Feijoa Cupcakes with Creamy Vodka filling and Limey Whipped Buttercream

Well well well, you have to make these little treats! Ok, so firstly my friend Lisa said to tell you that these are adult only Cupcakes, this is because the Vodka filling is quite strong, delicious but strong. And in my first batch friends told me that they could hardly taste the feijoa, so I have added a few more feijoas to give them a bit more of a tarty bite. And also the frosting can be Vanilla if you prefer a sweetness to the Cupcake, or you can make a Lime Frosting which has a real fruity sweetness to the Cupcake. Me I'm not fussy, I love both ways.

The last thing I need to tell you before I give you the recipe is that make sure you make the Vodka filling the night before and refrigerate. It will then set perfectly and be ready to be used in the Cupcake.

Creamy Vodka Filling
395g tin of condensed milk
65ml lime juice
65ml vodka

Combine all the ingredients and mix. The mixture starts out very runny, but once it's refrigerated over night it will thicken up.

Feijoa Cupcakes - yeilds approx 30
415g plain flour
3 teaspoons baking powder
230g unsalted butter
330g caster sugar
4 eggs
Feijoa pulp - I used 8 feijoas
125 ml milk

Preheat your oven to 150° degrees fan bake (please read "The Oven" tab on my menu bar on the blog.
Sift the flour and baking powder and set aside.
Pulp the feijoas and set aside.
Beat the butter, sugar and 2 eggs until light and fluffy. Then add the remainder eggs one at a time, making sure you scrap down the side of the bowl after each egg.
Lastly beat in your dry ingredients alternately with the milk and feijoa pulp.

Then divide the batter into the cupcake papers, about 2/3 full.
Bake in the oven for 15-18 minutes (depending on your oven).
Once your baking skewer comes out clean then you know your cupcakes are cooked. Pull them out of the oven and put immediately onto a wire rack to cool.

Now you can make your Buttercream.

Limey Whipped Buttercream
250g butter
800g icing sugar
3 Limes juiced
25ml milk approximately
2 tablespoons cream

Beat the butter for about 3-4 minutes until light and creamy. Then add half the icing sugar, the lime juice and the milk, and beat until light and creamy. Add the remainder of the icing sugar and the cream, and beat for 2-3 minutes, it should be white and creamy. You may need a little more icing sugar and or cream, depending on the consistency you require.
You can add some gel food color into the frosting if you wish.

Ok from here take a little knife and cut out little craters in the middle of your cooled cupcakes, and put a small amount of the vodka filling into the cupcake. Then once you've done that you can frost your Cupcakes. I used a wilton tip 1A. Yum yum!!

Happy baking xxx

Recipe Sourced from www.northernadvocate.co.nz, via the book "Celebration Cupcakes" by Tamara Jane.