CHOCOLATE BOURBON CUPCAKES

I must let you know about this delicious recipe from “Fragrant Vanilla Cake”. I made cupcakes and used a different frosting since the person I was baking them for wanted chocolate frosting.

Here is an interesting article about how Kentucky became the bourbon capital of the world.

Is It Better to Drink a Little Alcohol than None at All? Listen to this 5 minute video by Dr. Greger to hear the truth.

Cooking/baking with alcohol is different than drinking straight alcohol. Some but not all of the alcohol burns off so if you need to avoid alcohol completely then avoid this recipe.

What I did:

-Used whole wheat pastry flour instead of all purpose flour

-Reduced the salt to 1/4 tsp

-Used almond butter since I did not have pecan butter

-Used almond milk instead of filtered water

-Made 12 big cupcakes but probably could have made 14-15 regular sized ones. Baked 26 minutes. After removing from oven let them set for 5 minutes then removed from pan and placed on cooling rack.

-Frosted