STRAWBERRY, LIME AND PINEAPPLE TWISTER CUPCAKES
July 08, 2018
We created a lime sponge with a gorgeous strawberry filling, and topped this with the most divine swirled lime and pineapple buttercream. We just love that topped with a few slices of strawberries, they just give you all the Twister feels, and they taste increeeedible too!
Even ignoring the inspiration for the cupcakes, this combination is the absolutely delish and unquestionably perfect for summer!!
There are no other twister lolly cupcakes out there - trust us we searched Pinterest to make sure! - so keep scrolling to find the one and only recipe for Twister inspired cupcakes...
Ingredients:
For the cupcakes...
(makes 11)
4oz butter
4oz caster sugar
2 eggs
2 limes, juice and zest
1 tsp baking powder
4oz self-raising flour
For the pineapple purée...
4 pineapple rings/ g tin of pineapple
lemon juice, a few a splashes
1 tbsp pineapple juice (from the tin)
For the strawberry centre...
250g strawberries, chopped
1 tbsp lemon juice
For the lime buttercream...
2½ oz unsalted butter
½ lime, zest and juice
5oz icing sugar
green food colouring
For the pineapple buttercream...
2½ oz unsalted butter
pineapple purée
5oz icing sugar
For decoration...
Handful of strawberries, sliced
Firstly, you want to make the purées/sauces, so that these can thicken and cool in the fridge ready for later.
Starting with the strawberry sauce, chop the strawberries into small chunks and place in a saucepan on a medium heat. Stir in the lemon juice, and then leave to simmer for around 15 minutes. Set aside in the fridge to thicken.
Onto the cakes! Preheat your oven to 200°C/180°C Fan/Gas mark 6 and line a cupcake tray with 11 cupcake cases.
To make the cupcakes, start by beating together the butter and the sugar until light and fluffy. Then, beat in the eggs. Add in the flour, baking powder, and zest and juice of 2 limes and then mix until combined into a smooth batter. Divide your mixture into your cupcake cases and bake in your pre-heated oven for around 18 minutes or until golden brown and an inserted skewer comes out clean. Set aside on a wire rack to cool.
Once cool, use a small sharp knife to cut a small hole in each of your cupcakes, eating the middles as you go! Fill the centres with your homemade strawberry purée.
For the buttercream, you want to make two separate recipes and then put them in the piping bag together.
Starting with the lime buttercream - Beat the butter in a bowl until light and fluffy; the butter should turn from yellow to near enough white. Then add in the zest and juice of 1 lime and green food colouring, beating until fully combined. Measure out the icing sugar and beat this into the buttercream gradually, making sure it is fully combined before adding the next spoonful. If you want to add more icing sugar, you can continue to add one spoonful at a time until you achieve your desired consistency.
Put each buttercream into a piping bag and then pipe in alternate lines onto a big piece of clingfilm. Wrap this up into a kind of buttercream sausage before cutting one end and placing into a piping bag fitted with a star nozzle.
Pipe the buttercream onto the cupcakes swirling from the outside in, and then decorate with slices of strawberry.
These cupcakes are absolutely divine and exactly what you need to be eating all summer. No cares for a summer body, just ice lolly inspired cupcakes all summer long!
We really loved creating these Twister inspired cupcakes for you,
so we hope you loved this post too!
Please let us know below what your fave ice lollies/ ice creams are and we will try our best to turn them into a delicious ice cream. We've got our eye on fab lollies next...
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See you next time!
Lots of love,
Antonia and Imogen x
