Oh! Good Morning(: French Toast anyone?!

Who wouldn't want a cupcake for breakfast?!  I know I would!!  Sooo, I give you a cupcake you can eat for breakfast without feeling guilty, well you might feel a little guilty because they’re so good(:  The French Toast Cupcake… I know, I know amazing right!  So Kristen, my Monday Funday or Wild Wednesday friend whichever one you want to call her… I prefer Kristen, kept saying “how great would it be to have a breakfast cupcake, you never see that.”  Then we proceeded to high five each other because she’s right, how stinkin’ great would that be?!  So I thought I would give it a try... Here it goes!!

Here is everything you will need for the cupcake(:

1 1/2 Cups Flour

1 1/2 tsp. Baking Powder

1/2 tsp. Ground Cinnamon 

(I was generous with my scoop of Cinnamon)

1/4 tsp. Nutmeg

1/4 tsp. Salt

1 Cup Sugar

1/2 Cup (1Stick) Butter, Softened 

2 eggs

1 3/4 tsp. Maple Extract

1/4 tsp. Vanilla Extract

3/4 Cups Milk
Yield: 12 cupcakes

So, do you want to know how to make 'em?!  Ok, I'll  tell you(:

First, preheat your oven to 350 F and line your cupcake tins with cupcake holders!

Then in a mixing bowl, sift together Flour, Baking powder, Cinnamon, Nutmeg, and Salt. Set aside!

Now with your mixer... I'm pretty sure this is the one my mom used to make my big bird cake with(:

In a separate bowl mix together Butter, Sugar and eggs.  Let it mix for 3 minutes, make sure it's combined really good. Add the Maple and the Vanilla extract and keep mixing on low to medium speed.

While the mixer is still on, alternate the milk and flour into the bowl with the sugar and eggs, ending with the milk and mix until it's incorporated all the way.

Spoon into the cupcake tin 3/4 full. Pop in the oven for 19-24 minutes or until you insert a toothpick and it comes out clean. 

You're awesome, you just finished the cupcake part(:

Now, for the Icing... which is the best part in my opinion!  I only have one picture for you and it's the ingredients that you'll need(:  I want you to make the icing how you like, I'll give you the amount of butter, cream cheese, and extract but for the sugar and milk I want you to make it your own consistency! 

1/3 Cup Cream Cheese

1 stick butter

1 1/2 tsp Maple extract

Powdered Sugar

Milk

So, if your thinking you can't do it with out an exact recipe you're wrong(:  You can totally do this.

Mix together cream cheese, butter and extract in your mixer then pour in about 1 cup of powdered sugar and about a Tblsp. of milk, keep doing this until you get the consistency you like in an icing, I like mine creamy so I do a little more milk if it's to thick! (tip, you really can't mess up icing... if it's too thick add milk if it's to creamy, add more sugar) 

And you've done it(: You have just made your new favorite cupcake!!

Yummy!!  Every bit of that was delicious(:  The sweet maple syrup icing was probably my favorite.  Ok, I might feel guilty now because I’ve eaten like 3 of them and a glass of milk!!  Oops, ohh well… When in doubt, sugar it out(: