Easy Eggnog Cupcakes

Ingredients

• 0.3 cup butter 
• 1 cup eggnog 
• 4  eggs 
• 2 tablespoons flour all-purpose
• 1 teaspoon nutmeg 
• 0.3 cup shortening 
• 1 cup sugar white
• 15.3 ounce duncan hines classic decadent cake mix yellow

Equipment

• bowl
• sauce pan
• oven
• wire rack
• muffin liners

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease 24 muffin cups or line with paper muffin liners.
2. Stir yellow cake mix, 1 1/2 cups eggnog, eggs, 1/4 cup melted butter, and nutmeg together in a bowl until batter is smooth.
3. Pour cupcake batter into prepared muffin cups to fill about 2/3 full.
4. Bake in the preheated oven until golden and the tops spring back when lightly pressed, 12 to 14 minutes.
5. Transfer cupcakes to a wire rack to cool completely.
6. Stir 1 cup eggnog and flour together in a saucepan over medium-high heat until mixture thickens, 5 to 7 minutes.
7. Remove from heat and cool completely.
8. Beat butter, shortening, and sugar together in a bowl with an electric mixture until light and fluffy, 2 to 3 minutes. Slowly beat in cooled eggnog mixture and beat until desired frosting consistency is reached.
9. Spread frosting onto cooled cupcakes.