Cupcakes with Praline Topping Recipe

Three pecan muffins, close-up
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  • 60 mins
  • Prep: 30 mins,
  • Cook: 30 mins
  • Yield: 18 servings
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By Diana Rattray

Updated 08/19/17

Praline cupcakes are made with butter, vanilla, and pecans and have a brown sugar pecan praline topping.

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What You'll Need

  • 1/3 cup butter (softened)
  • 2 cups sifted cake flour
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 2 teaspoons baking powder
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 3/4 cup milk
  • 1 egg
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 1/2 cup pecans (chopped)
  • 1/4 cup melted butter
  • 3/4 cup brown sugar
  • 18 pecan halves

How to Make It

  1. Cream softened butter in mixing bowl. Sift flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt. Add about half of the milk and the egg; mix until flour is thoroughly moistened. Beat for 2 minutes.
  2. Add remaining milk and the vanilla; beat 1 minute longer. Stir in chopped pecans.
  3. Place paper baking cups in muffin cups and fill about 1/2 full with the batter.
  4. Bake at 375° for 25 minutes, or until cupcakes spring back when lightly touched with finger.
  1. Combine melted butter and brown sugar; spoon over hot cupcakes.
  2. Place a pecan half in the center of each; return to oven and bake 5 minutes longer.

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Nutritional Guidelines (per serving)
Calories 947
Total Fat 88 g
Saturated Fat 11 g
Unsaturated Fat 48 g
Cholesterol 30 mg
Sodium 152 mg
Carbohydrates 40 g
Dietary Fiber 11 g
Protein 12 g
(The nutrition information on our recipes is calculated using an ingredient database and should be considered an estimate. Individual results may vary.)