Mawa cupcakes with Kesar Pista Malai frosting …a Diwali Collab
Spongy, rich, delicious cardamom infused Mawa cupcakes with a saffron, pistachios cream frosting….. A heady mix of desi flavours in a rich cupcake.
| Servings | Prep Time |
| 18piece | 10minutes |
| Cook Time |
| 20minutes |
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Ingredients
- 1cup All purpose Flour Maidaor
- 1/3cup unsalted butteror oil
- 1/2Cup Mawa or Khoyaor evaporated milk ,crumbled or grated
- 3/4Cup sugarfine ( a little less if you like less sweet)
- 2tbsps yogurt
- 3/4Cup milk
- 1/4tsp baking soda
- 1/2tsp baking powder
- 1/2tsp cardamompowder
- 3/4Cup whipping cream(sweet)
- 1tbsp pistachio,powdered
- 2tbsps milk
- A fewstrands saffronof
- 2tbsps pistachios almondsand , sliced for garnish
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 180 deg C and sift the flour, cardamom powder, baking soda and baking powder together.Keep it aside.
- Whisk the butter and sugar till smooth and creamy with a hand mixer then add the yoghurt and beat till mixed well. If using oil then add the oil, sugar and yoghurt and beat till the sugar dissolves.
- Now add the crumbled or grated Mawa ,whisk well.
- Finally add the milk and dry ingredients alternately and fold with a cut and fold method. The batter is thick than a normal cake batter.
- Line the cupcake liners in the muffin tins and fill the batter in each liner till 3/4 th of the liner leaving pace for the cupcakes to puff up. And bake for 15-20 minutes for mini cupcakes and 20-25 minutes for a medium sized Or till a skewer comes out clean.
- Cool the cupcakes before starting the frosting.
- For the frosting ,the bowl, mixer blades and the cream has to be chilled for the cream to stand in peaks. Beat the cream on high speed for 3 minutes in a deep bowl Or till you get standing peaks.
- Add icing sugar if the cream used is not sweet, powdered pistachios and the saffron milk.Beat till well incorporated.
- Transfer the stiff cream to a piping bag witha rosette tip or any tip of your choice and refrigerate for 15 minutes .
- Pipe rosettes on the cooled cupcakes , garnish with slivered almonds,pista and saffron. Serve.
Recipe Notes
My blogger friends Sweta and Parinaaz have cooked up a storm for their Diwali get together. Do not forget to check out their blogs before leaving my space.Click on the photos to go to their blogs.
