Banana brown sugar cupcakes with dark chocolate chunks and vanilla buttercream frosting ~
These cupcakes make me happy, if you like banana, chocolate and vanilla I think they would make you happy too! The cupcakes themselves are like little banana muffins (so totally justifiable to have for breakfast), studded with dark chocolate chunks and then topped with a luxurious vanilla buttercream.
Brown sugar cupcakes bursting with apple pieces and topped with a swiss meringue buttercream frosting –
Ingredients –
For the cupcakes –
120g/ 4oz/ 1 cup cooking apples, cored, peeled and cut into cubes
1 tbsp lemon juice
55g/ 2oz/ 1/2 stick unsalted butter, melted
1 egg
100g/ 3 1/2 oz/ 2/3 cup soft light brown sugar
100g/ 3 1/2 oz/ 2/3 cup plain flour
2 tsp baking powder
pinch salt
60ml/ 2fl oz/ 1/4 cup whole milk
For the buttercream (adapted from here) –
2 egg whites
60g/ 2oz/ 1/3 cup soft light brown sugar
1 tsp vanilla extract
80g/ 3 oz/ 3/4 stick unsalted butter, cut into cubes
makes approx 7 cupcakes
Vanilla coffee cupcakes spiced with cinnamon and nutmeg and topped with a silky buttercream frosting ~
Ingredients –
For the cupcakes –
40g/ 1 1/2oz/ 3 tbsp unsalted butter, at room temperature
120/ 4 1/4oz/ 3/4 cup soft brown sugar
1 egg
120g/ 4 1/4oz/ 1 cup plain flour
1 1/2 tsp baking powder
pinch salt
1 tsp ground cinnamon
1/2 tsp ground nutmeg
3 tbsp strong black coffee
60ml/ 2fl oz/ 1/4 cup whole milk
2 tsp vanilla extract
For the icing –
200g/ 7oz/ 1 1/2 cup icing sugar/ powdered sugar
50g/ 2oz/ 1/2 stick unsalted butter, at room temperature
1 tbsp whole milk
1 tbsp strong black coffee
1 tsp vanilla extract
1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
1/4 tsp ground nutmeg
makes 5-6 cupcakes
Blueberry Kitchen 