Eggnog Latte Cupcakes

Total Time: 35 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• 4 cups cake flour (not self-rising)
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 2 teaspoons baking soda
• 1 1/2 teaspoons salt
• 1 cup unsalted butter, softened
• 2 cups sugar
• 2 teaspoons vanilla
• 4 large eggs
• 1 3/4 cups eggnog
• 1/4 cup dark rum
• 1 cup chilled whipping cream
• 8 ounces mascarpone
• 2 teaspoons coffee extract
• 1/4 cup ground coffee
• 2 -3 cups confectioners' sugar (depending upon how thick you prefer frosting)

Recipe

• 1 the cake:.
• 2 preheat oven to 350°f and line twenty-four 1/2-cup muffin cups with paper liners.
• 3 into a bowl, sift together flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt.
• 4 in a large bowl with an electric mixer beat together butter and sugar until light and fluffy and beat in vanilla.
• 5 add eggs 1 at a time, beating well after each addition, and with mixer on low speed beat in eggnog and rum until just combined.
• 6 add flour mixture in 3 batches, beating until just combined after each addition.
• 7 bake for approx 20 minutes.
• 8 the frosting:.
• 9 whip up whipping cream in mixer until soft peaks begin to form.
• 10 fold in mascarpone, coffee extract, and coffee grinds.
• 11 then while mixing over low speed, slowly add the confectioner's sugar one cup at a time, being careful not to over whip frosting.