Recipe: Pumpkin cupcake with pumpkin pie filling

November 25, 2012 in recipes

Hope everyone had a wonderful thanksgiving weekend!  Mine was filled with great company and great food.
This thanksgiving weekend, I baked a pumpkin cupcake

ingredients:
-2 cups granulated sugar
-1 1/4 cups canola oil
-1 tspn vanilla extract
-2 cups canned pumpkin
-4 eggs
-2 cups all purpose flour
-3 tspn baking powder
-2 tspn baking soda
-1/4 tspn salt

 

-2 tspn pumpkin spice mix
-1/2 tspn cinnamon powder

frosting ingredients:
-1/4 cup of butter (room temp)
-8oz cream cheese
-1lbs of powdered sugar
-1/2 tspn vanilla extract
-1/4 tspn salt

 

 

directions:

-preheat oven to 350F
-on stove top, heat the canned pumpkin until warm , set aside
-mix sugar and oil in a big bowl, add the pumpkin

-mix in vanilla extract and eggs (one at a time)
-mix in the dry ingredients until well mixed
-pour mixture into cupcake molds and bake for 15 mins

-while cupcakes are baking, make the frosting:
-whisk butter and cream cheese until smooth
-add sifted powdered sugar and whisk
-add vanilla and salt and mix until smooth

- once cupcake are cool, in a pastry bag, fill with pumpkin pie filling (i cheated a little and used the pumpkin pie filling from a store bought pie.)
- place tip in the center of the cupcake and pipe pie filling into the cupcake
- pipe the top with desired frosting (i like pumpkin cake with cream cheese frosting)



happy holidays~

p.s. I found a Twinkies recipe online today, I plan on baking them this weekend. Will keep you posted.

recipe: mini pumpkin creme brulee

October 15, 2012 in recipes

side note: the weather was amazing the past couple days…too bad its jumping back into the 90′s tomorrow -__-

The first flavor I think of when it comes to the fall is Pumpkin.  With the spirit of fall, I wanted to share a simple creme brulee recipe with the star ingredient PUMPKIN.

Its a perfect blend of cream and pumpkin, a soft custard, definitely better for my liking than a pumpkin pie. Its a pretty friendly recipe so I hope you enjoy.~

ingredients:
- 3 egg yolks
- 1/2 cup brown sugar
- 1 tspn pumpkin pie spice mix
- 1/4 tspn salt
- 1/2 can of pumpkin puree (about 7.5 oz)
- 1 cup heavy cream
- 1/2 tspn vanilla extract
- granulated sugar and torch for top layer

 

directions:
-preheat oven to 325F
- In a metal bowl, whisk  the egg yolks until light in color
- add  brown sugar, spice mix, salt, pumpkin puree, vanilla extract and mix until well mixed
- heat heavy cream over stove top until hot – I took it off the heat right before it started boiling
-while whisking the puree mixture, slowly incorporate the heavy cream
- pour mixture into  paper souffle cups (I used 1 oz cups – I used one layer but double layered it after it came out of the oven) about 3/4 of the way full [you can also put them in ramekins and fill them to the top - baking time will be longer ~30-35mins]
-place cups on top of a baking tray and back for~20-25 mins [until custard sets]
-place in refrigerator to cool
-when ready to serve, sprinkle granulated sugar on top and using a torch create a crust [my favorite part]

 

 

 

pumpkin macarons

November 10, 2011 in Uncategorized

nothing beats the smell and flavor of pumpkin during the fall.

beautifully shaped pumpkin spice macarons

green tea vs pumpkin

say hello to my mini’s. arent they cute??