Sunflower Cupcakes

AUTHOR
Melissa Olsen
DIFFICULTY
RATING
4 5
COOK TIME
90 mins
TOTAL TIME
90 mins

Ingredients

Servings: 6
  • 3 Eggs (size M)
  • 150 g soft + 175g soft butter
  • 2 TABLESPOONS + 100g sugar
  • 125 g Flour
  • 50 g ground almonds (without skin)
  • 1 coated Tsp Baking Powder
  • 2 TABLESPOONS Cocoa
  • 12 Bullets "Rondnoir" (Ferrero)
  • 150 g Icing sugar
  • 75 g Vanilla Yoghurt
  • 1-2 TEASPOONS Turmeric or yellow food colouring
  • 12 Muffin tins
  • 7-10 Tbsp Piping bag with spout

Directions

  1. 1

    Preheat oven (electric cooker: 200 degrees/circulating air: 175 degrees/gas: see manufacturer). Separate eggs for the dough. Cream 150g butter, 2 tablespoons sugar and egg yolk with the whisk of the hand mixer for about 4 minutes.

  2. 2

    Beat the egg whites until stiff, then pour in 100g of sugar. Mix flour, almonds, baking powder and cocoa, stir briefly into the butter-egg yolk mixture. Fold in the beaten egg white.

  3. 3

    Place paper cups in a muffin baking tray (12 trays). Spread the dough inside. Place 1 ball of "Rondnoir" on each and press in lightly. Bake in a hot oven for about 20 minutes.

  4. 4

    Let cupcakes rest in the mould for about 10 minutes, then take them out and let them cool down.

  5. 5

    For the buttercream, whisk 175g butter and icing sugar with the whisk of the hand mixer until foamy. Stir in the yoghurt bit by bit. Colour the cream yellow with a little turmeric or yellow food colouring.

  6. 6

    Pour into a piping bag with perforated nozzle or star nozzle. Spray 2 rows of petals around each chocolate ball.