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Kentucky Derby Cupcakes

5/1/2015

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This weekend is the Kentucky Derby!  I'll be the first to admit that I'm not a huge follower of horse racing but I do love all of the pomp and circumstance that's associated with the Kentucky Derby.  I just love the big, fancy hats and the beautifully decorated mint julep drinks. 
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Who knows, maybe one year, I'll just find myself sitting at the Kentucky Derby in my giant floppy hat, sipping my ice cold mint julep and eating a piece of Kentucky Derby Pie.  I normally prefer pie to cake, but for those of you who are attending the Derby this year, I think it might just be a tiny bit easier to hold a cupcake in your hand while you cheer on your favorite horse instead of trying to balance a plate of pie. 
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It just so happens that browneyedbaker.com has reinvented the classic Kentucky Derby Pie into a cupcake.  Genius idea if you ask me.  All of the traditional flavors in a Kentucky Derby Pie - bourbon, vanilla, chocolate, walnuts - in a hand held - cupcake form. 
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Kentucky Derby Cupcakes
1½ cups cake flour
½ teaspoon baking powder
¼ teaspoon baking soda
½ teaspoon kosher salt
¾ cup chopped walnuts
½ cup semisweet mini chocolate chips
½ cup buttermilk, at room temperature
2 tablespoons bourbon
½ cup unsalted butter, at room temperature
¾ cup granulated sugar
¼ cup light brown sugar
2 eggs, at room temperature

Buttercream
6 egg whites
1 1/2 cups sugar
1 teaspoon cream of tartar
Pinch salt
1 tablespoon vanilla extract or bourbon

Cream together butter and sugars until light and fluffy.
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Beat in eggs, one at a time.
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Combine flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt.  Stir in nuts and mini chocolate chips.
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Combine bourbon and buttermilk.
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Add dry ingredients to butter mixture, alternating with bourbon buttermilk.
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Scoop batter into paper lined jumbo cupcake pans. 

Bake 24 minutes at 350. Cool completely on wire racks.
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Pipe buttercream on top and garnish with chopped walnuts and mini chocolate chips. 
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All I need now is my big, fancy hat and my mint julep.  Derby anyone?

Ciao! 
Click here for a printable version of the recipe
3 Comments
Virginia H. Dugger link
3/11/2023 11:24:44 am

Thank you for sharing your great post!

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Jose Miller link
3/11/2023 11:49:02 am

My derby pie cupcakes are chocolate cupcakes with derby pie filling mixed in. Amazing taste!

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Amy Davis link
3/14/2023 08:39:01 pm

I love the idea of a chocolate cupcake with "derby" filling. That sounds amazing and I may just have to try a version of that soon. Thanks for the tip.
Amy

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