Arizona cupcakes
Cupcakes are small sponge cakes. In their original American version, they are usually decorated with brightly coloured icing. Here's a version inspired by the famous saguaro cactus, so common in Arizona.
Last modified on: October 13th 2010
Keywords for this recipe:For 25 cupcakes, you will need:
- 1
100 g butter - 2
30 g caster sugar - 3
10 g Vanilla sugar - 4
100 g flour - 5
2 eggs - 6
1 pinch salt - 7
5 g baking powder - 8
100 g Marzipan (almond paste) - 9
1 tablespoon icing sugar - 10
150 g fondant icing - Total weight: 610 grams
How long does it take?
Time required for this recipe:
| Preparation | Cooking | Start to finish |
|---|---|---|
| 1 hour 14 min. | 35 min. | 1 hour 49 min. |
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Step by step recipe
Stage 1 - 3 min.
Cut 100 g butter into small pieces and tip into the bowl of the mixer, along with 30 g caster sugar and 10 g Vanilla sugar.
Stage 2 - 5 min.
Knead for a few minutes on slow speed until thoroughly mixed.
Stage 3 - 3 min.
Stage 4 - 5 min.
Knead again on medium speed just until evenly mixed.
Preheat oven to 180°C (360°F).
Preheat oven to 180°C (360°F).
Stage 5 - 10 min.
Divide the mixture between small moulds, preferably in paper cake cases. Do not over fill as the cakes will expand during cooking.
You can divide out the mixture with a spoon, but it's much quicker and easier to use a forcing bag.
You can divide out the mixture with a spoon, but it's much quicker and easier to use a forcing bag.
Stage 6 - 35 min.
Put in the oven and bake for around 35 minutes (watch for colouring).
Leave to cool on a wire rack.
Leave to cool on a wire rack.
Stage 7 - 15 min.
Meanwhile, make the cacti using green marzipan.
Stage 8 - 10 min.
Melt 150 g fondant icing in a bain-marie.
Note: if you don't have fondant icing, make up a quick glacé icing using 100g icing sugar mixed with 1 tablespoon water, or just a little more.
Note: if you don't have fondant icing, make up a quick glacé icing using 100g icing sugar mixed with 1 tablespoon water, or just a little more.
Stage 9 - 2 min.
Spread icing over the cupcakes...
Stage 10 - 1 min.
... and place a cactus on top immediately.
Stage 11 - 20 min.
Decorate all the cupcakes like this.
Remarks
You can start with the basic cupcake mix and let your imagination run wild!
A quick variation: replace the marzipan decorations with pistachio paste, which gives a more realistic saguaro cactus colour.
For that real Arizona touch, the sun should make an appearance on the cupcakes, maybe as a small circle of yellow marzipan at the top to left or right of the cactus? Oh, well - for next time.
A quick variation: replace the marzipan decorations with pistachio paste, which gives a more realistic saguaro cactus colour.
For that real Arizona touch, the sun should make an appearance on the cupcakes, maybe as a small circle of yellow marzipan at the top to left or right of the cactus? Oh, well - for next time.
Keeping
Several days in a closed metal box.
Source
Home-made, but warmly dedicated to Krissy, Kelley and Heather, three charming friends from Phoenix, of whom I cherish fond memories.
Nutritional information
| Whole recipe | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Energetic value | Proteins | Carbohydrates | Fats |
| 2,181 Kcal or 9,131 Kj | 31 gr | 333 gr | 121 gr |
| 109 % | 12 % | 31 % | 18 % |
| Per 100 g | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Energetic value | Proteins | Carbohydrates | Fats |
| 358 Kcal or 1,499 Kj | 5 gr | 55 gr | 20 gr |
| 18 % | 2 % | 5 % | 3 % |
| Per cupcakes | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Energetic value | Proteins | Carbohydrates | Fats |
| 87 Kcal or 364 Kj | 1 gr | 13 gr | 5 gr |
| 4 % | <1 % | 1 % | 1 % |
How much will it cost?
- For 25 cupcakes : 3.32 €
- Per cupcakes : 0.13 €
Note: Be careful, these prices are only an estimate, you can consult the table of prices by ingredients used for this estimate.
This recipe uses (among others)
 | Fondant icing: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Chinois, Chocolate eclairs, Fondant-iced pithivier, ... All |
 | Marzipan (almond paste): You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Little Christmas biscuits, Agen prune cake, Provençal colombier for Pentecost, Fraisier (French strawberry cake), Piped petits-fours, ... All |
 | Butter: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Breton sablé biscuit dough, Corsican tarts, Rolls of fish in smoked ham, Confit Victoria pineapple with honey and spices, Fried bread with leek and poached egg , ... All |
 | Flour: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Coconut sweetcrust pastry, Chestnut and hazelnut biscuits, Provençal colombier for Pentecost, Craquelin (sweet cracker dough), Kugelhof for Nanou, ... All |
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- Those are absoluetly perfect!! I love it! I sure wish we could share that cup of tea while enjoying your yummy cupcakes.Posted by Krissy may 10th 2010 at 04:40 (n° 1)
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