Vodka Cupcakes with Vanilla Honey Buttercream Frosting

Inspired by my summer internship at Deep Eddy Vodka, I decided to make some baked goods with their delicious Ruby Red vodka.  Some things I would change for next time:

• Use more food coloring to get a richer pink color
• Add either more vodka or 1/4 cup fresh grapefruit juice to bring out the flavor
• Brush the tops of each cupcake LIBERALLY with at least 1 teaspoon vodka each

Vodka Cupcakes with Vanilla Honey Buttercream Frosting
Ingredients
Cupcakes
2 sticks of unsalted butter, softened
4 eggs
1/2 cup Deep Eddy Ruby Red Vodka, plus additional for brushing cupcakes
1 teaspoon vanilla
5 drops red food coloring (optional)
2 cups flour
1 cup granulated sugar
3.5 teaspoons baking powder

Icing
1 stick of unsalted butter, softened
2 cups powdered sugar
1/4 cup honey
1/4 cup vanilla Greek yogurt

Directions
Cupcakes
1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.  Line 15 cupcake tins with liners
2. Beat the butter and eggs.  The mixture will be clumpy.  Stir in the vodka and vanilla.  Mix in the food coloring
3. Whisk the flour, sugar, and baking powder together
4. Gradually add the flour mixture to the wet batter, mixing until just combined
5. Fill liners about 2/3 full.  Bake 20-25 minutes or until tester comes out clean and cupcakes are slightly golden on top
6. Immediately after removing the cupcakes from the oven, brush the tops with additional vodka
7. Move to a rack to cool completely

Icing
8. Beat butter until creamy
9. Beat in powder sugar until combined
10. Beat in honey and yogurt (add more sugar if icing becomes too runny)

11. After cupcakes have cooled, frost tops and decorate with sprinkles or sea salt