Move over maple bacon donuts, these maple bacon spice cupcakes are out of this world delicious with rich maple buttercream, soft spice cake cupcake, and topped with a piece of candied bacon.
- Prepare the candied bacon first. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F- Line a cookie sheet with foil, then place a cooling rack on top of the lined baking sheet.- In a small saucepan, combine the maple syrup and brown sugar and heat over low, stirring until the sugar dissolves.- Line the bacon across the cooling rack, then brush each slice with the maple brown sugar sauce. Bake for 15 minutes.