Extra cream cheese frosting? Use it up!
So
a friend of mine used the red velvet recipe I posted last time but made
cupcakes instead of a cake and had extra frosting left over. I suggest
making something carrot, zucchini or pumpkin to use up the extra cream
cheese frosting.
Here's
a wonderful pumpkin cupcake recipe that is so light and fluffy it
offsets the dense and tart cream cheese frosting so nicely!
PUMPKIN CUPCAKES
Yield: 18 cupcakes
2 c all purpose flour
1 tsp baking soda
1 tsp baking powder
1 tsp salt
1 1/2 tsp cinnamon
1 tsp ground ginger
1/4 tsp ground nutmeg
1/4 tsp all spice
1 c brown sugar
1 c granulated sugar
1 c unsalted butter, melted and cooled
4 eggs
15 oz pumpkin puree
1. Preheat oven to 350F. Grease muffin tins. Sift together flour, baking soda, baking powder, salt, cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg and all spice in a bowl. Set aside.
Yield: 18 cupcakes
2 c all purpose flour
1 tsp baking soda
1 tsp baking powder
1 tsp salt
1 1/2 tsp cinnamon
1 tsp ground ginger
1/4 tsp ground nutmeg
1/4 tsp all spice
1 c brown sugar
1 c granulated sugar
1 c unsalted butter, melted and cooled
4 eggs
15 oz pumpkin puree
1. Preheat oven to 350F. Grease muffin tins. Sift together flour, baking soda, baking powder, salt, cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg and all spice in a bowl. Set aside.
2.
In another bowl mix butter, sugars and eggs until combined. Add dry
ingredients to butter mixture and mix just until incorporated. Fold in
pumpkin puree.
3.
Distribute batter into muffin tins, filling each about 2/3 full. Bake
15-20 minutes or until a toothpick inserted comes out clean. Cool on
rack.
4. Once completely cool, pipe on cream cheese frosting with a large round tip or spread with a small metal spatula.
Now
I had made mini-cupcakes and piped dollops of cream cheese frosting on
each one. To pipe the dollops, use a large round tip and, holding the
piping bag and tip straight up, squeeze gently until the desired amount
is on the cupcake, stop squeezing and pull up. The closer the tip is
the cupcake, the flatter the dollop will be. And remember, practice
makes perfect.
Labels: cake, cake decorating




