Add Some Filling to Your Cupcakes

Posted by Tash on Sep 13, 2011 in News | 1 comment

It’s National Cupcake Week, and to celebrate, I’m going to show you how to spice up your cupcake! I’ve already shown you how to make Easy Peasy Vanilla Cupcakes, but I’m also going to show you how to make them REALLY tasty with a few fillings.

Once you’ve baked your cupcake goodies, leave them to cool. Then take an apple corer and dig out some space in the centre, and it’s now time to fill the centre with an amazing sauce!

Here are a few choices:

Chocolate Ganache:

250g good quality dark chocolate, chopped

250ml double cream

Heat over a bain marie until mixture melted and thickened.

Caramel Sauce:

120g light brown sugar

120g butter

100ml cream

Melt butter and sugar in saucepan over low heat. When melted, pour in cream and combine.



Lemon Curd:

Zest and juice of 4 unwaxed lemons

200g sugar

100g butter

3 eggs and 1 egg yolk

Melt zest, juice, sugar and butter in bain-marie. In a separate bowl, whisky eggs. Once bain-marie mixture has melted, stir in eggs and keep stirring until mixture thickens. Will take about half an hour.

If you’re really daring, top your filled cupcakes with a swirl of buttercream and a few toppings! Enjoy you cake snobs!

Photography by tawest64 and grongar.