Fireball Whiskey Cupcakes (makes 20 cupcakes) 🔥🧁 (Note: these aren’t minor or pregnancy friendly - the cupcakes don’t bake long enough to bake out the alcohol and there is alcohol in the buttercream) Cupcake Ingredients: 1 box Vanilla cake mix ¾ cup milk ¼ cup Fireball ½ cup unsalted butter (melted and cooled slightly) 4 eggs 1 tsp vanilla extract 1 tsp cinnamon ¼ tsp nutmeg ¼ tsp ground clove Pinch of cayenne pepper Buttercream Ingredients: 1 cup unsalted butter 4 ¼ cup powdered sugar ½ tsp cinnamon Pinch of cayenne ¼ tsp salt 2 tsp pure vanilla extract 2 tbsp milk or heavy cream ¼ cup Fireball Red food coloring if you want the color shown ⬆️ (pre-coloring, this buttercream is white with flecks of cinnamon) Directions to make Fireball Cupcakes: 1. Preheat oven to 350° F. 2. Line a cupcake pan with cupcake liners and set aside.  3. In a large bowl, mix vanilla cake mix with cinnamon, nutmeg, ground clove and cayenne then mix well. 5. In another bowl (a stand mixer or use a hand mixer) beat together cooled melted butter, eggs, milk, vanilla and Fireball. 6. Slowly pour the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients mixing until everything is well incorporated.  7. Divide the batter between the cupcake liners. 8. Bake the Fireball Cupcakes for 18-21 minutes 9. Remove from oven and cool cupcakes in tray for 10 minutes before removing to cooling rack to cool completely before decorating.  Directions for Fireball Buttercream 1. In stand mixer bowl fitted with flat paddle attachment, beat butter for 5-7 minutes until fluffy and lighter in color. 2. Mix in vanilla and salt. 3. In a separate bowl, sift together your powdered sugar, cinnamon, and cayenne. Add this to the butter mixture and begin beating to combine. 4. Add milk and Fireball once powdered sugar is almost incorporated and mix until combined. 5. Add red food coloring until desired shade is reached. 6. Decorate the fireball cupcakes however you like - I used Wilton 1M tip and piped a simple rosette Enjoy 🫶🏻 cupcakes | recipes | baking | valentines day cupcakes LTKhome LTKcanada