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Pancake Cupcakes with Maple Buttercream and Candied Bacon

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A delicious fluffy pancake cupcake drizzled in syrup and topped with a maple spiked buttercream and garnished with candied bacon.

Pancake Cupcakes topped with maple buttercream and candied bacon slice

Well it’s finally February, and yesterday Punxsutawney Phil didn’t see his shadow, so that means an early Spring…which I can handle. Finally though after a pretty mild winter thus far we did get some sort of blizzard here in MN. Nothing to phone home about…school got out early, the wind is sure blowing, but unfortunately the snow has stopped. Like I’ve been telling people, the last few years here it has been pretty mild snow wise. We haven’t received too much of it and I believe that if it’s going to be cold, there better be snow otherwise let’s just move onto Spring! On another note, I made cupcakes! No ordinary cupcakes either. Breakfast cupcakes. Cupcakes to wake up your senses. Now I can honestly say that it’s acceptable to eat dessert for breakfast with these Pancake Cupcakes with Maple Buttercream and Candied Bacon!!

Four cupcakes spread out with stack of pancakes in background

Like I’ve said about a million times, I’m not a huge breakfast person. Breakfast food yes. Eating in the morning no….These cupcakes though have changed my view on that. It’s totally horrible I know…sweets to get me to actually eat in the morning. I totally find it acceptable to skip dinner and go straight to dessert so these are heaven to me, and that’s saying A LOT. 

Overhead of pancake cupcakes topped with candied bacon slices

Who doesn’t love bacon? Bacon is a seriously awesome addition to most any dish. What’s even more awesome is candied bacon. Never tried candied bacon? Sucks to be you, but it’s ok, its super simple to make. Get yourself some bacon slices, dredge in brown sugar and bake for about 30 minutes, flipping halfway through! Wah-lah! If you don’t learn anything else this week, remember I taught you how to make candied bacon, you will forever be changed!

Pancake Cupcakes with Maple Buttercream and Candied Bacon

anyways, let’s be serious for a second, and when I say serious I mean you seriously need to get into the kitchen and whip up yourself a batch of these delicious cupcakes. You’ll thank me later. Once you see how simple these bad boy’s are you’ll want to make over and over and over again. Don’t you just love how I rant and rave over these? I’m just super excited I have a breakfast….ok morning food, I will call it that, that I want to actually eat when I wake up. These are kid AND adult approved. So no more excuses!

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Pancake cupcake topped with maple buttercream and slice of candied bacon

Pancake Cupcakes

A delicious fluffy pancake cupcake drizzled in syrup and topped with a maple spiked buttercream and garnished with candied bacon.
5 from 3 votes
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Course: Breakfast, Dessert
Cuisine: American
Prep Time: 10 minutes
Cook Time: 12 minutes
Total Time: 22 minutes
Servings: 12 cupcakes
Calories: 170kcal
Author: Tornadough Alli

Ingredients

  • Baking Mix and ingredients called for on package to make pancakes we used Bakers Corner brand from Aldi
  • Maple Syrup
  • Candied bacon

MAPLE BUTTERCREAM

  • 2 sticks butter softened
  • 4 cups powdered sugar
  • 1-2 tsp maple extract
  • 3-4 Tbs heavy cream

Instructions

  • Pre-heat oven to 350.
  • Mix all ingredients called for on package of pancake mix as long as it is the 2 cup version.
  • Spray a 12 count muffin tin with cooking spray or place cupcake liners in each.
  • Fill each cup 2/3 full of pancake batter.
  • Bake for about 10-12 minutes or until cupcakes spring back and are started to turn golden.
  • Cool on cooling rack.
  • Once cool, poke holes with toothpick in tops of each cupcake and drizzle with syrup, spreading over tops and into holes. Set aside to soak.

MAPLE BUTTERCREAM

  • In large bowl beat butter until light and fluffy.
  • Mix in your powdered sugar until combined.
  • Add your maple extract and slowly mix in.
  • One tablespoon at a time mix in your heavy cream, adding more until you reach desired consitency.
  • Place buttercream in piping bag fitted with a large start tip and pipe onto cupcakes.
  • Top with candied bacon if desired.

Notes

The cupcake liners like to stick to the cupcakes, remove slowly or add a little cooking spray to each liner before filling with batter. You can also use without the liners and bake straight into the muffin tin sprayed with the cooking spray! The sticking a little bit did not bother us one bit!

Nutrition

Calories: 170kcal | Carbohydrates: 40g | Protein: 1g | Fat: 2g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 5mg | Sodium: 3mg | Sugar: 39g | Vitamin A: 55IU | Calcium: 2mg | Iron: 0mg

Tornadough Alli is not a nutritionist or dietitian, and any nutritional information shared is an estimate. If calorie count and nutritional value is important to you, we recommend running the ingredients through whichever online nutritional calculator you prefer. Calories and values can vary depending on which brands were used.

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  2. Cristina @ I Say Nomato

    Maple? Bacon? PANCAKES? These look completely, sinfully delicious 🙂 (gorgeous photos too! wow!) Pinning this onnnne…

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    • Tornadough Alli

      Thanks so much dear!! I’m taking the plunge this weekend and actually buying myself a DSLR. No more camera phone! Haha.

      Reply

  3. Heather @MySweetMission.net

    Thank you Alli for linking up your delicious Pancake Cupcakes with Maple Buttercream and Candied Bacon at the Creative Muster Party! We hope you’ll stop by Tuesday night at 6 pm EST to party with us again! Your post is one of my #FavoritePosts this week, so it’s been shared on Twitter with my followers. 🙂 ~Heather

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  6. Jenna @ A Savory Feast

    Yum yum! I love anything pancake. This would be a lot easier than making a bunch of individual pancakes and then having to clean up a messy griddle. Thanks for joining us for the Wednesday Showcase today!

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  9. CakePants

    What a neat idea! I love pancakes and I love cupcakes, but I never would have thought to combine the two. Thanks for sharing the recipe!

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    • Tornadough Alli

      Thanks for stopping by. It was one of those I want sweets but it’s only 8am what can I make that’s acceptable kind of deals!

      Reply

  10. Frugal Hausfrau

    Alli, I am absolutely with you on breakfast. I can’t even face food some mornings, and my fave meal is breakfast for dinner! This look so gorgeous, creative and fun! Happy Throwback Thursday to you!

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  12. Christine | Mid-Life Croissant

    Now why does this seem so much more decadent to me than pancakes and bacon? It’s basically the same thing! This is straight up yum. Thanks for linking up at #SaucySaturdays.

    Reply

  16. Michelle | A Dish of Daily Life

    Breakfast cupcakes? What a fun idea! You had me at bacon. 🙂 Sharing on my Facebook page tomorrow morning!

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  18. Sonal

    What a Clever idea Alli. Breakfast in a cupcake! Great flavors there. I have to try baking a cup cake with pancake batter! Genius idea.

    Reply

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