These cupcakes were the perfect touch for a 30th surprise birthday party! Jack Daniel’s chocolate frosting pushes these cupcakes over the top. Keep the kiddies away from this treat! The cute signs for these were ordered on Etsy, or you can make your own! Print cute pictures and attached to specialty toothpicks.
A SPECIAL REQUEST FOR A SURPRISE 30TH BIRTHDAY PARTY!!!
You’ll Need:
Cupcake Liners Cupcake Tin
1 ¾ cups plus 2 tablespoons flour
¾ teaspoon baking powder
¼ teaspoon salt
¾ cup butter, at room temperature
1 ½ cups sugar
3 eggs
¾ cup whole milk
1 ½ teaspoons vanilla extract
BEAT BUTTER AND SUGAR. ADD EGGS ONE AT A TIME. ADD VANILLA. COMBINE DRY INGREDIENTS AND ADD, ALTERNATING WITH THE MILK. DIVIDE IN MUFFIN TINS AND BAKE AT 350 20-23 MINS UNTIL TESTER COMES OUT CLEAN. COOL COMPLETELY BEFORE FROSTING.
Jack Daniel’s FROSTING!!!!!
ELECTRIC MIX ALL UNTIL FLUFFY…
3 STICKS SOFT BUTTER
3 3/4C POWDERED SUGAR
9T. COCOA POWDER
6T. MILK
SPLASH OF VANILLA
6 TSP. JACK DANIELS
Krissy Lee says
These look awesome! where did you get the Jack Daniels toothpicks? Or did you make them??
Laine says
Hi there! I believe these were purchased through my Etsy shop: BellaBooSmile.etsy.com 🙂
– Laine
danielle says
Awseome!!!! Good to know! I did not purchase them myself so I am glad to have the info-thanks!!!!
Debi says
Sorry, the member at BellaBooSmile.etsy.com no longer exist.
Hugs & Cookies xoxo says
Oh sorry to hear that!
Debra Kapellakis says
Jack Daniels is my favorite. <3
Anonymous says
What does T stand for tsp or those? Thanks looks awesome!
Neill says
Btw, 6 teaspoons is also known as 2 Tablespoons, or one ounce
Michelle says
T=Tablespoon
t (or tsp)= teaspoon
DANIELLE says
CAPITAL T=TABLESPOON THANKS!!!
ChefBeth says
A capital T in a recipe means Tablespoon…a lower case t is teaspoon.
Anonymous says
How many does this make?
DANIELLE says
ABOUT 12-I DOUBLED RECIPE FOR 24
Anonymous says
How much is a stick of butter? 1/2 cup?
DANIELLE says
YES, 1/2 CUP OR 8 TABLESPOONS
Anonymous says
Can you do the same receipe and do a cake instead of cupcakes?
DANIELLE says
HAVEN’T TRIED BUT I’M SURE U CAN MAKE IT A CAKE!
Anonymous says
Not tryin to cause a problem, but wanted you to know that someone has used your pics and recipes without crediting you.
https://www.facebook.com/CrazyCajunLiving
DANIELLE says
THANKS FOR LETTING ME KNOW-DO U STILL SEE IT? I COULDN’T SEE IT? MAYBE THEY REMOVED IT?
Dazzy D says
For anyone in the UK, a Stick of Butter is the US equivalent to 1/4lb of butter or, in metric, 113g. Hope this helps!!
And, yes, this sounds like a cracking recipe and one which I may just have to try out tonight!! 😉
Heather says
I made this awhile back, and while they didn’t look as pretty as yours they were tasty! Check out my blog post: http://heatskitchen.blogspot.com/2013/06/jack-daniels-cupcakes.html
Catherine (Proctor) Leitner says
how much can you taste the jack daniels?
DANIELLE says
fairly light but add more if u like…
curious wi says
Can you put jack daniels in the cup cake batter instead of vanilla?
DANIELLE says
i don’t see why not!
curious wi says
Thanks
allison warco says
im making this icing for a cake, do you think I should only double the icing ingredients?
