Renee's Stuffed Cupcakes
part AllRecipes.com, Part Emeril, Part Curtis from Take Home Chef, part Me!
Ingredients
- Cupcakes –
1 1/3 cups all purpose flour
¼ teaspoon baking soda
2 teaspoons baking powder
¾ cup unsweetened cocoa powder
1/8 teaspoon salt
3 tablespoons butter, softened
1 ½ cups sugar
2 eggs
¾ teaspoon vanilla extract
1 cup milk
- White Choc. Filling
White Chocolate Filling:
4 ounces white chocolate, chopped
1/4 cup milk
4 ounces cream cheese
1/4 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
- Cream Cheese Frosting –
2 (8 oz) packages of cream cheese, softened
½ cup butter, softened
2 cups sifted powdered sugar
1 teaspooon vanilla extract
- Raspberry Sauce –
1 (6oz) basket fresh raspberries
3 tablespoons powdered sugar (or more or less to taste)
Directions
White Choc. Filling -
In the top of a double boiler, combine the white chocolate and milk. Bring to a simmer and cook, stirring, until the chocolate is melted. Let cool to room temperature.
In a bowl, beat the cream cheese, and vanilla. Gradually add the cooled chocolate and beat until smooth. Chill in the refrigerator for 2 hours before filling cupcakes. Do next three steps while waiting for this to chill. This will be used to fill the chocolate cupcakes.
Cupcakes –
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Line a muffin pan with liners. Sift together the flour, baking powder, baking soda, cocoa and salt. Set aside.
In a large bowl, cream together the butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add the eggs one at a time, then stir in the vanilla. Add the dry mixture alternately with the milk; beat well. Fill the muffin cups 3/4 full.
Bake for 15 to 17 minutes in the preheated oven, or until a toothpick inserted into the cake comes out clean. While cooling make frosting.
Cream Cheese Frosting –
In bowl, combine cream cheese and butter until creamy, mix in vanilla then gradually stir in the sifted powdered sugar.
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When cupcakes are cooled, cut little plugs out of center. [0]
Once filling has been refrigerated 2 hours, pour into hole then top with plug. [0]
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Frost to cover the top.
Raspberry Sauce -
Combine the raspberries and 3 tablespoons/30 g of powdered sugar in a blender and puree until smooth. Push the raspberry puree through a fine sieve and into a small bowl. [0] Discard the seeds.
Drizzle over tops of cupcakes.
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- Category
- Desserts, Cupcakes