Thursday, October 15, 2015

Lime and cranberry cupcakes topped with white chocolate ganache

Want to learn how to make these delicious cupcakes?
I was inspired to make these by a woman at my job who has a lemon and lime tree, and decided to bring us a bushel of limes. Since I got promoted to a management position, I wanted to make something special as a thank you for the time I had working with some of these lovely ladies.

Ok so here is what you will need!
2 cups of flour ( you can use ap or cake flour)
1 cup of sugar
1/4 cup of unsalted butter
1 cup of milk
1/4 teaspoon of baking powder
1/3 tp  salt
1/4 teaspoon of vanilla
1/3 cup of lime juice ( fresh)
5oz of cranberries  (soak these in lime juice for 1 hr then add to batter)

Mix until smooth then put into a cupcake pan bake for 20mins or until a toothpick comes out clean

Now while there cooling whip about 2 cups of whip cream until stiff peaks
As that's whipping melt 2 bars of white chocolate
Once chocolate is melted then gently fold into whip cream. Once the cupcakes are cool, using a piping bag with a big tip or..if you like me and don't have one use a freezer bag and cut a small corner off to pipe onto the cupcakes. Top with dark chocolate shavings and a cranberry.