Creamy White Chocolate Cranberry Cupcakes Food

CRANBERRY CUPCAKES WITH WHITE CHOCOLATE FROSTING

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Line a 12-cup cupcake pan with liners.
• Sift flour, baking powder, and salt together in a small bowl. Set aside.
• Beat egg whites in a glass, metal, or ceramic bowl until stiff peaks form. Set aside.
• Cream butter and sugar with an electric mixer in a large bowl until light and fluffy. Mix in orange zest and vanilla extract. Add in 1/2 the flour mixture, mixing until just combined. Add buttermilk and heavy cream, mixing until just combined. Mix in remaining flour mixture until just combined. Batter will be thick.
• Fold 1/3 of the beaten egg whites into the batter until incorporated. Fold in remaining egg whites until no streaks of egg white remain. Fold in chopped cranberries. Spoon batter evenly into each prepared cupcake liner, filling each liner about 7/8 full.
• Bake in the preheated oven until cupcakes spring back lightly when touched, 20 to 25 minutes. Allow to cool 5 minutes in the pan before removing to a wire rack to cool completely, about 25 minutes.
• Meanwhile, make the frosting. Beat butter in a bowl with an electric mixer on high speed until completely smooth, 3 to 4 minutes. Add powdered sugar and salt, and beat until smooth and well combined, another 2 to 3 minutes. Pour in melted white chocolate and beat until combined, 1 to 2 minutes. Pour in heavy cream, vanilla extract, and almond extract. Beat until frosting is smooth, light, and fluffy, 2 to 3 more minutes.
• Frost the cooled cupcakes with the frosting.

WHITE CHOCOLATE-CRANBERRY POKE CUPCAKES

Steps:

• Prepare cake batter and bake as directed on package for 24 cupcakes. Cool in pans 10 min. Pierce tops with fork.
• Add boiling water to gelatin mix in small bowl; stir 2 min. until completely dissolved. Spoon over cupcakes. Refrigerate 30 min.
• Melt chocolate as directed on package. Beat cream cheese and butter in large bowl with mixer until blended. Add chocolate and vanilla; mix well. Gradually add sugar, beating after each addition until light and fluffy.
• Spread frosting onto cupcakes. Top with cranberries.

CREAMY WHITE CHOCOLATE-CRANBERRY CUPCAKES

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350ºF.
• Prepare cake batter as directed on package; blend in dry pudding mix and milk. Melt 6 oz. chocolate as directed on package; stir into batter with 1-1/4 cups cranberries. Spoon into 24 paper-lined muffin cups.
• Bake 21 min. or until toothpick inserted in centers comes out clean. Cool completely.
• Beat cream cheese and sugar in medium bowl until blended; Melt remaining chocolate as directed on package; stir into cream cheese mixture. Spoon into resealable plastic bag; cut small piece from one bottom corner of bag.
• Cut cone-shaped piece from top of each cupcake; set removed piece aside. Pipe filling onto cupcakes; replace tops.
• Microwave marmalade in separate microwaveable bowl on HIGH 30 sec.; stir in remaining cranberries.
• Frost cupcakes with COOL WHIP; top with cranberry mixture.