STEEMIT CULINARY CHALLENGE # 28: Milkshake Limoncello Cupcakes

Milkshake Limoncello Cupcakes

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Delicious light lemon cupcakes with strawberry marmalade “heart”, topped with fluffy cloud frosting made with Italian mascarpone cheese! These cupcakes are a perfect summertime party treat!
If you wish add a drizzle of limoncello directly onto cupcake before frosting it and it will make these cupcakes more amazing!!
Try it!
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Ingredients

  • 1 tablespoon white vinegar
  • ½ cup butter, room temperature
  • 1 cup sugar
  • ½ cup milk
  • lemon zest
  • vanilla and lemon extra
  • 2 tablespoons limoncello
  • 1 ½ cup flour
  • 1 tablespoon baking powder
  • 2 large organic eggs
  • pinch of salt
  • strawberry marmalade for filling (I used my own homemade marmalade)

Frosting

  • 4 tablespoon butter, room temperature
  • 140g mascarpone cheese
  • 1 cup powdered sugar
  • pinch of salt
  • ¼ cup heavy cream, chilled
  • blue coloring

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Method

  • preheat oven to 180* C (350F)
  • whisk the milk and vinegar and set aside to sour
  • mix butter and sugar together
  • add eggs , vanilla extract , lemon zest and limoncello until incorporated
  • mix flour, baking powder and salt
  • add sour milk and stir all gently just until combined
  •  fill 12 cupcake liners with butter and bake at 180* C(350F)  for about 15 minutes
    

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  • remove from the oven and allow to cool
  • once completely cooled, cut out holes in the center of the cupcakes. Only go about three quarter of the way down the cupcakes for the holes
  • place chilled strawberry marmalade in each of the cupcakes
  • whip butter and mascarpone until well mixed(for frosting)
  • add sugar , salt and cream and beat on high until fluffy(about 3-5 minutes)
  • top cupcakes with frosting and decorate as desired!
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Enjoy !!!

And again big thanks to steemit culinary challenge sponsors @smooth & @sirwinchester !
Thank also for your time this week judge @betamusic , i bet would be a torture seeing & not tasting the contestant's creations !
Mambo jumbo XL THANKS to our beloved organizer @woman-onthe-wing !

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