Chocolate Vodka Cupcake Recipe!

Happy New Year!!! I hope you are all enjoying the new beginnings of January! I'm not one to make new year resolutions but this year I am definitely looking forward to cooking and baking more. So to start I found this awesome cupcake recipe because I am obsessed with cupcakes :)  I changed it a little bit to make it more of my own and they came out amazing! Cupcakes from scratch are no competition to the boxes so if you have the time it is definitely worth it! Just a side note, please don't share these cupcakes with your children. Although you can not taste the vodka, it still has liquor in it and should be consumed by adults only! Below you can find the recipe...

Ingredients:

1 stick of Butter/Margarine

1 cup of Sugar

1 egg

1 ½ cup of flour

½ cup of cocoa powder

1 tsp baking soda

½ tsp salt

½ cup milk

½ cup warm water

1/8 cup vodka (I used Smirnoff)

Vanilla frosting (optional)

Sprinkles (optional)

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees
2. In a large mixing bowl combine all your ingredients except warm water and vodka. Beat with an electric mixer for 1 minute.
3. Then add your warm water and vodka and beat slowly for another minute or until smooth.
4. Line 12 cupcakes (ours made a little more about 16) and bake for about 20 minutes.
5. Don’t forget to check with a toothpick.
6. Let cool and add your Vanilla frosting and Sprinkles.

You can also try this Sugar Glaze one of my girlfriends’s placed on top of our cupcakes before the frosting:
Heat in a small pot, ½ cup of sugar, 3 tbsp of vodka and a pinch or two of vanilla.

I hope you all enjoy them!
xoxo J