Butterscotch Cupcakes with Butterscotch Buttercream Frosting

Ingredients

Butterscotch Cupcakes

• 1/2 cup butter, softened
• 1 cup sugar
• 2 eggs
• 1 1/2 cups flour
• 1 tsp baking powder
• 1/2 tsp baking soda
• 1/4 tsp salt
• 1/2 cup buttermilk
• 1/2 tsp vanilla
• 1/2 cup butterscotch chips, melted

Butterscotch Buttercream Frosting

• 1/2 cup butter, softened
• 1/2 cup butterscotch chips, melted and cooled slightly
• 3� cups powdered sugar
• 1 tsp vanilla
• 3-4 Tbl milk

Directions

Cupcakes

1. Preheat oven to 350�. Line a 12 cupcake pan with paper liners. With electric mixer in large bowl, cream butter and sugar. Add eggs one at a time, beating well after each. In separate bowl, stir together flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. Add flour mixture alternately with milk and vanilla to creamed mixture, beating until smooth and light. Microwave butterscotch chips at 50% power until just barely melted. Mix into cake batter. Scoop batter into muffin cups distributing evenly. Bake for 22-25 minutes or until center is set. Cool in pan about 10 minutes, remove and finish cooling on rack. Cool completely before frosting.

Frosting

1. Whip all ingredients together with electric mixer to frosting consistency. Frost cupcakes and garnish with chopped pecans and butterscotch chips.