Thursday, December 10, 2009

Vanilla Cupcakes with Raspberry Cream Cheese Frosting

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A woman who I used to work with asked me to bake cupcakes for a birthday party. This was my first paid cupcake order so it was a little nerve wracking. She gave me a lot of freedom with the flavours, which was was actually worse for me because I can never make up my mind. In the end, I went with raspberry cream cheese because you can never really go wrong with cream cheese frosting... that's why we eat red velvet cupcakes right? I wish I could have done something super cool with the decorating, but it was really difficult to pipe cream cheese frosting without it looking sloppy and melty so I swirled it using my largest round tip. I was beyond excited when she told me how much she loved them!

Amy Sedaris' Cupcakes

24 cupcakes

Ingredients
1 1/2 stick (12 tbsp) unsalted butter
1 3/4 cup sugar (I used 1 1/2 cup sugar)
2 large eggs
2 teaspoons vanilla
1/2 teaspoon salt
2 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
2 1/2 cups flour
1 1/4 cup milk

Directions
1. Preheat over to 350 degrees (Amy uses 375, but I think that's too high).
2. In a bowl, whisk flour, baking powder, salt together
3. Cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy.
4. Beat in eggs, one at a time making sure it's well incorporated
5. Beat in vanilla
6. Add flour mixture in 3 batches, alternating with milk. Do not overbeat.
7. Divide batter evenly. Bake for 16 to 20 minutes and toothpick inserted into center comes out with a few moist crumbs attached.
9. Cool on wire rack for 5-10 minutes then transfer cupcakes to cool completely

Raspberry Cream Cheese Frosting

1 stick butter, room temperature
1 block (8oz) cream cheese, room temperature
1 1/3 cup powdered sugar
1/4 cup raspberry jam

Beat butter on medium-low speed until smooth and creamy
Add cream cheese and beat on medium-low speed until smooth and creamy (30 seconds-1 minute)
Sift powdered sugar over creamed mixture and beat on medium low until the sugar is all incorporated
Add jam and continue beating.
Make sure you don't overbeat or else the frosting will become soupy.

37 comments:

  1. Congratulations on your first paid order! I would be a nervous wreck, too. That frosting looks fantastic. I love the little chunks of raspberry in it. Good job!

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  2. Hmmm, yum! They sure look delicious! Interesting combination of raspberry & cream cheese; never tried it!

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  3. These look delicious! I love the icing.

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  4. Love the pretty frosting. I'm sure it tastes good too!

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  5. Beautiful cupcakes; and hooray for the payment!

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  6. So exciting!!! I would take cream cheese frosting over butter cream ANY day! They look beautiful girl :)

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  7. They look perfect! I think the icing is tasteful and understated. How much do you really need to dress up raspberry cream cheese frosting? ;)

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  8. those look perfect- can't go wrong with cream cheese frosting OR pink cupcakes

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  9. cream cheese frosting is a winner any day! i love how the raspberry has coloured it. pretty! :)

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  10. Congratulations on your first order!! You made a great choice!

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  11. Congratulations on your success! Those cupcakes look absolutely lovely -- I just love the pretty swirls of raspberry cream cheese frosting on the top. How fantastic.

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  12. Wow. I saw this on Martha's show - they looked phenomenal.. and these look even better!!! Love the icing technique - I can't imagine them not liking these - the compliments were well-deserved. Now, I need to try these myself... !

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  13. Congrats on your first paid order!

    I bet these were a big hit!

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  14. Your icing is such a beautiful colour! No wonder the recipient was pleased, these cupcakes are delightful :)

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  15. Yay for your first paid order! They look amazingly cute...just love the pinkish swirl!

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  16. Congrats on your first paid order!

    You did a great job with these cupcakes :)

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  17. These look very delicious! Good work!

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  18. Those cupcakes, especially the frosting, look so delicious.

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  19. Nice work and congrats! They are beautiful!

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  20. These look delicious and your icing has me drooling!

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  21. Very pretty pink cupcakes. Good instincts on these.

    Some people are crazy enough not to like cream cheese frosting. My husband is violently anti-cream cheese. We were at a party eating red velvet cupcakes last week and he only ate the bottome of the cupcake and gave the frosted part to me!

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  22. Hi Steph
    Looks like i missed a lot of your recent creations..i can only say in three words 'wow' the werewolf cupcake, molasses spice cake, apple crisps, bundt cake fudgy brownies....looks so good and tempting....you are really doing great !

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  23. I want to try Amy Sedaris' recipe - and yours look sooooo successful! These look delightful. - mary

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  24. Yummy!! These look super--but then again, I have never met a cupcake that wasn't =)

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  25. I like that raspberry cream cheese frosting! :)

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  26. The cupcakes look gorgeous Steph! How exciting to have your first paid baking job. =) I hate when I'm baking for other people and have to try and pick a flavour or type of something because I over think it and can never decide what people would like. Hope you're enjoying the holidays!

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  27. Mmm raspberry cream cheese frosting! Yum yum!

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  28. Great flavor combo you got there. Not surprising your friend liked them :o) You could try adding some gelatin to the cream cheese frosting to thicken it up a little bit, if you would like to make star-shaped swirls. Just a thought :)

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  29. okay, so, your blog is gorgeous and i don't even like cupcakes very much, but i have the feeling i'll be making these soon! :)

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  30. Why not try creating a recipe using butternut squash?

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  31. DELICIOUS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!YUMMMM!!!!!!!!!!!!

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  32. HI Steph..I am Steph too but I am in Staten Island NY and I love to bake too. Just wanted to let you know that I tried your recipe and it was great. I modified the recipre a little to 12 oz of cream chesse instead of 8, becuase I like the extra kick. It tastes like my choclate cake is wrapped in a rasberry cheese cake and I love it! Thanks so much for the recipe!

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  33. soo excited to try this experimenting on different recipes to use for filling for my daughters bday cake

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  34. i tried it and i love it!!

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  35. Hi! I made your raspberry cream cheese frosting to go on a chocolate cake except I used fresh raspberries macerated thru a sieve instead of jam. The fresh raspberries gave it a zesty punch of flavor. Thanks for the recipe, it got rave reviews at our Girl's Night IN ! / Dorothea

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