desserts, these simple spiced cupcakes with cream cheese frosting are the perfect choice. We hope that you enjoy them!

A Quick Look at the Ingredients

Here is a quick look at our key ingredients for the cupcakes- you can find the full, printable recipe at the bottom of this post!

• Butter (We used unsalted so that we have more control over the amount of salt in the recipe. Some salted butters contain more salt than others.)
• Sugar
• Vanilla Extract
• Eggs
• Cake Flour has a lower protein content which results in less gluten formation and a more tender cake.
• Baking Powder & Baking Soda
• Salt
• Ground Cinnamon & Nutmeg give our cupcakes a boost of warm spices
• Eggnog- We recommend full fat for added richness and a nice texture.
• Sour Cream also adds a nice richness and makes for a more tender crumb.
• Vegetable Oil (we use Canola)

How to Make Eggnog Cupcakes

You can find the full recipe at the bottom of this post. Here is a look at our steps!

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees, add paper cupcake liners to cupcake pan(s)
• In a medium bowl, whisk the cake flour, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon, nutmeg, and salt for 30 seconds. Set aside
• In another bowl, add the eggnog, vegetable oil, sour cream, and vanilla extract. Set aside.
• In the bowl of your mixer, add the softened butter and mix at medium speed until smooth. Gradually add the sugar and continue to mix on medium speed for 3 to 5 minutes until lightened in color and fluffy.

• Add the eggs one at a time, mixing after each until the yellow of the yolk has blended.
• With the mixer on low speed, alternately add the flour mixture and eggnog mixture, beginning and ending with the dry ingredients (3 additions of dry ingredients and 2 of liquid).
• Mix just until incorporated. Be careful not to over-mix.

• Scoop about ¼ cup bake batter into each cupcake liner (in the cupcake pans)
• Bake at 350 degrees for 15-18 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean or with just few crumbs attached. We like to remove cupcakes immediately from the pans to prevent over-baking. Baking times can vary depending on pan & oven- check at 15 minutes to be on the safe side, but it may take a few minutes more.
• Makes 30-32 cupcakes (approximately ¼ cup of batter per cupcake)

Cream Cheese Frosting

We love to pair spice cakes and cupcakes with cream cheese frosting! This recipe is a simple combination of softened, cream cheese, butter, powdered sugar, a pinch of salt and vanilla extract.

*We used plain cream cheese frosting but for even more spice, you can add a bit of cinnamon and nutmeg.

Frosting the Eggnog Cupcakes

After the cupcakes have cooled, it is time to frost the cupcakes! Decorate however you like- the cream cheese frosting is very easy to work with. (If at any time it becomes too soft to decorate with, just pop it in the refrigerator for 10 minutes or until it firms up a bit!)

We used a 1M piping tip to pipe shells and swirls onto our cupcakes.

More Recipes

We have many more spice cake recipes and Christmas Cake Recipes to share with you! Some of our favorites are Gingerbread Cake, Eggnog Pound Cake, Red Velvet Cake, but there are so many more!

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