So we went shopping this weekend for Jason’s birthday and I finally found some vanilla pod randomly in one of the stores. I also bought myself few tips to try frosting, I wanted some decent ones and I got a whole lot of cupcake liners they were absolutely cute! Also I found some fresh raspberries in the market, so I decided why not make raspberry cupcakes and some reason white chocolate seemed to be a good combination đŸ™‚
Ingredients
Cake (makes 8 large cupcakes)
Cake (makes 8 large cupcakes)
- Cake flour – 100gm
- Sugar – 80gm
- Butter – 100gm
- Vanilla – 1 teaspoon
- Vanilla pod – 1/2 bean
- Butter milk – 80ml
- Eggs – 2 large
- Baking powder – 1 teaspoon
Raspberry mascarpone filling
- Raspberry jam or puree – 11/2 tablespoon
- Caster sugar – 1-2 tablespoon
- Mascarpone cream cheese – 100gm
- Vanilla essence – 1 teaspoon
White chocolate buttercream frosting
- Baking white chocolate – 100 gm
- Butter – 100gm
- Icing sugar – 100-120gm
- Vanilla – 1 teaspoon
Method
Cake
- Preheat the oven and line the cupcake liners in the cupcake tin.
- Cream the butter and sugar with an electric blender until creamy.
- In a different bowl, beat the egg whites until fluffy and add it to the butter-sugar mix.
- Add the vanilla and the half of the vanilla bean (this was my first time using a vanilla bean and i realised that there are small black stuff in the cake batter đŸ™‚ ).
- Add the egg yolks to this mix and beat.
- Add the flour and mix well. Finally add the butter milk and beat using an electric blender.
- Pour the cupcake batter into the cupcake liner and bake for about 18 -20 minutes.
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Raspberry mascarpone cream cheese filling
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Once the cakes are cooled, core the center using a corer and fill in the raspberry mascarpone filling.
White chocolate buttercream frosting
- Melt the white chocolate in a bowl, placed on a pan with simmering water.
- Cream the butter using an electric blender and add the white chocolate to the butter.
- Add icing sugar in small batches.
- Add the vanilla and few drops of pink colour
- Whip the mixture until fluffy and soft.
- Frost the cupcakes and garnish with a fresh raspberry.
They turned out really pretty and delicious.
Happy Baking
xx
Happy Baking
xx