[[!meta title="Honey Baked Ham Cupcakes"]]

6420 cal/recipe

## Ingredients

### Cupcakes

+ 1 3/4 c all-purpose flour
+ 1 1/2 tsp baking powder
+ 1/2 tsp baking soda
+ 2 tsp ground cinnamon
+ 1/4 tsp ground cloves
+ 1/4 tsp ground allspice
+ 1/2 c vegetable oil
+ 1/2 c honey
+ 3/4 c granulated sugar
+ 1/4 c brown sugar
+ 2 large eggs, room temperature
+ 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
+ 1/2 c pineapple juice
+ 1/2 c whiskey
+ 17-20 medium sliced pieces of ham

### Frosting
+ 8 oz cream cheese, room temperature
+ 1/4 c (half stick) butter, room temperature
+ 1 tsp vanilla extract
+ 1 1/2 tsp cinnamon
+ 2-3 C powdered sugar (add to desired stiffness)

## Directions

### Cupcakes
+ Prepare cupcake tin(s) for 20 cupcakes by spraying with oil.
+ Preheat oven to 350 F.
+ In a large bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, cloves and allspice.
+ Add oil, honey, white sugar, brown sugar, eggs, vanilla, juice, and whiskey.
+ Slowly stir together to make a thick, well-blended batter.
+ Place one slice of ham in each well of the cupcake tin, taking care that the ham on the bottom and sides of the pan has no holes.
+ Spoon batter into the ham, filling about half full.
+ Bake for about 30 minutes (until toothpick comes out clean).
+ Remove to wire racks to cool.

### Frosting
+ Beat cream cheese and butter well.
+ Mix in vanilla and cinnamon.
+ Slowly mix in powdered sugar.
+ Frost cooled cupcakes.

## Notes
+ These can be made without the ham for a sweeter, simpler cupcake. 
++ The recipe will make fewer cupcakes since the ham takes some room in the cupcake well.
++ Bakes in a shorter time (about 20 min).
+ It works well to use Black Forest ham, which has those nice looking black edges.
+ It is best to use a ham layer about 1/8 inch thick. If the ham is very thinly sliced, layer multiple pieces.

[[!tag dessert ham]]