The cupcake, soaked in a fragrant spicy filling, was at one time popular, then it was undeservedly forgotten about it, and now it is again snapped up in confectionery shops. If desired, a lush, juicy and tender dessert can be baked at home.
It is necessary
- - 500 g flour;
- - 25 g of yeast;
- - 3 eggs;
- - 150 g butter;
- - 1 tablespoon of sugar;
- - 1 teaspoon of salt.
- For syrup:
- - 0.5 cups of sugar;
- - 80 ml of water;
- - 20 ml rum;
- - 5 g of lemon and orange zest.
- For glaze:
- - 50 g of protein;
- - 200 g of sugar;
- - 2 teaspoons of lemon juice.
- For the cream:
- - 150 g cream cheese;
- - 100 ml cream (35%);
- - 5 tablespoons of powdered sugar.
Instructions
Step 1
Prepare the dough. Dissolve yeast in a bowl with 150 ml of water heated to 30 ° C. Pour in 0.5 cups of sifted flour, mix. Cover the dough starter and transfer to a warm place for 30 minutes.
Step 2
Put eggs, 300 g flour, sugar, salt in a large bowl, beat everything with a mixer. After adding the matched dough, continue kneading the dough with a mixer. Finally, add melted butter, mix thoroughly.
Step 3
At your discretion, you can season the dough with pre-soaked and squeezed dried apricots, raisins or candied fruits.
Step 4
Cover the prepared dough with a linen cloth, remove for 1 hour in a warm place. After the dough has risen, spread it evenly over the muffin tins, each 250g.
Step 5
It is important to let the dough stand in the molds for another 30 minutes and must be done in a warm place so that it rises. Bake the muffins in the oven at 180 ° C for 20 minutes.
Step 6
Make a soaking syrup. Toss liquid with sugar and grated citrus zest. Heat over low heat until sugar dissolves, but do not boil. Pour in rum, strain. Pour into a wide container, cool.
Step 7
Using a pastry syringe with a fine needle, saturate hot muffins with syrup by injecting it into the product, trying to evenly distribute the liquid in the dough.
Step 8
Or, use tongs to gently dip the muffins into the syrup to soak well. Cupcakes will be even more delicious when filled with a syringe with cream, custard or curd cream prepared ahead of time.
Step 9
For curd cream, whip the cream into a thick foam. Next, add the cream cheese and powdered sugar. Stir well and fill baked goods with cream.
Step 10
For the glaze, beat the sugar, whites and lemon juice with a mixer. When the cupcakes have cooled slightly, cover them with icing.
