Stuffed Champagne Cupcakes Recipes

CHAMPAGNE CUPCAKES

Steps:

• For the cupcakes: Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Line 18 cups of two 12-cup muffin pans with paper liners.
• Sift together the flour, baking powder and salt in a medium bowl; set aside.
• In the bowl of stand mixer, cream the granulated sugar and butter until fluffy, about 3 minutes. Add the eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition and scraping down the bowl as needed. Beat in the vanilla.
• Reduce the mixer speed to medium low. Beat in half of the flour mixture, then all of the milk, then the remaining flour mixture and finally the champagne. Mix until just combined. Using an ice cream scoop, fill each muffin cup two-thirds full with batter.
• Bake until the tops of the cupcakes spring back when gently pressed, 18 to 20 minutes. Transfer the pan to a rack and let cool 5 minutes, then remove the cupcakes to the rack to cool completely.
• For the buttercream frosting: Combine the confectioners' sugar, butter and salt in the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with a paddle attachment. Mix on low speed until mostly incorporated. Add the vanilla, increase the speed to medium high and mix until smooth. Adjust the consistency with milk as desired.
• Put 1/2 cup of the frosting in a one small bowl and another 1/2 cup in a second small bowl. Tint the first bowl a light shade of green and the second bowl a darker shade of green. Add 1/4 cup of plain frosting to a third small bowl and tint it pink. Add 1/4 cup of plain frosting to a fourth small bowl and leave it plain. Add enough of the green food coloring to the remaining plain frosting in the mixer bowl to tint it dark green (darker than the other 2 bowls of green frosting).
• For decorating: Frost the top of 12 of the cupcakes with an even layer of the darkest green frosting. Place the graham cracker crumbs in a small bowl and dip the edges of the cupcake in the crumbs, rotating to coat the edges.
• Make aloe plants by forming 12 teardrop-shaped pieces of green gum paste. Using scissors, snip the pointed end of each teardrop halfway to the bottom in one direction, then across in the opposite direction. Spread the tips gently and place one aloe plant onto each of the frosted cupcakes.
• Fill a pastry bag fitted with a large open star tip (no. 199) with one of the lighter shades of green frosting. Fit a second pastry bag fitted with a large closed star tip (no. 846) with the other lighter green frosting. Fill a pastry bag fitted with a small star tip (no. 15) with the pink frosting. Fill a pastry bag fitted with a small round tip (no. 2) with the white frosting.
• Pipe cacti onto the cupcakes using the 2 shades of green frosting. Pipe cactus flowers with the pink frosting and finish by piping small white dots on the cacti for the needles.

CHAMPAGNE CUPCAKES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Spray 24 muffin cups with cooking spray.
• Mix cake mix and 1 1/4 cup Champagne in a large mixing bowl; stir in vegetable oil and eggs. Beat batter with an electric mixer on medium speed for 2 minutes.
• Pour batter into the prepared muffin cups, filling them 3/4 full.
• Bake cupcakes in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the middle of a cupcake comes out clean, about 20 minutes.
• Cool cupcakes in pans for 10 minutes before removing to finish cooling, about 30 more minutes.
• Mix butter, 1 cup confectioners' sugar, 1/4 cup Champagne, and vanilla extract in a bowl. Stir in remaining confectioners' sugar, 1 cup at a time, until frosting is smooth and creamy. Spread on cooled cupcakes.

STUFFED CUPCAKES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375.
• Line muffin pan with 12 baking cups.
• In a small bowl, mix cream cheese, 1/4 cup of sugar, nuts and 1/2 tsp vanilla until well blended (set aside).
• In a small bowl, mix flour, cocoa and baking powder.
• In a medium bowl, cream the butter and 1/2 cup sugar until fluffy.
• Stir in egg and 1/2 tsp into the butter/sugar bowl.
• Stir in about 1/2 of the flour mixture into the butter mixture.
• Slowly stir in milk until smooth.
• Stir in the remaining flour and mix until smooth.
• Spoon about 1 Tbs of batter into each baking cup. Add about 1 tsp of the cream cheese/nut mixture. Finish filling with batter.
• Bake for 20 minutes - Cool on rack.

STRAWBERRY CHEESECAKE CUPCAKES

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 325 degrees. Line muffin tins with 24 cupcake liners.
• Beat the cake mix, pudding mix, oil, milk, and eggs for 2 minutes. Spoon batter into the prepared muffin tins.
• Bake for 18-20 minutes, or until the tops spring back. Cool on a wire rack.
• In a small bowl, whisk the milk and pudding mix until creamy and thick.
• Beat the cream cheese until creamy. Add the pudding and beat again. Fold in the whipped topping.
• Use a cupcake corer or small knife to cut out the center of the cupcakes. Spoon the cheesecake filling into a piping bag with icing tip 12 and fill the centers. Refrigerate while you make the frosting.
• Beat the shortening and butter until creamy. Add the salt, vanilla, and strawberry extract and beat again.
• Slowly add half the powdered sugar until it is mixed in.
• Place the strawberries in a food processor or blender and puree. If your strawberries are not ripe and juicy, you may need to add 1 Tablespoon of water.
• Pour the strawberry puree into the frosting and beat until creamy. Add the rest of the powdered sugar and beat until light and fluffy.
• Use a large piping bag and icing tip 1M to swirl the frosting on the chilled cupcakes. Refrigerate cupcakes until time to serve.
• Add the cookie sticks and a fresh strawberry to the top of each cupcake right before serving.

STUFFED CHAMPAGNE CUPCAKES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Insert gold liners into a medium cupcake pan; set aside.
• In a bowl of a stand mixer with a paddle attachment, cream the butter and sugar on medium speed until light and fluffy, about 3-5 minutes. In a medium bowl, whisk to sift the flour, baking powder and salt.
• Turn mixer speed to low and add the flour in 3 additions, alternating with the Champagne. Stir in the vanilla extract then remove the bowl from the stand mixer. Using a rubber spatula, fold in 1/3 of the whipped egg whites until completely combined, then add the remaining egg whites and fold until well incorporated.
• Fill cupcake liners with batter 3/4 to the top and bake until set, about 22-24 minutes. Let cool completely on a wire rack.
• Use a medium star piping tip to remove the center of the cake, making sure not to cut all the way through to the bottom. Alternately, use the tip of a small sharp knife to cut a hole in the middle of each cupcake, making sure to keep the sides and bottom intact. Remove the piece of cake and fill the hole with a spoonful of the mixed edible decorations. Replace cake to cover hole and use a pastry bag fitted with a medium star (Wilton 190) tip to pipe on frosting. Sprinkle the top with more sanding sugar and serve.