sweet surprise (aka vanilla white lindor) cupcakes
makes about 10 to 12 cupcakes
recipe adapted from humminbird bakery
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ingredients for the cupcakes:
1 cup flour
1 tsp baking powder
1 pinch salt
50 g butter, room temperature
1/2 cup milk
1 large egg
1 vanilla bean, scraped
10-12 lindt lindor white pralines
10-12 cupcake liners
for the frosting:
2 cups confectioners’ sugar
75 g butter, room temperature
1 vanilla bean, scraped
a couple of drops of your favorite food coloring, optional
10-12 blackberries, for garnish
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directions:
preheat the oven to 375 f / 190 c and line a muffin tray with cupcake liners. in a large bowl, combine flour, sugar, baking powder, salt and vanilla. mix well with a handmixer until the texture is crumbly and sandy. stir together egg and milk and add to the mixture bit by bit. mix until incorporated and the batter is smooth. fill into the prepared liners (3/4 full). bake for 20 to 25 minutes or until the cakes are slightly golden or until a skewer inserted comes out clean. let the cupcakes cool a little, then cut an x shape into each on the top. insert a lindor truffle into each cake, so that it almost hides on the top of the cupcake. let cool completely on a wire rack.
in the meantime, prepare the frosting. combine the confectioners’ sugar and butter in a bowl with a stand mixer. add the vanilla and milk spoon by spoon and mix for about 5 minutes until the frosting is fluffy and light and creamy. add a drop or two of pink food coloring for a blush pink effect. fill the frosting into a pipe with a round nozzle and decorate cupcakes. place a blackberry on top of each.
note: do not refrigerate as the lovely lindor core will harden.
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