Cookies and Cream Cupcakes recipe

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07/26/2011

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If you, like us, enjoy Oreo's then you will love this recipe for Cookies and Cream Cupcakes.

Ingredients

Cupcakes
125g Butter, softened
2/3 cup 130 caster sugar
2 eggs
1tsp (5ml) vanilla essence
1 cup (450g) self raising flour, sifted
2 Tbsp (30ml) milk
21 Oreo cookies (3 crumbled,12 whole, 6 halved)
Cocoa powder for dusting

Cream Cheese Icing
1/2 tub (125g) firm cream cheese
125g butter, softened
1cup (140g) icing sugar, sifted
1/2 tsp (2.5ml) Vanilla essence

Meringue Icing
2 egg whites, at room temperature
1/2 cup (100g) sugar
pinch of salt

Directions

Cupcakes
Preheat the oven to 180C. Line a muffin pan with 12 paper cups.

In the bowl of an electric mixer, using the paddle attachment, beat the butter and sugar until pale in colour. Add the eggs, one at a time, followed by the vanilla essence. Add half the flour, all the milk and the remaining flour.Mix well. Swirl in the crumbled cookies

Spoon a small amount of batter into each paper cup, top with a whole cookie, then divide the rest of the batter among the cups. Bake for 16- 18 min. Leave to cool.

Spread cream cheese icing over each cupcake, followed by a dollop of meringue icing.Decorate with half a cookie and then dust with cocoa powder.

Cream Cheese Icing
In the bowl of an electric mixer, using the paddle attachment, beat the cream cheese and butter until light and fluffy . Add the icing sugar and beat through. Add the vanilla essence and beat until just combined. We find it best to let this icing rest in the fridge about 20 min before using.

Meringue Icing
In the heatproof bowl of an electric mixer, combine the egg whites, sugar and salt. Set over a pan of simmering water, then hand whisk continuously for 3-5 min until the sugar has dissolved and the mixture is hot to the touch.

Attach the bowl to the electric mixer and, using the whisk attachment, beat on low for 2 min, then on high for another 5 min, until the mixture has cooled down and stiff peaks form. Use immediately.

Comments

Try use Philadelphia cream cheese because it has a lower water content than most others.

Servings

Makes 12

Recipe courtesy of Cakebread, Pudding and Pie - the wonderful new cookbook by brother and sister team Callie Maritz and Mari-Louis Guy.

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