Moonshine and Sweet Tea Cupcakes

Forget going out to eat or ordering takeout every time you crave Southern food. Try making Moonshine and Sweet Tea Cupcakes at home. One serving contains 262 calories, 2g of protein, and 11g of fat. This recipe serves 18. For $1.06 per serving, this recipe covers 3% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. It works well as a hor d'oeuvre. It is brought to you by Cup Cake Project. Plenty of people made this recipe, and 2736 would say it hit the spot. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes around 45 minutes. It is a good option if you're following a lacto ovo vegetarian diet. A mixture of tea, water, flour, and a handful of other ingredients are all it takes to make this recipe so scrumptious. With a spoonacular score of 12%, this dish is rather bad. If you like this recipe, take a look at these similar recipes: moonshine sweet tea cupcakes, Sweet Tea Cupcakes with Lemon Sweet Tea Frosting, and Frozen Green Tean And Moonshine Cocktail.

Servings: 18

 

Ingredients:

1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder

1/2 teaspoon baking soda

2 large eggs

1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour

2 cups powdered sugar

1/2 teaspoon salt

1/2 cup Strawberry Midnight Moon (other brands/flavors of moonshine would also work)

1 1/2 cups sugar

1/3 cup packed loose black tea leaves

1/2 cup (4 ounces) tea butter from above, room temperature

Remaining tea butter from above, room temperature

1 cup unsalted butter

2/3 cup water

Equipment:

sauce pan

sieve

mixing bowl

oven

toothpicks

Cooking instruction summary:

In a small saucepan, melt the butter on medium heat until just melted. Add the tea leaves.Continue heating the mixture for about 5 minutes on low heat. Remove from the heat and allow to stand for another 5 minutes or until the butter is discernibly tinted by the tea leaves. Pour the mixture through a fine sieve, pressing hard on the tea leaves and then discarding them. You will undoubtedly end up with some butter that you can't get off of the leaves. I encourage you to press as hard as you can, but not to obsess about lost butter - it's for a good cause and you don't need a full cup of butter for this recipe.Let the butter cool to room temperature before using it in the cake and frosting.Preheat oven to 350 F.In a medium-sized mixing bowl, beat tea butter and sugar until light and fluffy.Mix in flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt.Mix in eggs, one at a time.Mix in midnight moon, a little bit at a time.Mix in water.Fold in strawberries.Bake for 20 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center of a cupcake comes out dry.Beat tea butter and butter in a medium-sized mixing bowl until light and fluffy (about three minutes on high speed).Mix in powdered sugar a little bit at a time.Spread or pipe on cooled cupcakes.

 

Step by step:


1. In a small saucepan, melt the butter on medium heat until just melted.

2. Add the tea leaves.Continue heating the mixture for about 5 minutes on low heat.

3. Remove from the heat and allow to stand for another 5 minutes or until the butter is discernibly tinted by the tea leaves.

4. Pour the mixture through a fine sieve, pressing hard on the tea leaves and then discarding them. You will undoubtedly end up with some butter that you can't get off of the leaves. I encourage you to press as hard as you can, but not to obsess about lost butter - it's for a good cause and you don't need a full cup of butter for this recipe.

5. Let the butter cool to room temperature before using it in the cake and frosting.Preheat oven to 350 F.In a medium-sized mixing bowl, beat tea butter and sugar until light and fluffy.

6. Mix in flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt.

7. Mix in eggs, one at a time.

8. Mix in midnight moon, a little bit at a time.

9. Mix in water.Fold in strawberries.

10. Bake for 20 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center of a cupcake comes out dry.Beat tea butter and butter in a medium-sized mixing bowl until light and fluffy (about three minutes on high speed).

11. Mix in powdered sugar a little bit at a time.

12. Spread or pipe on cooled cupcakes.


Nutrition Information:

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260k Calories
2g Protein
10g Total Fat
39g Carbs
0% Health Score
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Calories
260k
13%

Fat
10g
17%

  Saturated Fat
6g
42%

Carbohydrates
39g
13%

  Sugar
29g
33%

Cholesterol
47mg
16%

Sodium
106mg
5%

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Protein
2g
4%

Selenium
6µg
9%

Vitamin A
345IU
7%

Folate
26µg
7%

Vitamin B1
0.1mg
7%

Manganese
0.13mg
6%

Vitamin B2
0.1mg
6%

Phosphorus
51mg
5%

Iron
0.73mg
4%

Vitamin B3
0.74mg
4%

Vitamin C
2mg
3%

Vitamin E
0.37mg
2%

Calcium
23mg
2%

Vitamin D
0.3µg
2%

Potassium
68mg
2%

Fiber
0.42g
2%

Vitamin B5
0.16mg
2%

Copper
0.03mg
2%

Zinc
0.18mg
1%

Vitamin B12
0.07µg
1%

Magnesium
4mg
1%

covered percent of daily need
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