Hi lovebirds, As I am quite satisfied with how yesterday’s cupcakes turned out, I thought it was time for me to share another recipe with you. For the very first time I got to use my new icing bag that I found under the Christmas tree, and I was surprised how lovely they looked without using a plastic bag. Enjoy your little pieces of heaven! Here’s what you’ll need for the sponge:
4eggs
70g crystal sugar
100g butter
40g icing sugar
¼ tsp cinnamon
salt
1tbsp lemon juice
1tbsp rum
125g poppy seeds
75g ground hazelnuts
Here’s what you’ll need for the icing:
100g butter
100g icing sugar
110g cream cheese
100g quark (soft cheese made from skimmed milk)
150g raspberry jam (blueberries/strawberries/raspberries for decoration)
Here’s how you prepare it: 1.) Preheat your oven to 170 degrees and prepare your cupcake tin with little baking cups. 2.) Separate the egg yolks from the egg whites. 3.) Beat egg whites and crystal sugar to snow. 4.) Whisk butter in a separate bowl and add in icing sugar, cinnamon, salt, lemon juice and rum. Make sure you beat it for at least 3 minutes to make your sponge rise. 5.) Add in egg yolks and mix for about 2 minutes. 6.) Alternately add in poppy seeds, hazelnuts and stiff egg white. Don’t forget to stir. 7.) Carefully divide mixture in you baking tin. 8.) Pop the tin into your preheated oven and bake for about 15 minutes until ready. (If you’re uncertain whether they’re done place a little toothpick in the sponge, remove it and see if anything’s on the toothpick. If there’s nothing on it, they’re ready to be taken out) 9.) Leave to cool of. In the meanwhile prepare your frosting. 10.) Whisk butter in a separate bowl, add in sugar, cream cheese, quark and raspberry jam. 11.) Decorate your cupcakes. Bisou, M
Poppy seeds in cupcake! thats new to me.
We use them in curries here in India.
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Well, poppy seeds in curries is new to us then. 😉 Should definitely give it a try. We’d love to check out your site, it’s always a pleasure to get some cooking inspiration. 🙂
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