Peach custard cupcakes

To go in my lined neon pink pretty white broderie anglaise cupcake wrappers that the lovely peeps at Just Bake sent me along with cupcake decorations. I made custard filled cupcakes with sliced peaches on top. I went for a simple cream frosting and decorated them with white chocolate glittery flowers and leaves, glittery white chocolate egg and sprinkled them with white chocolate strands so they would look like nests. I baked all my cupcakes in white foil cupcake cases from Just Bake.



Here's how...

Start by making the custard...

Ingredients

• 1 tbsp Custard powder
• 1 tbsp caster sugar
• 125ml milk
• 1/2 tsp vanilla extract

Cooking instructions

1. Place the custard powder, sugar, milk and vanilla extract in a small saucepan and blend together
2. Heat on a medium heat, stirring continuously until mixture boils and thickens.
3. Pour into a bowl, cover surface with cling film and leave to cool

Gluten-free Peach & custard cupcakes (makes 12 large cupcakes)

Ingredients

• 2 large eggs
• 110g gluten-free self raising flour
• 90g unsalted butter, softened
• 110g caster sugar
• 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
• 30g custard powder
• 2 tbsp milk
• 2 large peaches,thinly sliced

Cooking instructions

1. Heat oven to 160C fan assisted
2. Line baking tray with cases
3. In a food mixer, beat the eggs, flour, butter, sugar, vanilla extract, custard powder and milk till mixture lightens to a pale colour
4. Divide half the batter between the cases
5. Top with custard
6. Divide the remaining batter between the cases, so the custard is covered
7. Top with sliced peaches
8. Bake for about 30-35 mins until cakes bounce back when lightly pressed
9. Place on rack to cool

To decorate (for 12 large cupcake sized cakes) Ingredients

• 250ml double cream
• 2 tbsp icing sugar, sifted
• Glittered Chocolate egg disc
• White chocolate strands
• Glittered white chocolate flowers

Instructions

1. Place the cream and icing sugar in a bowl and whisk till light and fluffy
2. Fill piping bag fitted with a star nozzle
3. Pipe a swirl of cream icing on top of the cakes and sprinkle with chocolate sprinkles
4. Place glitter eggs disc inside
5. Adorn nest with chocolate flower and leaves

Have a sweet day!