By Heather-Anne M. – Winner of Kin’s 2013 Local Produce Recipe Contest
For the Cupcakes
INGREDIENTS:
1 cup Flour
1 cup Sugar
1 tsp Baking Soda
½ tsp Salt
1 ¼ tsp Vanilla Extract
1 Large Egg
½ cup Vegetable Oil
½ cup Buttermilk
¼ cup Boiling Water
¼ cup Peach Purée (see instructions below to make)
Peach Purée:
5 Fresh Peaches, diced
4 tbsp Brown Sugar
1 tsp Vanilla Extract
DIRECTIONS:
1) Preheat oven to 300° F. Makes approximately 14 cupcakes.
2) Start with the peach purée. Wash and dice 5 fresh peaches. Add to a sauce pan with the brown sugar and vanilla extract. Simmer and stir until peaches are a nice saucy consistency (think applesauce). Set aside for future use and to cool.
3) Time to start the cupcake batter. Add all the dry ingredients into a mixing bowl. Next add in the vanilla extract, egg, oil and buttermilk. Bring ¼ cup water to a boil and add that in to the mixing bowl followed by ¼ cup of the peach purée. Mix until smooth. Batter will be on the runny side but this will transform into nice moist cupcakes! Line a muffin tin with cupcake papers and spoon batter in each one until they are about ¾ full. Bake in preheated oven for approximately 24 minutes or until toothpick comes out clean from the centre of the cupcakes and the tops are a nice golden colour.
4) Let cupcakes cool, set aside 2 tbsp of the peach purée for the icing and put the rest in a piping bag with a narrow tip. Put the tip in the middle of each cupcake and squeeze the peach purée into the centres (think jelly filled doughnuts).
For the Icing
INGREDIENTS:
2 ¼ cups of Icing Sugar
¼ cup Softened Butter
1 tsp Vanilla Extract
2 tbsp Peach Purée
Garnish (Optional):
Fresh Thin Slices of Peaches
DIRECTIONS:
1) Add softened butter to mixing bowl along with icing sugar vanilla extract and the 2 tbsp peach purée that you set aside. Mix together until all ingredients are blended on low speed then move to a high speed on your mixer to make it a whipped like consistency.
2) With the tip of your choice for your piping bag in put the icing in bag and make nice swirls on top of each cupcake.
3) Top with small thin slices of fresh peaches if you want! Yum!
