Lavender-Honey Cupcakes

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Fancy pastry work -- such as these candy-coating monograms -- looks far more difficult to make than they actually are. You don't even need a pastry bag. Just snip the edge from one corner of a resealable plastic bag to do your piping. And you can make homemade cupcakes if you like, but if short on time, bakery cakes will do just fine.

Lavender-Honey Cupcakes
Photo: Kritsada Panichgul
Prep Time:
45 mins
Stand Time:
30 mins
Bake Time:
10 mins
Cool Time:
45 mins
Total Time:
45 mins
Servings:
18
Yield:
48 (1-3/4-inch) or 18 (2-1/2-inch) cupcakes

Ingredients

  • ½ cup butter

  • 2 eggs

  • 1 ¾ cup all-purpose flour

  • 1 ½ teaspoon baking powder

  • 2 teaspoon dried lavender

  • ½ teaspoon salt

  • 1 cup sugar

  • ¼ cup honey

  • 1 teaspoon vanilla

  • cup milk

  • 1 recipe Honey Frosting

  • Dried lavender (optional)

Honey Frosting

  • 5 ounce mascarpone cheese or cream cheese (2/3 cup)

  • 3 tablespoon butter

  • ¼ cup honey

  • ½ teaspoon vanilla

  • 3 cup powdered sugar

Directions

  1. Allow butter and eggs to stand at room temperature for 30 minutes. Meanwhile, line forty-eight 1-3/4-inch muffin cups or eighteen 2- 1/2-inch muffin cups with paper bake cups. In a medium bowl combine flour, baking powder, the 2 teaspoons lavender, and the salt. Set aside.

  2. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. In a large mixing bowl beat butter with an electric mixer on medium to high speed for 30 seconds. Add sugar, honey, and vanilla; beat until combined. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Alternately add flour mixture and milk to butter mixture, beating on low speed after each addition just until mixture is combined.

  3. Spoon batter into prepared muffin cups, filling each about three-fourths full. Use the back of a spoon to smooth out batter in cups.

  4. Bake for 10 to 12 minutes for 1-3/4-inch cupcakes (or 16 to 18 minutes for 2-1/2-inch cupcakes) or until a toothpick inserted in centers comes out clean. Cool cupcakes in muffin cups on wire racks for 10 minutes. Remove cupcakes from muffin cups. Cool completely on wire racks.

  5. Pipe or spread with Honey Frosting. If desired, sprinkle with additional lavender. Makes 48 (1-3/4-inch) or 18 (2-1/2-inch) cupcakes.

Honey Frosting

  1. Allow mascarpone cheese and butter to stand at room temperature for 30 minutes. In large mixing bowl beat cheese, butter, honey, and vanilla with mixer on medium until light and fluffy. Gradually add 1 cup of the powdered sugar, beating well. Gradually beat in remaining powdered sugar to reach spreading consistency. Place in medium microwave-safe bowl. Microwave n 100% power (high) for 20 to 30 seconds, just to soften (do not melt). Makes 2 1/2 cups.

Nutrition Facts (per serving)

103 Calories
4g Fat
17g Carbs
1g Protein
Nutrition Facts
Servings Per Recipe 18
Calories 103
% Daily Value *
Total Fat 4g 5%
Saturated Fat 2g 10%
Cholesterol 18mg 6%
Sodium 55mg 2%
Total Carbohydrate 17g 6%
Total Sugars 13g
Protein 1g
Calcium 10.1mg 1%
Iron 0.4mg 2%
Potassium 16mg 0%
Folate, total 8.1mcg
Vitamin B-12 0.1mcg

*The % Daily Value (DV) tells you how much a nutrient in a food serving contributes to a daily diet. 2,000 calories a day is used for general nutrition advice.

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