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    Home » Cupcakes

    Biscoff Cookie Butter Cupcakes

    March 24, 2023 By Ashley Leave a Comment

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    These Biscoff cookie butter cupcakes highlight one of my favorite sweet ingredients - cookie butter. Lightly spiced vanilla cupcakes filled with speculoos cookie butter, topped with cookie butter frosting, cookie butter drizzle and a Lotus Biscoff cookie. These cupcakes are so indulgent and so, so good, you will want to make these ALL the time.

    Biscoff cookie butter cupcakes on marble board

    Cookie butter is all the rage these days, popping up in baking recipes all over the globe. And for good reason. Cookie butter is so delicious and lends itself well to cookies, cakes and cupcakes, brownies, ice cream and more. Check out my Cookie Butter Cookies and Cherry Swirl Cheesecake Bars for other delicious ways to use Biscoff cookies and cookie butter.

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    • Why You Will Love This Recipe
    • Recipe Ingredients
    • Recipe Instructions
    • Baking Tips
    • Storage and Freezing
    • FAQs
    • More Cupcake Recipes To Try
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    Why You Will Love This Recipe

    • This vanilla cupcake is tender, soft and fluffy lightly spiced with cinnamon and filled with melty soft and creamy cookie butter.
    • Cookie butter frosting is out-of-this-world. The buttercream is whipped to make it light, fluffy and smooth.
    • Easy to follow recipe with step by step photo instructions for perfect Biscoff cookie butter cupcakes every time.

    Recipe Ingredients

    Cake flour

    Granulated sugar

    Baking powder

    Fine sea salt

    Cinnamon

    Unsalted butter - room temperature

    Milk - preferably whole milk, room temperature

    Eggs - room temperature

    Canola oil - or vegetable oil

    Vanilla extract

    Confectioner's sugar

    Cookie butter - I used Biscoff cookie butter, but other brands will work just as well

    Lotus Biscoff cookies - or, speculoos cookies

    step by step process photos, whisking together, eggs, oil and vanilla, placing all the ingredients in a mixing bowl, adding cubed butter, mixing in butter

    Recipe Instructions

    Before starting the recipe, preheat the oven to 350F and line a cupcake pan with paper cupcake liners.

    1. Make the cupcakes. Whisk together the egg, egg white, canola oil and vanilla.
    2. Combine the cake flour, granulated sugar, baking powder, salt and cinnamon in the bowl of a stand mixer. Beat on low to combine.
    3. Add the softened butter to the flour mixture.
    4. Beat in butter on low speed until its blended into the flour mixture. It should resemble coarse crumbs. You should be able to squeeze a handful of the mixture and it mostly sticks together.
    5. Beat in the milk on low speed until thoroughly combined. Turn the speed up to medium and beat for a full 90 seconds until lightened and whipped.
    6. Beat in the egg/oil mixture in two parts, scraping down the sides and bottom of the bowl after each addition.
    7. Divide the batter amongst the cupcake liners, filling them ⅔ full.
    8. Bake for 16-19 minutes until a few most crumbs stick to a toothpick inserted into the center and the tops spring back when touched. Don't over bake. Cool for 5 minutes in the pan then transfer to cooling racks to cool completely.
    step by step process photos, beaten in milk, beaten in egg and oil mixture, batter in cupcake tin, baked cupcakes
    1. Prepare the frosting. In a bowl, combine the butter, confectioners sugar, milk, vanilla and salt.
    2. Beat on low until combined. Turn the speed up to medium and beat for 5-6 minutes until light and fluffy.
    3. Beat in the cookie butter.
    4. Transfer the frosting to a piping bag fitted with a large star piping tip. Set aside. Alternatively, you can use an offset spatula to swirl frosting onto the cupcakes.
    5. Core the cupcakes by cutting a cone shape out of the center of the cupcakes. Fill with melted cookie butter. Place the top of the cone back on the cupcakes over the filling.
    6. Pipe the buttercream onto the cupcakes.
    7. Drizzle with melted cookie butter.
    8. Garnish with cookie crumbs and a Biscoff cookie.
    step by step process photos, frosting ingredients in mixing bowl, beaten until fluffy, beaten in cookie butter, frosting in piping bag

    Baking Tips

    • Avoid coring the cupcakes all the way down to the bottom of the cupcake so that the filling doesn't spill out once the wrapper is taken off. You can use a cupcake corer or a small paring knife.
    • Make sure to use room temperature ingredients. Using cold butter, eggs or milk could leave you with split batter and frosting.
    • Whole fat milk works best for baking. It has a higher fat content that lends more moisture to the cupcakes.
    • Use a scale to make these cupcakes for the best results. Weighing ingredients is both accurate and consistent.
    step by step process, filled cupcakes, cupcakes with frosting on top, drizzled with Biscoff cookie butter and topped with a Biscoff cookie

    Storage and Freezing

    Assembled cupcakes can be stored in an airtight container for up to 3 days.

    Frosting can be made in advance, stored in an airtight container and frozen, for up to 3 months. Defrost the frosting in the refrigerator overnight, then leave out on the counter to come to room temperature. Rewhip the buttercream to bring it back to its fluffy texture. Rewhipping frosting that is too cold can cause it to separate.

    Cupcakes are best and retain the most moisture the day they are baked. I rarely recommend baking cupcakes in advance (unless they're oil-based), especially if you don't have to, because they dry out easily. They lose moisture, amounts vary, regardless of the recipe.

