Gourmet Cupcake Recipes

Nothing soothes up the culinary sense of the chef more than gourmet cooking. It’s an art which gives the chef the liberty to choose the best quality of ingredients and equipments for the kitchen and express himself/herself through cooking. It’s a feast that is a treat for both the eyes and the taste buds, as much thought goes behind the preparation and presentation of the gourmet food. Gourmet food may have originated from France, but that doesn’t mean it cannot be combined with the American delicacies. Of course, it can and the best way for the same is through cupcakes. Is your saliva already drooling? A cupcake is just like any other cake with frosting and other decorations, only smaller in size (that of a cup) and meant to serve just one person. There are many easy to make gourmet cupcake recipes that can be included in an evening of merrymaking with food. So, whether you’re a gourmet chef or a gourmand, you can indulge yourself in a delightful evening of cooking or eating. A whole evening of gourmet cooking and food tasting, backed up by gourmet desserts can be a perfect finishing act to the exquisiteness of the whole event that will leave you with accolades. A few of gourmet cupcake recipes have been mentioned below.

Easy Gourmet Cupcake Recipes

Gourmet Green Tea Matcha Cupcake Recipe

Ingredients

For Cake

3 cups normal Flour
2 tbsp Matcha (Japanese green tea)
1 cup Milk
2 cups Sugar
1 ½ tbsp Baking Powder
1 cup (2 sticks) Unsalted Butter
4 Eggs
1 tbsp Vanilla Extract
1/4 tbsp Salt

For Frosting

12 ounces Cream Cheese
1 tbsp Matcha Green Tea Powder
1 tsp Vanilla
½ stick Butter
4 cups Powdered Sugar

Procedure

Preheat the oven at 350 degrees F.
For the cake, add butter, sugar, and eggs in a mixing jar and beat until a thick paste is formed and sugar seems dissolved.
Add rest of the ingredients into the mixing jar and beat well enough to combine all of it.
Fill the batter into small cups made of tin and bake for 25-30 minutes.
For the frosting, beat butter and cheese until it’s creamy, before adding rest of the ingredients.
Now, add rest of the ingredients to it and beat until mixed.
When the cake is baked (check if a toothpick inserted comes out clean), pour the frosting over each of them and serve.

Gourmet Eye Balls Cupcake Recipe

Ingredients

For Cake

1 ½ cups Flour
¼ cup Milk
1 ½ tbsp Baking Powder
3 Eggs
½ cup Butter
2/3 cup White Sugar
1 tbsp Vanilla Extract
¼ tbsp Salt

For Frosting

½ cup Butter (at room temperature)
1/3 cup Milk
4 cups Powdered Sugar
½ tbsp Salt
1 tbsp Vanilla Extract

For Toppings

Food Coloring (preferably red)
Black Jelly Beans
Life Savers

Procedure

Preheat the oven at 350 degrees F.
For preparing the cake, add butter, sugar, and eggs in a mixing jar and beat until a thick paste is formed.
Add rest of the ingredients into the mixing jar and beat well enough to combine all of it.
Fill the batter into small cups made of tin and bake for 25-30 minutes.
Meanwhile, you can prepare the frosting. For this, beat butter and cheese until it’s creamy. Next add rest of the ingredients to it and beat until mixed.
Divide the frosting in such a way that while you keep about 75% of the frosting as it is, you add food coloring to the remaining 25%. Mix well until you reach a deep red almost burgundy color.
When the cake is baked, add the frosting to form a smooth outer layering.
Insert the red frosting into a piping bag, and draw red veins over the white frosting over the cup cake.
Now, take half a jelly bean and place it in the center of your frosted cupcake. Next place the lifesavers over the jelly bean. This will act as your pupil and iris.
Congratulations, for your gourmet eyeball cupcake is ready to be gorged upon.

Gourmet Red Velvet Cupcakes Recipe

Ingredients

For Cake

15 1/2 ounces Flour
1 ¼ tbsp Cocoa Powder
1 ¼ cups Buttermilk
3 Eggs
13 ounce Sugar
1 ¼ tbsp Baking Soda
1 ¼ tbsp Salt
1 ½ cups Vegetable Oil
2 tbsp Red Food Coloring
1 ¼ tbsp Vanilla Extract
1 ¼ tbsp Vinegar
1/8 cup Water

For Frosting

1 ½ pounds Cream Cheese (at room temperature)
1 pound Butter (at room temperature)
1 tbsp Vanilla Extract
2 pounds Powdered Sugar

Procedure

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
You need to prepare the cake first. For the same, add oil, buttermilk, and sugar. Beat until dissolved.
Now add the eggs, food coloring, vinegar, vanilla extract, and water. Mix again until dissolved and thick. Make sure not to overdo it or else the mixture will get hard.
Pour the batter into small tin cups and bake for 25-30 minutes.
In the meantime, you can prepare the frosting. Beat the butter and cream together until it’s creamy, before adding in rest of the ingredients.
Now, add rest of the ingredients in it and beat until mixed.
Pour the frosting over the cake and your gourmet red velvet cupcake is ready to serve.

Not only are these gourmet cupcake recipes easy to make, but are all the more scintillating to your taste buds. Enjoy the sweet treat!

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