I recently made strawberry cupcakes and filled them with a whipped strawberry icing. I just put the filling in a pastry bag fitted with tip #5 and filled each cupcake from the top by gently pressing the tip into the cupcake a squeezing. They turned out great and my daughter thought it was the neatest thing!
Hi Lia,
I've filled cupcakes with
- the same frosting as the cupcake
- a little jam that goes with the cake flavour
- chocolate ganache (personal fave)
- lemon pie filling (for lemon cupcakes)
- apple puree for spice cupcakes
You only really need a tsp-tbsp (depending on cupcake size). Using a smallish tip (5 maybe) or an eclair filler (wilton 230) poke the cake in three spots, inject a little filling, pull out. Then frost over the top, the holes aren't an issue. People seem to love a filling that contrasts with the cake, so I like to do vanilla cupcakes w chocolate filling etc.
Let us know what you end up doing! Good luck.
I just added filled cupcakes to my menu. I make a Boston Creme cupcake, apple spice cupcake, lemon raspberry filled cupcake, chocolate peanut butter cupcake (yummy by the way), strawberry cheesecake cupcake, cookies n creme cupcake, and coconut creme cupcake. They are big hits around here! HTH
Strawberry Cheesecake cupcakes sound amazing, if you don't mind sharing, how do you do them??
I have only done a chocolate cupcake filled with a marshmallow whipped frosting covered in ganache- really good but I need to get adventurious!
Thanks!
Tracy
For the strawberry cheesecake one, I mix Philadelphia cream cheese cheesecake filling ( new item in a tub) with strawberry filling and pipe it into the cupcake and top with a cream cheese frosting. I charge $2.00 per cupcake when they are filled. I have not had a problem selling for that price. Customers just love them!
Oh I forgot, when I make the cupcakes, I add a box of cheesecake flavored instant pudding and an extra egg to a vanilla cake mix.
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