Spinach and Olive Oil Cupcakes topcook.tomathouse.com
Ingredients:
Dough
- 1 and 3/4 cups fresh organic spinach
- 2 cups cake flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 0.5 tsp salt
- 1.5 cups of sugar
- 3 eggs
- 3/4 cup olive oil
- 2 teaspoons lemon juice
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
Tomato marmalade
- 8 medium plum tomatoes
- 3/4 cup white sugar
- A pinch of salt
- 2 whole cloves
- 1 cinnamon stick
Butter cream
- 500 g of cream cheese
- 380 g white chocolate, melted
- 250 g unsalted butter, softened
- 40 ml lemon juice
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
Preparation:
- Preheat oven to 160°C. Line 2 muffin tins with paper liners.
- Cupcakes:
Puree the spinach in a blender until it forms 1 cup. Sift the flour, baking powder, and salt into a bowl. Beat the sugar and eggs with a mixer, then add the oil, lemon juice, vanilla extract, and spinach puree and blend until smooth. Gradually add the dry ingredients and blend for another 30 seconds.
- Bake for 14 minutes, then let cool completely.
- Tomato marmalade:
Bring a saucepan of water to a boil. Add the tomatoes and cook until the skins begin to peel, about 2 minutes, then transfer to cold water. Peel the tomatoes, remove the seeds, and dice. Place in a saucepan with the sugar, salt, cloves, and cinnamon and cook until syrupy, then let cool.
- Butter cream:
Using a mixer fitted with a paddle attachment, beat the cream cheese until soft. Add the white chocolate and mix well, then add the butter, lemon juice, and salt.
- Remove the center of each cupcake and fill the cavity with tomato marmalade. Pipe buttercream on top and decorate with tomato marmalade.
Nutritional value per serving: Calories 460, Total Fat 31g, Saturated Fat 15g, Protein 5g, Carbohydrates 43g, Fiber 1g, Cholesterol 76mg, Sodium 216mg, Sugars 32g. |