| Level: | Intermediate |
| Total: | 13 hr 20 min |
| Prep: | 1 hr |
| Inactive: | 12 hr |
| Cook: | 20 min |
| Yield: | 24 cupcakes |
Ingredients
- 3 large eggs
- 1 1/2 cups sugar
- 1 3/4 cups all purpose flour
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 3/4 cup milk
- 6 tablespoons unsalted butter
- 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
- 1 batch Grenadine frosting, recipe follows
- Sugared rose petals, for garnish, recipe follows
- 1 1/2 pounds cream cheese, at room temperature
- 2 sticks unsalted butter, at room temperature
- 2 cups confectioner’s sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 tablespoons grenadine
- 24 pesticide free rose petals, pink, red, yellow or a combination
- 2 egg whites, lightly beaten*
- 1 cup sugar
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
- Mix the flour, baking powder and salt together in a small bowl and set aside.
- In a large bowl, beat the eggs with the sugar until they’re a pale yellow. Add the flour mixture and beat until smooth.
- Next, measure the milk into a large glass measuring cup, and put it in a microwave set on high for 2 minutes. Add the scalded milk to the batter in a slow stream, beating until well combined. In the same measuring cup, melt the butter in the microwave. Add the melted butter to the batter along with the vanilla. Beat until well combined.
- Spray the muffin tin with pan release and fill the compartments 3/4 of the way. Bake the cupcakes until the tops are golden and the cupcakes spring back to the touch, about 15 to 20 minutes. Remove from the oven and let cool.
- To assemble, put the frosting into a pastry bag fitted with a large star tip. Pipe the frosting onto each cupcake in a circular pattern starting from the outside and working in, ending with a peak in the center. Place a rose petal standing up in the center of each cupcake.
- Put the cream cheese and butter in the bowl of a mixer and, using the paddle attachment on high, beat until the two are incorporated. Add the sugar and beat one minute more. Add the vanilla and grenadine and beat until a uniform pink. Refrigerate until ready to use. Let come to room temperature before using.
- Using a pastry brush, brush the petals with the egg whites and gently toss them in the sugar, making sure to coat both sides. Lay them on a cooling rack and allow them to dry overnight. Store in an airtight container.
Nutrition Facts
| Serving Size | 1 of 24 servings |
| Calories | 363 |
| Total Fat | 21 g |
| Saturated Fat | 12 g |
| Carbohydrates | 41 g |
| Dietary Fiber | 0 g |
| Sugar | 33 g |
| Protein | 4 g |
| Cholesterol | 83 mg |
| Sodium | 176 mg |
Reviews
I only made the icing, and as another reviewer said it was pretty sour and cream cheesey. I added another cup of sugar, 2 more tablespoons grenadine, and one more teaspoon vanilla extract. This cut down on the sourness, but it’s still pretty strong. If you don’t like cream cheese, I suggest getting regular vanilla icing and adding 3 tablespoons grenadine.
These cupcakes were a real success, I’m definitely going to make more for Easter dinner. I used French crystallized roses instead of the rose petals:
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these cupcakes looks so beautiful you dont want to eat them. but once you do youll be in heaven
I cheated and used a boxed cake mix, so my review is for the frosting and rose petals only. It was more labor intensive than I thought it would be to make the rose petals perfectly sugared, but they were really beautiful and the frosting was incredible.
The cupcake batter was easy to make and tasted great. However the frosting wasnt so good, extremly rich and sour.
these were easy and good.. and pretty.
I tried this recipe out as a practice for an upcomming party. I loved it. The actual cupcake was yummo but best of all was the frosting. The color was impressive. What a perfect and simply elegant addition to a party.
This cake recipe was so easy and so tasty. It had great texture, flavor, aroma and color ( a real yellow cake).I will be using it again for a cupcake tower for my daughter’s birthday party.