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Earl Grey Honey Cupcakes

Moist cupcakes flavored with Earl Grey steeped milk and honey topped with vanilla buttercream frosting.
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Prep Time 40 minutes
Cook Time 20 minutes
Course Dessert
Servings 22 cupcakes

Ingredients
 

For the Cupcakes

  • 10 tablespoon softened, unsalted butter
  • 1 cup granulated sugar
  • ½ cup honey Local Hive™ Midwest
  • 4 egg whites
  • 1 ½ teaspoon vanilla
  • 1 cup whole milk or half and half
  • 8 Earl Grey tea bags
  • 2 ¼ cup all purpose flour
  • 1 ½ teaspoon baking powder
  • ¼ teaspoon baking soda
  • ½ teaspoon salt

For the Frosting

  • 1 ¾ cup softened, unsalted butter
  • 4 oz. softened cream cheese
  • 3 ½ cups powdered sugar

Instructions
 

For the Cupcakes

  • Heat 1 cup of milk and steep 8 EarlGrey tea bags for around 20 minutes. Squeeze all the liquid you possibly canout of the tea bags. If the steeped milk is less than 1 cup, add more milkuntil it measures 1 cup again. Set aside.
  • In a large bowl cream 10 tablespoon of softened unsalted butter together with 1 cup of granulated sugar until it is light and fluffy. Then add in 4 egg whites and 1 ½ teaspoon of vanilla and combine. Next mix in ½ cup of Local Hive™ Midwest Honey.
  • In a separate bowl sift together 21/4 cups of all-purpose flour, 1 ½ teaspoon of baking powder, ¼ teaspoon of baking soda and ½ teaspoon of salt.
  • Alternate adding the dry ingredients and the Earl Grey milk to the wet ingredients until everything is combined together.
  • Line a cupcake pan with cupcake liners and fill each ¾ of the way full. Bake the cupcakes at 350 degrees for 20-20 minutes until a cake tester/toothpick comes out clean from the centers. Let the cupcakes cool completely before topping with frosting.

For the Frosting

  • In a large bowl whip 1 ¾ cup of softened, unsalted butter with an electric mixer until it is pale in color and fluffy. (It should be about double in size).
  • Then add in 4 oz. of softened cream cheese and mix until fluffy again.
  • Then sift in 3 ½ cups of powdered sugar a little at a time until it is all combined. Mix the frosting until it light and fluffy.

Assembling the Cupcakes

  • When the cupcakes are cooled pipe a generous amount of frosting onto each.
  • Drizzle each cupcake with Local Hive™ Midwest honey and serve!
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