Perhaps an odd request, but I am looking for a cheddar cheese flavored cupcake. I'm entering a cupcake competition to benefit my city's biggest food bank. The kicker is that each competitor's cupcake must be inspired by a 'high priority item' that might be donated to a food bank. Naturally, being a huge fan of mac & cheese, that's what I chose for my inspiration item.
I have found some recipes online for cheese flavored cupcakes (though, most of them are in grams, so I will have to find a way to convert them). However, while I'd like the flavor of the cheese to stand out, I want the cupcake to be a bit more sweet than savory. Does anyone have any suggestions?
ACould you do something with the components of Branson pickle for the sweet bit, and maybe more of a muffin than a cake? Just make it look like a cupcake?
It did cross my mind to do something more of a muffin, so I will definitely experiment with that. I will need to decide on a type of topping, too (whether it be a glaze or a frosting of sorts), but I suppose I'll have to see what the cake will taste like before deciding what kind of topping would pair well with it.
AJust a thought but what about caramelised smoke bacon topping - caramelise ur bacon with maple syrup maybe? That would def go with a mature cheddar cheese muffin. Yummy!
It depends upon what the contest rules say they are looking for, no? If it's got to be a 'cupcake' I take that as being different than a 'muffin'. So beware of changing up your recipe too much to be muffin like. Also remember usually the simpler recipes win....
I seriously wonder what a standard white cake tastes like with cheddar added. It might be good.
I love sweet and salty combo's a lot! You might not need to make your cupcake too savory.
I like Cakechemistrys combo.........but maybe change it up with a smoked sea salt and bacon jam. Bacon jam would be a nice texture in my opinion (less chewy).. I also like smoked paprika with sea salt. oh, and pears or apples go well with cheese and bacon....and pretzels.....
Thank you for the suggestions, everyone!
Another one of our inspiration items is Goldfish crackers. Perhaps we'll just use that as a garnish on top. We want our cupcake to smile!
I'm also open to ideas for incorporating macaroni noodles somehow... While my items are meant to be used for inspiration (i.e.- we don't have to literally use all of the ingredients from our inspiration items), I'd love to get the macaroni in there somehow. Or something that can resemble a noodle, or the flavor of one.
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I'm also open to ideas for incorporating macaroni noodles somehow... While my items are meant to be used for inspiration (i.e.- we don't have to literally use all of the ingredients from our inspiration items), I'd love to get the macaroni in there somehow. Or something that can resemble a noodle, or the flavor of one.
Run your fondant thru a pasta machine that makes macaroni noodles.
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Can you do that with white chocolate plastic so it's more edible? That would be fun!
Hum.... goldfish crackers.......I see a blue velvet cupcake, with waves of frosting and goldfish jumping on top.
Add a packet of that powdered cheese to your cupcake recipe. Let me know what it tastes like :-)
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