Almond Cupcakes

Pikake21's Note:

These cupcakes are the "I'm-trying-so-hard-to-stop-pretending-these-are-a-main-dish" type, when prepared with Guava Cream Cheese Filling as the icing--the Guava Cream-cheese filling. I hulled out a small circle in the middle of the cupcakes and filled them with this. Undeniably addicting! Found this idea on an online blog.

• Total Time: 30 mins
• Prep Time: 10 mins
• Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients:

Servings: 24

• 3/4 cup butter
• 1 1/2 cups sugar
• 2 eggs
• 1 1/2 teaspoons almond extract
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 2 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 2 1/2 cups flour
• 1 1/4 cups milk

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
2. Cream butter at medium speed until smooth, add sugar and beat until well.
3. Add two eggs, beat until smooth.
4. Dump in the rest of your ingredients (you can whisk the dry ones together in a separate bowl first as way to "quick-sift" them) and beat until nice and smooth.
5. Fill cupcake liners (or greased tins) 2/3 full, bake until golden brown (about 20 minutes, depending on your oven).
6. Makes 24 regular size or approx 10 jumbo size.

Reviews

[ejgx93]

This is the most amazing cupcake recipe ever! The sugar forms a light crust on top, and the cake is so good it can be eaten by itself. I substituted 1/2 cup of almond flour for a 1/2 cup of regular flour, and it imbues the cake with a hearty, dense flavor. I made a variation of the guava cream frosting with tart apricots poached in honey and vanilla instead of guava. It was amazing, and my coworkers devoured them. Thanks for a wonderful recipe!

[karlationpr]

5 Stars! The cupcakes are perfect. I frosted them with Velvetop and added some grated toasted almonds to the batter. Thanks for this great recipe!

[castleraisins]

These are amazing cupcakes! I followed the directions to a T and topped with Cholocate Almond Butter Cream Frosting. When I think of Almond flavor, I think more of an adult taste but even my 10 year old son loved them. I made 5 different flavored cupcakes for our local Farmer's Market, and these were a hit. I made them in regular size and mini size and they are ALL gone! This reciped is definitely going into my recipe book.