Ricotta cream for cupcakes
Description
The dish is prepared without unnecessary complications. The taste of the frosting largely determines the flavor of the cupcake itself. I will tell you. The finished dessert can be served at the table.
Instructions
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Step 1
Prepare the ingredients.
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Step 2
First, prepare the cupcakes. To do this, pour milk into a mixing bowl, add eggs, a pinch of salt, sugar, and lemon zest, then beat.
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Step 3
Mix the flour with the baking powder.
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Step 4
Add the flour and knead the dough.
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Step 5
Place the batter into a cupcake baking pan. Bake in the oven at 180 degrees for 25 minutes. Check for doneness with a wooden toothpick; when inserted into the cake, it should come out dry.
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Step 6
While the cupcakes are baking, prepare the ricotta cream. You will need softened butter, ricotta, powdered sugar, and vanilla.
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Step 7
Combine all the cream ingredients, mixing with a spatula to prevent the powdered sugar from scattering when whipping.
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Step 8
Beat the cream with a mixer at the highest speed. Transfer the cream to a piping bag.
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Step 9
Cool the finished cupcakes to room temperature.
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Step 10
To make surprise cupcakes, make a small indentation in them by removing part of the cupcake with an apple corer.
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Step 11
Fill the indentation in the cupcakes with, for example, chocolate spread, berry or fruit jam. You can also use cupcake frosting, but in this case, you need to proportionally increase the amount of prepared frosting.
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Step 12
On top, make a "cap" out of the cream.
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Step 13
The cupcakes with ricotta cream turned out incredibly tender, and the cream itself tastes like soft ice cream. Very delicious!