Kentucky Bourbon Cupcakes!

I got the Kentucky Bourbon cake recipe from a book called "Vintage Cakes" By: Julie Richardson... LOVE THAT BOOK! MUST BUY!.... Anyway... It was supposed to be a glazed cake or bundt cake... but I decided to try it as cupcakes with a light peach-bourbon buttercream.... Because what pairs better with bourbon than fresh peaches?? 

 

 

Kentucky Bourbon Cupcakes!

Ingredients:

3 cups                              Cake flour, sifted
1 tsp.                                Baking powder
1/2 tsp.                            Baking soda
1 tsp.                               Sea salt, fine
1 cup                               Unsalted butter
1 and 1/2 cups                Sugar
1/2 cup                            Brown sugar, packed
4                                      Eggs, room temp
1/4 cup                            Bourbon (I used Makers Mark)
1 cup                               Buttermilk, room temp



Pre-heat oven to 350. Line a standard muffin pan with cupcake liners. In a medium sized bowl, sift together flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. In a mixer with fitted paddle, cream together butter, sugar, and brown sugar until light and fluffy. Add eggs one at a time until fully incorporated. Add flour mixture alternately with buttermilk in three additions. Scrape down sides of bowl and beat in bourbon. Pour evenly into cupcake liners and bake until done (toothpick comes out clean). Let cool completely.

Peachy-Bourbon Buttercream:

1 cup                               Unsalted butter, room temp
5-6 cups                          Powdered sugar
1/4 or 1/2 cup                 Fresh peach puree
1 to 2 tbls.                      Bourbon (again I used Makers Mark)