7 Oct 12 (Sun) - Red Dragon Fruit Jam Cupcakes and Apple Cinnamon Cupcakes

Have many ideas for cupcakes but there's only so much time per Sunday. Today's experimental baking were Red Dragon Fruit Jam Cupcakes and Apple Cinnamon Cupcakes. Next Sunday will try some other flavours. Hehe... Besides baking, I also tried making some rosewater using the dried rose buds I bought on Friday. Hopefully will turn out well so I can get to use it next Sunday.

Red Dragon Fruit Jam

Red Dragon Fruit Jam Cupcake

The inside with some seeds

Red Dragon Fruit Jam Cupcakes (Makes 6)

Ingredients:

50g self-rising flour 50g butter - soften 50g castor sugar 30g red dragon fruit jam

1/3 tsp vanilla extract                                                      15ml milk                                                      1 egg

Method:
1.  Line 6 foil muffin tins with cupcake cases
2.  Sift the flour and set aside
3.  Place the butter and sugar in a large bowl and whisk till off white color
4.  Add the egg and mix well
5.  Add vanilla extract and milk then mix well
6.  Fold in the flour
7.  Stir in the red dragon fruit jam
8.  Arrange the cake batter into the cupcake cases
9.  Arrange the tins into the Happycall Pan
10.  Cover and lock to bake for 18 minutes over low heat, shifting the pan left and right every 2-3 minutes to ensure even baking
11.  Off the heat, open the cover and do the toothpick test
12.  If the toothpick comes out clean, transfer the cakes to a wire rack and allow to cool*

*The cupcakes may sink a little after cooling, it is normal

Apple Cinnamon Cupcake

Eat it plain or...

with apple cinnamon syrup

Caramelized Apple Cubes

Ingredients:
1/2 red apple, washed, cored, skinned and diced
1/2 tsp cinnamon powder
1 tbsp white sugar
15g butter

Method:
1.  Heat sauce pan over low heat for 1-2 minutes
2.  Melt butter in the pan and swirl it around to spread it and prevent it from burning
3.  Place apple in pan and stir them around till they are completely cover with butter
4.  Add sugar and cinnamon powder then continue to stir and cook for another 5 minutes or till apple begin to soften
5.  Remove apple and syrup separately from pan and set aside

Apple Cinnamon Cupcakes (Makes 7)

Ingredients:

50g self-rising flour 50g butter - soften 50g castor sugar caramelized apple cubes

1/3 tsp vanilla extract                                                          15ml milk                                                          1 egg

Method:
1.  Line 7 foil muffin tins with cupcake cases
2.  Sift the flour and set aside
3.  Place the butter and sugar in a large bowl and whisk till off white color
4.  Add the egg and mix well
5.  Add vanilla extract and milk then mix well
6.  Fold in the flour
7.  Stir in the caramelized apple cubes leaving 1/2 tbsp as toppings
8.  Arrange the cake batter into the cupcake cases
9.  Arrange the tins into the Happycall Pan*
10.  Cover and lock to bake for 10 minutes over low heat, shifting the pan left and right every 2-3 minutes to ensure even baking

11.  Open the cover and arrange the rest of the caramelized apple cubes onto the cakes then close and lock the cover again

12.  Bake for another 7-8 minutes, shifting the pan left and right every 2-3 minutes to ensure even baking
13.  Off the heat, open the cover and do the toothpick test
14.  If the toothpick comes out clean, transfer the cakes to a wire rack and allow to cool

*Happycall Pan can only bake 6 cupcakes at a time

Both cakes have distinct flavours. Personally I prefer the apple cinnamon ones because I like cinnamon. I find that the red dragon fruit jam ones have very strong jam taste and a tad too sweet but the seeds gave them an interesting texture.

---------------- Edited on 8 Oct 2012 ----------------

Brought five red dragon fruit jam cupcakes and five apple cinnamon cupcakes to office and most of the colleagues opted for the former because of the unique flavour. E took the red dragon fruit jam cupcake because she is not a fan of cinnamon. Told her that the cupcake might be a bit too sweet for her because of the jam. Surprisingly, the feedback from her was that the taste was just right, not too sweet.

My food buddy, CC, took both and true to her promise, she gave me the honest reviews below.

"testing apple cinnamon tastes moist except base dry cos charred flavour nice but stronger apple possible bad considering dried base but doesn’t taste burnt for mine"

"testing dragon fruit jam          quite cute.. the seeds give it a crunch          first bite felt sweet          but subsequently, tastes alright          i like dragon fruit more than the apple          maybe cos its jam, so also more moist.          two thumbs up!"

Other feedback include

NLK:
"it's a most interesting cupcake!
I can’t taste much dragon fruit, but the seeds make it interesting to eat
the base is slightly burnt
but *** for creativity!"

JT:
"it is really good, not too sweet and most importantly, not too oily"

TYY:
"very moist and nice! i gobbled it up already"

Guess red dragon fruit jam cupcakes win hands down for the day.

Recipe for Red Dragon Fruit Jam Cupcakes submitted to Munch Ministry
Recipe for Apple Cinnamon Cupcakes submitted to Munch Ministry