November 21, 2016–I’ll forgo my usual loquacious description of the dessert I made and let the pictures speak for themselves. It is for adults only!
I am unsure of where/how I came upon this recipe but it was definitely worth the effort.
You start by making the batter for chocolate cupcakes that besides the normal ingredients also contains a FULL CUP OF BOURBON!! You now have a blank canvas of goodness. But like any great artist, why stop there?!?!
You then cut a small hole in the top of each cupcake and remove the center. You can use the scrapes to crumble on top of ice cream or just nosh on while you continue to assemble the cupcakes :-O. You can’t leave the hole so you add a Bourbon butter pecan frosting (pecans were toasted w/bourbon & vanilla then mixed w/brown sugar, powder sugar, cinnamon & heavy cream).
Admittedly this looks a little sloppy so you should cover it with some Bourbon Buttered Pecan Frosting!
The recipe called for toping the whole thing with a whole pecan. I went a step further and added maple Bourbon bacon. Why? Because EVERYTHING tastes better with bacon and you can NEVER have enough Bourbon!
I present to you Chocolate Bourbon Pecan Pie Cupcakes w/Buttered Pecan Frosting topped with Bourbon Buttered Pecans and Bourbon Maple Bacon. I told you it was for ADULTS ONLY!
