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A delicious cupcake for any special occasion. These Maple Syrup Surprise Inside Cupcakes are so easy to make and will be a hit wherever you take them.
This idea can so easily be applied to any flavour cupcake you like but I just love this combination of flavours. The delicious sweet maple syrup cupcake works perfectly with the lovely royal icing, and of course who can resist the sprinkles inside!
I am delighted to have partnered with a brand I have long used in our home and in baking. Queen Fine Foods have partnered with me to allow me to bring you these gorgeous cupcakes using their delicious products. Many of you will already be familiar with this brand, you may even have their vanilla, maple syrup or food colourings in your home. My cake decorating box is full of these wonderful products so it was very easy for me to come up with this recipe to showcase just four of their quality products. And hopefully inspire you to give it a go!
I love creating new Christmas content, these are a favourite as they are so quick and easy to make yet look so pretty and are such fun to take to a party or for a shared celebration meal as once people bite into it they get the sprinkle surprise! I have used a lovely Maple Syrup Cupcake recipe today, but you could so easily make this with my Vanilla Cupcake Recipe or Chocolate Cupcake Recipe for something different!
A great little tip I have recently picked up – if you do not want soggy oily bottoms on your cupcake cake cases simply pop a heaped teaspoon of rice in the base of your muffin tin!
The process is so easy! Simply make the cupcakes, you can do this the day ahead. You want them to be completely cold before you scoop out the middle and ice them. This is a slightly different cupcake mix than what you might be used to, the key is to follow the ingredients and not to overmix. Because it is a dense mix if you add too much liquid or overmix they can sink in the middle. However if they do that is ok! You are scooping out the middle anyway.
The next step once the cupcakes have completely cooled, is to use a small knife to scoop out a cone shape from each cupcake, large enough to add plenty of sprinkles, almost to the bottom of each cupcake. Remove the centre piece and add the sprinkles of your choice, today I have used these gorgeously festive Glamour & Sparkle Sprinkles. Then slice the top in half and add the top piece back on and press into place.
For the icing I have done something a little different, I have used royal icing in place of buttercream! If you are not familiar with royal icing it is what I use to decorate cookies such as these ones here. It is a lovely product to work with. All you do with the Queen Royal Icing is add it to your mixer bowl and add water! I simply add small amounts of water until I get the desired consistency. It then spreads beautifully over the cupcake.
The finish will be a firm icing once it sets, that has a delicious subtle sweet flavour. You can add a little vanilla or maple syrup to the icing also to compliment the cupcake flavour. I kept mine plain to ensure a pure white colour, then a cherry to finish to add the Christmassy touch! You could use anything that suits your theme or even add a few of the sprinkles on top.
Onto the recipe, I hope you enjoy this lovely simple recipe for my Maple Syrup Surprise Inside Cupcakes, I cannot wait to see your versions!
Maple Syrup Surprise Inside Cupcakes
Delicious Maple Syrup Surprise Inside Cupcakes
Ingredients
Cupcakes
- 125g Butter, softened
- 1/2 Cup Caster Sugar
- 1/2 Cup Brown Sugar, packed
- 2 Eggs
- 3 Tablespoons Maple Syrup
- 1/2 teaspoon Vanilla Essence
- 1 1/3 Cups Self Raising Flour
- 1 Tablespoon Milk
Surprise Inside
- Sprinkles
Icing
- Royal Icing Mix
- Water
- Glace Cherries
Instructions
- Cupcakes
- Preheat the Oven to 180C Bake
- Prepare a 12 hole muffin tray with cupcake cases, see below notes for tips
- In a large bowl or food mixer bowl, add the butter and beat until it has become pale and creamy
- Add to this the caster sugar and brown sugar and mix until completely combined
- Beat the eggs together in a small cup or bowl, then add them along with the maple syrup and vanilla and combine well
- Add in the self raising flour and milk and stir until just combined. The mixture will be thick
- Spoon into the cupcake cases, no more than 2/3 full.
- Bake for 18-20 minutes until golden brown and spring back to the touch
- Allow to cool in the pan for 10 minutes
- Remove to a wire rack until completely cold before next steps, or do this the next day.
- Surprise Inside
- Take the cold cupcakes, using a small sharp knife remove a cone in the centre of each muffin, approx 2 cm wide, and 2 cm deep, see photos above
- Remove the cone of cupcake and add the sprinkles to the hole created
- Cut the cone in half and replace the top of the cupcake and press firmly, repeat with remaining cupcakes
- Icing
- Prepare the Royal Icing as per packet instructions, then add little amounts of extra water until you get the desired consistency. It should be thick enough to gently fall off the end of the whisk so you can easily spread it but not too wet its hard to work with
- If you do not have this icing, please see my Royal Icing Cookie Recipe elsewhere on the blog
- Spread a heaped teaspoon of icing on each cupcake
- Top with a glace cherry
- Allow these to set at room temperature before you stack them or store them.
- These will keep for at least 3 days in an airtight container.
- Enjoy!
Notes
To stop your cupcake cases from having soggy or oily bottoms, add a heaped teaspoon of rice to each muffin hole and spread this evenly before adding your cupcake cases. You can reuse this rice for the next time.
A huge thank you to Queen Fine Foods, so lovely to collaborate with a brand that we already know and trust. You can find their products in your favourite supermarket.
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Happy Baking!
Anna
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