    If you need to freeze them, as soon as they're cooled, place them in an airtight container in a single layer. Wrap the container with Press and Seal or cling wrap, then wrap in foil. Defrost the cupcakes overnight in the refrigerator, still wrapped.

    cupcake cut in half

    FAQs

    What is cookie butter?

    Cookie butter is a spread, similar in consistency to peanut butter, made from speculoos cookies, or Belgian spice cookies. It's absolutely delicious. The spread is creamy and silky, sweet, caramel-ly and filled with warm spices. Lotus Biscoff is the most widely known brand, but Trader Joe's also sells a popular version of cookie butter.

    Why isn't there cookie butter in the cupcake batter?

    This was one of the first questions I got as asked as soon as I posted this recipe. There isn't cookie butter in the cupcake recipe for two reasons.

    One, there's a quite a lot of cookie butter in this recipe as it is. I found that adding cookie butter to the cupcake recipe made the assembled cupcake a bit too heavy and too sweet.

    Two, using cookie butter in the cupcake recipe would require not one but two jars of cookie butter, which can be pretty pricy.

    What can I use in place of speculoos cookie butter?

    There are lots of different cookie butters out there on the market. There's ones that have chocolate. There are cereal and candy butters. I've even seen pumpkin spice cookie butters. Feel free to experiment and use your favorites for this recipe.

    If you make these Biscoff cookie butter cupcakes, let me know! Drop a comment or tag me on social media. I love seeing your bakes and creations.

    Enjoy!

    Ash xx

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    Recipe

    cookie butter cupcakes on a marble board

    Biscoff Cookie Butter Cupcakes

    Lightly spiced cupcakes filled with cookie butter topped with cookie butter buttercream, cookie butter drizzle and a Biscoff cookie
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    Servings12 cupcakes
    Prep Time45 minutes mins
    Cook Time17 minutes mins
    Total Time1 hour hr 1 minute min

    Equipment

    • Electric Stand Mixer
    • Piping bags
    • Star Tip Piping Tip (Large)

    Ingredients
     

    Cupcakes

    • 1 ½ cups cake flour
    • ¾ cup granulated sugar
    • 2 teaspoons baking powder
    • ½ teaspoon fine sea salt
    • ½ teaspoon cinnamon
    • 5 tablespoons unsalted butter, room temperature
    • ½ cup whole milk
    • 1 large egg
    • 1 large egg white
    • 2 tablespoons canola oil
    • 2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract

    Frosting

    • 1 cup unsalted butter, room temperature
    • 3 cups confectioners sugar
    • 2 tablespoons milk or cream
    • 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
    • ½ teaspoon fine sea salt
    • ⅔ cup cookie butter

    Assembly

    • ½ cup cookie butter, melted and cooled
    • Lotus Biscoff cookies, for garnish

    Instructions
     

    Cupcakes

    • Preheat the oven to 350F. Line a cupcake pan with paper liners and set aside.
    • In a measuring cup, whisk together the egg, egg white, canola oil and vanilla.
    • In the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, combine the cake flour, sugar, baking powder, cinnamon and salt and mix on low speed for a minute to combine.
    • With the mixer still running, add in the softened butter pieces. Mix on low speed until the mixture resembles coarse crumbs.
    • With the mixer still on low, slowly pour in the milk, mixing JUST until the flour mixture is moistened. You may not use all the milk at this time. Pour any remaining milk into the measuring cup with the eggs and oil, and whisk to combine.
    • Turn the mixer speed to medium and whip for a full 90 seconds. The mixture should be whipped up, thick, and lighter in color.
    • Scrape the sides and bottom of the bowl to ensure everything is properly mixed. With the mixer speed on low, add the egg/oil/remaining milk mixture in two additions, scraping down the bowl after each addition has been mixed in.
    • Once all the wet ingredients have been added, give the bowl a final scrape and mix with a spatula. Divide the batter evenly between the liners, filling them about ⅔ full.
    • Bake the cupcakes for 16-19 minutes, until a toothpick comes out with few moist crumbs when inserted in the center of the cupcake. Don't over bake.
    • Place the baked cupcakes on wire racks to cool for 5 minutes. Carefully remove the hot cupcakes from the pan and cool completely on a wire rack.

    Biscoff Cookie Butter Frosting

    • In the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, beat the butter, confectioner's sugar, milk, vanilla and salt on low speed for 1 minute to combine. Turn the speed up to medium and beat for 5-6 minutes until very light and fluffy.
    • Beat in the cookie butter, scraping down the bowl with a spatula to ensure everything is well combined.
    • Transfer the frosting to a piping bag fitted with a large piping tip.

    Assemble the Cupcakes

    • Using a sharp knife, cut a hole into the center of the cooled cupcakes to create a space for the cookie butter. The piece you removed will be the shape of a cone.
    • Spoon the melted cookie butter inside each cored cupcake. Fill the cupcake with the filling to the top, about a heaping teaspoon full. Slice off the pointy end of the cone piece you removed so that the top of it can fit on top of the filling, like a cap. Place on top of the filling.
    • Generously pipe or spread the buttercream onto the cupcakes. Top with a Biscoff cookie crumbs and a cookie.

    Nutrition

    Serving: 1cupcakeCalories: 459kcalCarbohydrates: 68gProtein: 5gFat: 33gSaturated Fat: 16gPolyunsaturated Fat: 2gMonounsaturated Fat: 7gTrans Fat: 1gCholesterol: 70mgSodium: 283mgPotassium: 53mgFiber: 0.4gSugar: 21gVitamin A: 662IUVitamin C: 0.003mgCalcium: 67mgIron: 0.3mg
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