Lemon White Chocolate Cupcakes
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Vanilla cupcakes topped with a whipped white chocolate ganache and an Easter egg filled with lemon curd
- Author: Catherine Zhang
- Prep Time: 45 minutes
- Cook Time: 15 minutes
- Total Time: 1 hour
- Yield: 12 Cupcakes 1x
- Category: Cupcake
- Method: Intermediate
- Cuisine: American
Vanilla Cupcakes
- 120ml Whole milk (1/2 cup)
- 1 tsp White vinegar
- 60ml Vegetable oil (1/4 cup)
- 30g Unsalted butter (2 tbsp 1 tsp), room temperature
- 150g White sugar (3/4 cup)
- 2 Eggs, room temperature
- 1 tsp Vanilla extract
- 165g Plain flour (1 1/3 cup)
- 1 tsp Baking powder
- 1/4 tsp Baking soda
- Pinch of salt
White Chocolate Whipped Ganache
- 360ml Thickened cream (1 1/2 cups, chilled)
- 225g White chocolate (7.9 oz), finely chopped
Assembly
- 12 Large white chocolate eggs, storebought or homemade
- 250ml (1 cup) Barker's New Zealand Lemon Curd, to fill
- Gold lustre dust, to colour eggs
Vanilla Cupcakes
- Preheat the oven to 180C/350F
- Line a cupcake tray with 12 paper liners
- Combine the milk and vinegar in a small bowl, set aside
- Add sugar, butter, and oil to the bowl of a stand mixer and beat for 5 minutes on medium-high speed, until light and fluffy
- Add the eggs and vanilla extract to the butter and beat on high for 1 minute, until well combined
- Combine flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt together in a medium-sized bowl, whisk to combine
- Add half the flour mix to the butter mix and beat until just combined
- Add the milk, followed by the rest of the flour, beat until just combined
- Divide the batter evenly between the cupcake liners
- Bake for 10-15 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the centre comes out clean
- Cool before frosting
White Chocolate Whipped Ganache
- Place the chopped white chocolate in a heat-proof bowl
- Heat 240ml (1 cup) cream in a small saucepan until steaming and pour over the white chocolate
- Cover with a plate and let sit for 5 mins until melted, and stir until smooth
- Add the remaining cream and stir until combined
- Cover and place in the fridge for 3-4 hours, or until completely chilled
- Once chilled whip until stiff peaks and transfer to a piping bag fitted with a French star tip
Assembly
- Transfer the lemon curd to a piping bag fitted with a small round tip
- Transfer 1/4 of the whipped ganache to another piping bag fitted with a small round tip
- Using an airbrush spray the eggs gold or dust the eggs with gold lustre dust
- Make a small opening at the bottom of each egg with a warm, sharp knife, and fill each egg ¾ of the way with lemon curd
- Then fill to the top with white chocolate whipped ganache
- Pipe a swirl of white chocolate whipped ganache on top of each cupcake and top with the filled egg, open side down
- Reserve in the fridge until consumption