photo by Chez Pim
There are some cupcake combinations that would never in a million years occur to me. Butternut Bourbon² Cupcakes is one of them, courtesy of the food blog Chez Pim. Go there for the inspiration and the recipe. Here's an excerpt:
I'd been vaguely thinking about doing something with vanilla beans, then I found a bottle of Bourbon whiskey, just laying there, looking a bit forlorn, a light layer of dust covering the bottle's shoulder. Bourbon whiskey are aged in American oak, giving it a lovely vanilla aroma, which would compliment the Bourbon vanilla I'd planned to use in the jam. And as far as I'm concerned everything is better with a little booze in it!
And I knew that was it. Butternut squash, Bourbon vanilla, and bourbon whiskey. That's my jam! I even got the name right that very moment: Butternut Bourbon². How cute is that, huh? (Can you tell I used to be a geek?)
Then, yesterday another inspiration struck. Musing about alternatives to the usual pumpkin-y desserts that make an outing around Thanksgiving, it came to me that the Butternut Bourbon² would make a fantastic filling for even more fantastic cupcakes. So, here they are ladies and gentlemen, the best cupcakes, ever. (Yes, yes I am aware that humility is not exactly my strong suit.) But they *are* that good.
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