Pumpkin Cupcakes

Muffins and Cupcakes

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Ingredients for 12 servings
  • For the cupcakes
  • 125 g QimiQ Cream Base
  • 100 g Butter, melted
  • 120 Sugar
  • 4 Egg(s)
  • 2 g Orange zest
  • 15 g Pumpkin seed oil
  • 120 g Digestive biscuits, crumbled well
  • 40 g Flour
  • 10 g Baking powder
  • 120 g Pumpkin seeds, ground
  • For the topping
  • 250 g QimiQ Whip Pastry Cream, chilled
  • 125 g QimiQ Classic, whisked smooth
  • 200 g Hokkaido Pumpkin
  • 60 Apple puree
  • 50 g Brown sugar
  • 1 small pinch(es) Cinnamon
  • 100 Quark 20 % fat
  • 2 cl Whisky
  • 50 g Sugar
Method
1.
Preheat the oven to 160 °C (air circulation).
2.
For the cupcakes: mix the QimiQ Sauce Base with the melted butter, sugar and eggs until smooth. Add the remaining ingredients and mix well.
3.
Fill into the prepared forms and bake in a preheated oven at 160°C for approx. 25-30 minutes. Allow to cool.
4.
For the topping: peel the pumpkin and apples and cut into cubes. Marinate with the brown sugar and cinnamon, put into a saucepan, cover and stew in the oven at 160 °C until tender. Blend the mixture and allow to cool.
5.
Lightly whip the cold QimiQ Whip until completely smooth, ensuring that the mixture is completely incorporated (especially the bottom and sides of bowl). Add the QimiQ Classic, quark, sugar, whisky and 250 g of the pumpkin puree and continue to whip until the required volume has been achieved. Chill for approx. 1 hour.
6.
Fill the cream into a piping bag and pipe onto the cupcake. Decorate as required.