Buttermilk Maple-Bacon Cupcakes

These cupcakes won first prize at the Winneshiek County Fair in the Bacon Dessert competition. They remind me of pancakes!

Ingredients

• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 2 cups white sugar
• 2 teaspoons baking soda
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 ½ cups buttermilk
• 3 eggs, beaten
• 0.5 cup vegetable oil
• 1 teaspoon maple flavoring
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 4 slices crisp bacon, crumbled into bits

Steps

1. Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Grease 20 muffin cups.
2. Mix flour, sugar, baking soda, and baking powder together in a bowl. Add buttermilk, eggs, oil, maple flavoring, and vanilla extract. Stir in crumbled bacon.
3. Fill muffin cups 2/3 full of batter.
4. Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into a cupcake comes out clean, 17 to 20 minutes.