Candy'D Sweet Potato Cupcakes with Brown Sugar Icing

Name: Candy'D Sweet Potato Cupcakes with Brown Sugar Icing
Prep time: 1 h 55 min
Cook time: 1 h 55 min
Total time: 1 h 55 min
Yield: 48
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 2 teaspoons baking powder; 1 teaspoon baking soda; 237 milliliters confectioners sugar, sifted; 177 milliliters packed dark brown sugar; 4 eggs at room temperature; 710 milliliters all-purpose flour; 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon; 2 teaspoons ground ginger; 118 milliliters heavy cream; 237 milliliters light brown sugar; 1 large orange, zested; 0 teaspoons salt; 907 grams sweet potatoes, peeled and cubed; 59 milliliters unsalted butter; 0 teaspoons vanilla extract; 237 milliliters white sugar

Candy'D Sweet Potato Cupcakes with Brown Sugar Icing is an American recipe that serves 48. This recipe covers 5% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. One portion of this dish contains roughly 2g of protein, 2g of fat, and a total of 124 calories. If you have sweet potatoes, flour, confectioners' sugar, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. It is a good option if you're following a vegetarian diet. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes approximately 1 hour and 55 minutes.

Instructions

Place a steamer insert into a saucepan, and fill with water to just below the bottom of the steamer. Cover, and bring the water to a boil over high heat.

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Water

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Sauce Pan

Add the sweet potato cubes, cover, and steam until just tender, 15 to 20 minutes depending on thickness.

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Sweet Potato

Remove the sweet potato from the steamer and allow to cool.

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Sweet Potato

Transfer the cooled sweet potato to a blender.

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Sweet Potato

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Blender

Pour in the orange juice. Cover blender, and puree until smooth. If mixture is too thick, add more orange juice, 1 tablespoon at a time, until the sweet potato is blended.

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Orange Juice

Sweet Potato

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Blender

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Line 48 muffin cups with paper muffin liners.

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Muffin Liners

Oven

Beat 1 cup butter, light brown sugar, and white sugar with an electric mixer in a large bowl until light and fluffy.

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Light Brown Sugar

Granulated Sugar

Butter

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Hand Mixer

Bowl

Add the eggs one at a time, allowing each egg to blend into the butter mixture before adding the next. Beat in 2 teaspoons of vanilla extract with the last egg, then stir in the sweet potato puree and orange zest.

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Sweet Potato Puree

Vanilla Extract

Orange Zest

Butter

Egg

Sift together the flour, baking powder, cinnamon, ginger, baking soda, and salt in a bowl.

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Baking Soda

Cinnamon

Ginger

All Purpose Flour

Salt

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Bowl

Mix the flour mixture into the sweet potato mixture, 1 cup at a time, mixing until just blended. Batter will be thick. Spoon the batter into the prepared muffin tins.

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Sweet Potato

All Purpose Flour

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Muffin Tray

Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center of a cupcake comes out clean, about 18 minutes. Cool in the pans for 10 minutes before removing to cool completely on a wire rack.

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Cupcakes

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Toothpicks

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To make frosting: Sift the confectioners' sugar into a large bowl; set aside.

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Powdered Sugar

Frosting

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Bowl

Heat the brown sugar, heavy cream, and 1/4 cup butter in a saucepan over low heat until sugar dissolves, stirring occasionally. Increase heat to medium high and bring to a boil, stirring constantly. Boil until the brown sugar mixture thickens, about 3 minutes.

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Brown Sugar

Heavy Cream

Butter

Sugar

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Sauce Pan

Remove from heat, then stir in 1/4 teaspoon of vanilla extract.

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Vanilla Extract

Whisk the brown sugar mixture into the confectioners' sugar until smooth, 1 to 2 minutes. Allow the sugar mixture to cool and thicken before icing the cooled cupcakes.

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Powdered Sugar

Brown Sugar

Cupcakes

Icing