Amaretto Dream Cupcakes Food

GLUTEN-FREE, LOW-CARB CHOCOLATE AMARETTO CREAM CHEESE CUPCAKES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350° F (320° F when fan assisted).
• Cream cheese filling:.
• chop butterscotch chocolate (if you don't use chips).
• dissolve starch in amaretto (or almond essence or syrup with 1 or 2 tablespoons cold water).
• stir in cream cheese until creamy.
• stir in maple syrup.
• stir in chopped chocolate.
• chocolate batter:.
• combine almond flower, guar gum or xanthan gum and baking powder in a bowl.
• beat egg whites until stiff peaks form, set aside.
• in a double boiler, melt chocolate and butter.
• in a seperate bowl, cream egg yolks and agave nectar.
• stir amaretto into melted butter-chocolate mix.
• cream melted butter-chocolate-amaretto mix and egg yolk-agave nectar.
• stir dry ingredients into that cream.
• fold in egg whites.
• line six cupcake cups with paper liners.
• divide the chocolate batter and fill one dollop of the first half into the bottom of each cupcake cup.
• fill one dollop of cream cheese filling on top of each portion.
• cover with the second half of the chocolate batter.
• bake at 350° F (or 320° F fan assisted) for about 15-20 minutes. The surface of the cakes will spring and crack. Don't mind if you can see the filling, and don't mind if it looks liquid. It will solidify after cooling.
• Immediately remove the cakes from the cups and let cool on a rack.
• You can eat them hot, like my husband did, they will be a bit like molten lava cakes or some kind of pudding. Or you can let them cool and top with you favourite frosting.

AMARETTO DREAM CUPCAKES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375°. In a large bowl, cream butter and brown sugar until light and fluffy. Add eggs, 1 at a time, beating well after each., Combine flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt. Add to creamed mixture alternately with buttermilk and amaretto, beating well after each addition. Stir in almonds. , Fill paper-lined muffin cups two-thirds full. Bake until a toothpick comes out clean, 14-16 minutes. Cool for 5 minutes before removing from pans to wire racks to cool completely. , In a small bowl, beat confectioners' sugar and butter. Add 3 tablespoons cream and 2 tablespoons Amaretto; beat until smooth. Add remaining cream and amaretto if needed to achieve spreading consistency. Frost cupcakes.

AMARETTO BUTTER FROSTING

Steps:

• In a small bowl, beat confectioners' sugar and butter. Add 3 tablespoons cream and 2 tablespoons Amaretto; beat until smooth. Add remaining cream and Amaretto if needed to achieve spreading consistency.

AMARETTO APPLE STREUSEL CUPCAKES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°.
• Place muffin cup liners in 12 muffin cups; coat with cooking spray.
• Weigh or lightly spoon 6.75 ounces (about 1 1/2 cups) flour into dry measuring cups; level with a knife. Combine 6.75 ounces flour, baking powder, salt, and baking soda in a small bowl, stirring with a whisk. Combine granulated sugar, cream cheese, and 1/4 cup butter in a large bowl; beat with a mixer at high speed until well blended. Add amaretto, vanilla, and egg to sugar mixture; beat with a mixer at medium speed until well blended. Combine sour cream and 1/4 cup milk in a small bowl; stir with a whisk until well blended. Combine apple and 1 tablespoon flour in a small bowl; toss well.
• Add flour mixture and sour cream mixture alternately to sugar mixture, beginning and ending with flour mixture. Beat just until blended. Fold in apple mixture. Divide batter evenly among muffin cups.
• To prepare the streusel, combine 2 tablespoons flour, brown sugar, and ground cinnamon in a small bowl. Cut in 2 tablespoons butter with a pastry blender or 2 knives until mixture resembles coarse meal; stir in almonds. Sprinkle streusel evenly over cupcakes. Bake at 350° for 27 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool in pan for 15 minutes on a wire rack, and remove the cupcakes from pan.
• To prepare glaze, combine powdered sugar and 4 teaspoons milk in a small bowl, stirring with a whisk. Drizzle glaze over cupcakes.