This recipe features both a mudslide cake and delicious frosting inspired by the classic mudslide cocktail.

Why You’ll Love Baileys Cupcakes

With an irresistible combination of Baileys Irish cream liqueur and coffee flavored Kahlua, these deliciously decadent cupcakes are topped with a Baileys frosting that emphasizes all of those mudslide cocktail flavors.

I struggled getting the perfect consistency for this frosting because adding brewed coffee directly to the frosting makes it too loose and reduces the coffee’s strength. I’m so excited to have figured out the best answer – dissolving instant coffee in the vanilla extract. Perfection!

Ingredients

This recipe is based on my classic vanilla frosting recipe. It’s an American buttercream (read about all of the different frosting types if you are curious) so it uses only powdered sugar, butter, salt, and flavoring (in this case, vanilla extract and instant coffee).

We’re used to super sweet American buttercream here in the U.S. that’s made with gobs of sugar. In this Italian frosting, the sweetness comes from a small amount of hot sugar syrup – it’s the butter flavor that really shines through.

Ingredients and Equipment

Some of the key ingredients and tools you’ll need for this recipe are:

Ingredients

This frosting blends up in an electric mixer with just a few simple ingredients: unsalted butter, strawberry puree, powdered sugar, and salt.

I highly recommend that you use fresh berries to make the puree, but you can always use frozen ones if it’s not strawberry season. Make sure you defrost them first and strain off all of the liquid before pureeing, as I show below.

Guest blogger Sasha Nary, self-taught baker, confectionery artist and a creator of Instagram page @SashaCakesChicago, says that she was practically born eating Russian buttercream from a bottle. So, today she is sharing her best tips and tricks for making it come out perfectly every time.

They won’t get you drunk, but these boozy cupcakes burst with flavor thanks to homemade tequila lime frosting.

Why You’ll Love these Boozy Cupcakes

Readers, friends, and family alike adore these Margarita Cupcakes! I’ve made them for friends’ weddings and some of my friends have started making them themselves if I don’t make them often enough.

The recipe is similar to my apple cupcakes, but without the apples – the cinnamon and brown sugar give them a bit of a fall cupcake flavor.

Ingredients

Aside from the usual pantry staples, you’ll also need Biscoff spread [paid link] (shown above) to make these cupcakes.

This post discusses all of the different types of frostings for cupcakes and cakes and gives you a number of frosting ideas for topping your own baked treats.

Ingredients

Like all of my American buttercreams, this one requires unsalted butter, powdered sugar, and salt. The key ingredient that makes this frosting stand out is orange zest.

I’ve tried making orange frosting using orange marmalade, orange juice, and orange extract. But, I’ve found that using zest is by far the best method for flavoring the frosting.

Adding just a touch of sour cream into frosting can make a world of difference!

Tips for Making Sour Cream Icing

You can take a few steps to make sure that your sour cream frosting recipe comes out great every time: