Jailhouse Rock Cupcakes

I am in fact a huge Elvis fan. For those of you that dont know Elvis' favorite food was Peanut Butter and Banana sandwiches. Since yesterday would've been his and Priscilla's anniversary I decided to whip up these bad boys. This is NOT your traditional Elvis style cupcake, this is an Elvis cupcake with a rockin' twist.  If you follow my work, you already know that I am working on a cookbook so I dont have my recipes listed, however you can easily make these using your own banana cake recipe or a boxed banana cake mix.

Directions:

Start by making banana cupcakes, as directed on recipe. I made a half dozen cupcakes. When cupcakes are done baking let them cool entirely. Once cupcakes are cooled, unwrap them from paper and place in the freezer for a 1/2 hour. 

While the cupcakes are freezing you can start caramelizing the bacon. 

Caramelized Bacon:

• 1lb Bacon
• 1/2 C Brown sugar

Oven should be set to 350˚. Lay bacon strips onto a sheet pan and rub brown sugar on top. Bake for 20 minutes. If you want them to be crispier you can leave them in longer. Feel free to use more or less bacon and brown sugar. I only wanted a few bacon bits on top of each cupcake. Set aside, let bacon cool.

Next you can start heating up your oil and preparing your funnel cake mix. Follow directions on box. You will then dip and coat each cupcake one at a time into the funnel cake mix then into the hot oil. There should be enough funnel cake mix, if not more to cover 12 cupcakes. Once cupcakes are fried set them aside and let me cool completely. While they are cooling you can begin to make you peanut butter buttercream.

Peanut Butter Buttercream:

• 1 C Creamy Peanut Butter
• 1/2 C Unsalted Butter (Softened)
• 2 C Powdered Sugar
• 1-2 TBSP or as needed Milk

In bowl of standing mixer cream together the peanut butter and unsalted butter; scraping down sides of bowl with a spatchula until butters are combined. Add 1 cup of powdered sugar at a time. Add milk as needed. 

To assemble these cupcakes you will need to pipe buttercream on top of the fried cupcakes, I used a Wilton Brand 2D tip. Finely chop bacon into small bits and place them on top of buttercream. Dust with powdered sugar if desired. 

Nutritional Facts: (Roughly 457 Calories) Yeah, you'll need to go to the gym. BUT IT IS WORTH IT! 

Fats: 19g

Carbs: 63g

Protein: 6g