WeAreNotMartha.com Comes Up with Vodka-flavored SMORES Cupcakes!!

Posted By Stevie Wilson on Jun 18, 2013 | 3 comments

There are a slew of flavored vodkas and other spirits. Does that bother me? As long as I can make the spirit taste good, I don’t really care. However when I find one that allows me to bake or cook with it, that spirit gets my attention and I found the rest of this post, photos and the recipe from someone else: WeAreNotMartha.com

This is one creative blog and I will have to follow them. The recipe and the photos are all courtesy of that blog. I will say that I didn’t know that Three Olives made a bubblegum vodka– nor would I drink it. SMORES on the other hand– abso-vodka-lutely!
Baking cupcakes with it even better. I love their creativity. Here’s the scoop. Note that I am telling you the recipe, the photos and other details other than stuff in regular type is courtesy of a href=”http://www.wearenotmartha.com/2013/05/three-olives-smores-vodka-cupcakes/”>WeAreNotMartha.com

While I love whipping up a cocktail with a flavored vodka or mixing one with soda water, I also love baking with them. Because baked goods and alcohol? Putting two of them best things in the world together makes the double best thing in the world. Or something like that. When Three Olives reached out to me to tell me about some of their new vodkas and offer some cocktail recipes, they also offered to send me some of their S’mores vodka. Y’all know how I feel about s’mores so this was RIGHT up my alley. I’ll definitely be sharing a cocktail recipe soon, but first, I just couldn’t wait to add the vodka to some cupcakes. And frosting.

Three Olives S’mores Vodka Cupcakes (makes 1 dozen):(Hit their site to print the recipe)

1 stick unsalted butter, room temperature
3/4 C sugar
1 egg
1 1/2 C flour
1/2 C cocoa powder
1 t baking soda
1/2 t salt
1/2 C milk
1/2 C warm water
1/8 C Three Olives S’mores vodka
1/2 recipe marshmallow fluff (or 1/2 C purchased Fluff)
1 recipe Three Olives S’mores Vodka Frosting (see below)
pre-heat oven to 350 degrees

Three Olives Smores Vodka.

PS.. I could figure out other things to do with Smores vodka-=- Tollhouse Pie, mixed into a deep dark chocolate sauce to be served over some luscious buttery poundcake. I digress.
Here’s a photo of the key ingredients- check this against the recipe and see if you are missing anything:

In the bowl of an electric mixer, cream butter and sugar together.

Add egg and mix to combine.

In a separate bowl, whisk together the flour, cocoa powder, baking soda, and salt.

Mix dry ingredients into wet ingredients, alternating with milk, until just blended.

With a spatula, stir in warm water and vodka, until batter is just combined.

Fill cupcake tins lined with cupcake papers 3/4 way full of batter.

Bake at 350 degrees for 18-20 minutes, until toothpick comes out clean.

Cool in pan for a bit and then remove to wire racks to cool completely.

You can make the marshmallow fluff now.

(The link takes you to the SMORES Pancake recipe. Imagine that– Three Olives Smores Vodka PANCAKES!!)

Or open your container of the store-bought stuff. I’ve said this a million times before, but I’m obsessed with making Fluff. It’s so easy and kind of fun and just awesome. Do it.

Once cupcakes are cool, core out the center.

Another thing I’ve said a million times before is that I’m obsessed with my Cuisipro Cupcake Corer. Best invention on Earth.

You can replace the cupcake center on top of the fluff if you want; or just leave it open as you’re about to cover it with frosting!

Frosting time!