Cupcakes, those sweet little American cakes baked into a paper mold and covered with an icing. My family loves them or I should say, my son and his dad. If I do not eat the same day, I am left out with crumbs. I love to put sprinkles on my son’s cupcake and he will always sing “Happy birthday”. I should rename the sweet part of my blog “Daddy and son’s delicacies cooked by Mommy”, and for the description ” Mommy will eat some maybe”. Let’s get back to our cupcakes, I always wanted to make cupcakes with the hibiscus flavor and, all the recipes I found used gelatin for the Hibiscus Jam. I tried as much as I can to avoid chemical product, so I told myself why not use my Hibiscus jam. Bingo and delicious! Then I made double hibiscus cupcake  , by mixing hibiscus powder to the dough and the hibiscus jam in the middle. An homemade delicacy to try.

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Hibiscus Cupcake

Prep Time15 mins

Cook Time20 mins

Resting time30 mins

Course: Dessert

Cuisine: African, American

Keyword: cupcake, hibiscus, jam

Servings: 18 cupcakes

Ingredients

• 8 oz butter room temperature
• 8 oz sugar
• 3 eggs
• 12 oz flour
• 4 tbsp corn starch
• 2 tbsp baking powder
• 1 cup milk
• Hibiscus jam
• 1 tbsp hibiscus powder
• Cupcake pan
• 8 oz butter room temperature for Icing
• 7.5 confectioners sugar for icing
• 2 tbsp milk for icing
• Vanilla drops optional (Icing)

Instructions

• Preheat the oven at 350 Fahrenheit.
  
• In a bowl mix the butter and sugar
  
• Add eggs one by one while mixing
  
• Into another bowl, mix flour, corn starch and add them progressively to the mixture while turning
  
• Add milk
  
• Divide the dough into half
• Mix hibiscus powder into 2 tbsp of water and mix it with half of the dough
  
• Put the cupcake paper into the pan
• Fill each hole at 3/4 and bake them for 20 mins until they are golden brown.
  
• Remove them and let them cool down completely.
  
• For the icing mix the butter for the icing with the confectioners sugar until smooth.
  
• Add 2 tbsp of milk, vanilla drops and mix for 3 minutes.
  
• Fill up pastry bags with mixture. If you do not have one, simply use a refrigeration bag and put the icing into one corner and cut the tip.
  
• Cut the center oh the cupcakes and fill then with the Hibiscus Jam.
  
• Put the icing on top.
  

Notes

For the Hibiscus powder, you can wash the flowers to remove sand, dry them in the oven or a pan, crush them and pass them int the sieve.

You may decorate with hibiscus flower or a mixture of powder and water>

Easy right, so do not hesitate to share!

For Hisbicus Jam, Goolgle search : Hibiscus Jam by Sinaba Food

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