DANIELLE says
HARD TO SAY BUT DOUBLE IT AND THEN U CAN ALWAYS MAKE MORE IF U NEED TO.
allison warco says
good thinking! thank you. and cant wait to try this <3
DANIELLE says
ur welcome-let me know how u do!!!
allison warco says
good thinking! thank you. I cant wait to try this <3
allison warco says
I sure will. its for my dads birthday, so ill let him be the judge (:
Rory O'Brien says
I would say 6 tsp of Jack is not enuf, needs way more than that, just sayin. 🙂
Jenny Hayes says
I was wondering if you had a printable template to download for the toothpicks? They are cute! 🙂
DANIELLE says
sorry i don’t, the girl I made them for purchased those through etsy.
RealhousewifeBx says
Wow this is great… I’m going to try and make this for Christmas.. If I do I will post pictures and let you know.. As for the little tooth pick thinks I have to get it from esty?
RealhousewifeBx says
Wow these look great.. I want to make them for Christmas.. I’m totally excited.. I will make some adjustments tho.. Thank you for this! And the tooth pick thing has to be ordered threw esty? :'(
RealhousewifeBx says
Danielle, do you remember the person you ordered the toothpick thinks from on esty? Pima trying to find them and I can’t..
Aimee says
Would Crown work for this recipe also? I was thinking about making these for my boyfriend but he doesn’t like jack he likes crown.
Courtney says
Can you make this with another kind of whiskey? For example, maybe Fireball?
jerilyn noble says
I would try these in the wilton brownie pan and use a wide decorating tip to put the icing into the cupcake then bring it up and out then ice the cupcake.
Gareth Tuffin says
Could you put the measurements in grams etc please for us Brits as i haven’t a clue what weight a cup is. Thankyou
danielle says
Hmmm, I don’t have the conversions. Maybe there is an online converter? 🙂
Tobi Pack says
Love the recipes look really good.
Laine says
These look absolutely delicious! I’ve gotten lots of inquiries on our toppers. Would you be willing to allow me to use one of your photos in our listing (with credits of course!)? Looking forward to hearing from you!
Thank you,
Laine
danielle says
As long as you provide a direct link to this post that would be fine!!!
danielle says
and if you ever want to send me another kind I can create a treat for you that you can also link to!
Laine says
That would be awesome! Will do. Would you consider adding my etsy shop to this post, please?
danielle says
absolutely!
danielle says
Done!
danielle says
Keep me posted on something u’d like to work on together, for sure!!
Laine says
I just scrolled through one of your Pinterest boards. I now have the worse sweettooth EVER at 7am! Everything looks incredible!! Thanks for the horrible craving! Lol
danielle says
hahahhaa I am laughing!!! :heart:
Jen says
How many cupcakes does this recipe make, 1 or 2 dozen?? Thanks.
danielle says
1 doz plus a few extra
social media firms says
Thanks for finally talking about > JACK DANIEL’S CUPCAKES FOR THE GROWN UPS!
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Chels says
I think the frosting would be so great on coca cola cupcakes. Jack n coke!
Claire Guillen says
What frosting tip did you use to pipe the frosting?
Candy says
For the frosting… how much is “3 sticks” of butter? My sticks are two cups each. …
danielle says
one stick=8 Tablespoons
phillip says
On your Jack Daniels Cupcake recipe in the frosting part of it the measurement for the cocoa powder and milk it just has T, is that teaspoon or tablespoon? You might want to make this more clear on the website also.
danielle says
T = Tablespoon
tsp=teaspoon
Ashley says
Do these need to be refrigerated?
Hugs & Cookies xoxo says
I probably would just to be safe!
Ashley says
Ty!
Ashley says
Do these need refridgerated?
Hugs & Cookies xoxo says
I would.
Candice says
So I just mad the frosting and it’s coming out A bit runny like cake batter… should I refrigerate it to make it thicker and then pipe it on the cupcakes?
Hugs & Cookies xoxo says
You cn def try that but you probably already did-or next time add more powdered sugar.
jessica says
The taste was a little strong for me so I used the icing as a filing for the middle of Coca Cola Cupcakes, then used regular butter cream icing and then drizzled a small amount of the Jack Daniels icing over the butter cream icing!!! Loved it!
Hugs & Cookies xoxo says
How Creative!!!!
megan says
By far the BEST vanilla cupcake recipe I’ve EVER used!!
These will be a big hit at the bbq I’m attending, the host’s fav drink is JD 🙂
Hugs & Cookies xoxo says
That is awesome yay!!!
Diana says
Hello, quick qiestion! Is the Cocoa Powder Unsweetened or sweetened?
Hugs & Cookies xoxo says
unsweet