Candied Holly Cupcakes

Name: Candied Holly Cupcakes
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 18
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 1 teaspoons baking soda; 118 milliliters buttermilk; 9 candied cherries, halved; 59 milliliters finely chopped candied orange peel; 118 milliliters cherry jam or flavor; 2 eggs; 355 milliliters all-purpose flour; 1 teaspoons each ground cinnamon, allspice, nutmeg and cloves; 118 milliliters chopped pecans; 18 green citron pieces or green candied pineapple pieces, cut into strips; 118 milliliters shortening; 237 milliliters sugar; 473 milliliters prepared vanilla frosting

Candied Holly Cupcakes takes around 30 minutes from beginning to end. This dessert has 760 calories, 7g of protein, and 14g of fat per serving. This recipe covers 28% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. This recipe serves 18. It is a rather pricey recipe for fans of American food. If you have ground cinnamon, candied pineapple pieces, candied cherries, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it.

Instructions

In a large bowl, cream shortening and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in eggs.

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Shortening

Cream

Sugar

Egg

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Bowl

Combine the flour, baking soda and spices; add to creamed mixture alternately with buttermilk, beating well after each addition. Stir in the jam, pecans, cherries and orange peel.

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Baking Soda

Orange Zest

Buttermilk

Cherries

Pecans

Spices

All Purpose Flour

Jam

Fill paper-lined muffin cups three-fourths full.

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Muffin Liners

Bake at 350° for 20-25 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean. Cool for 10 minutes before removing from pans to wire racks to cool completely.

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Oven

Frost cooled cupcakes. Decorate with cherries for holly berries and citron for leaves.

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Cherries

Cupcakes

Berries

Citron

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Servings:

1teaspoons

baking soda 118milliliters

buttermilk 9

candied cherries, halved 59milliliters

finely chopped candied orange peel 118milliliters

cherry jam or flavor 2

eggs 355milliliters

all-purpose flour 1teaspoons

each ground cinnamon, allspice, nutmeg and cloves 118milliliters

chopped pecans 18

green citron pieces or green candied pineapple pieces, cut into strips 118milliliters

shortening 237milliliters

sugar 473milliliters

prepared vanilla frosting

Recommended wine: Cream Sherry, Port, Moscato Dasti

Cream Sherry, Port, and Moscato d'Asti are my top picks for Cupcakes. A common wine pairing rule is to make sure your wine is sweeter than your food. Delicate desserts go well with Moscato d'Asti, nutty desserts with cream sherry, and caramel or chocolate desserts pair well with port. The NV Johnson Estate Cream Sherry with a 5 out of 5 star rating seems like a good match. It costs about 19 dollars per bottle.

NV Johnson Estate Cream Sherry

Very aromatic with notes of hazelnut, vanilla, and a touch of oak followed by sweet raisins and a touch of yeast. Clean lasting finish. Good now but will reward those allow it to age"". A favorite pre-prandial beverage. Consider it with nuts before dinner as an aperitif, or after dinner with dessert, especially chocolates and fruit-based desserts. Also wonderful on cold afternoons, served with biscotti to dip in ""Italian-style"". "