Sunday, May 8, 2011

Peach Filled Champagne Cupcakes





Things I did over the weekend, besides make the cupcakes below (From Paula Deen, ya’ll) List to follow.



1. I ate at Taco Bell, Chik-Fil-A, In & Out, Coldstone, and The Golden Donut this weekend. You can all un-follow me now, it’s ok…I totally deserve it.


2. At our trip to Coldstone Indigo ordered vanilla ice cream with sprinkles and M&M’s. The guy behind the counter must have sensed we all know how to share really well *cough cough* and gave us all of 6 M&M’s..yes we fought like dogs for those morsels of chocolates…yes I won because it’s Mother’s day and I am pretty cute too.









3. To burn off all the fast food calories we went to Fry’s, I was all excited to get some photo editing software. After I saw the price tag (HOLY CRAP), and was told by someone who works there that they were a photographer and didn’t need that sort of thing…we left…booo









4. My last totally random thing. As we were driving to Coldstone…and all you people with kids will know what I am talking about. As we were driving to Coldstone I was trying to talk to my husband and Indigo is in the back seat repeating “Where are we going?, Where are we going?, Where are we going”.


As a parent at first you can totally tune the repeating sentence out, but come the 17th or 18th repeat it’s like the sentence repeats it self 18 times all at once in your head and I whipped my head around and said “OH MY GOOODNESS CHILD” to which she replied “You’re a poopy head Momma”.






INGREDIENTS (Cake,makes 12-16)
Delightfully borrowed from Paula Deen Ya'll
{Printable Recipe}

3 large egg whites, room temperature
1 cup champagne
1 ½ cups cake flour
¾ cup sugar
2 teaspoons baking powder
¼ teaspoon salt
½ cup unsalted butter, room temperature









DIRECTIONS (Cake)


Preheat oven to 350 F.


In small bowl, mix egg whites and champagne. Set aside.


In a medium-sized bowl, whisk together cake flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt.








Mix butter into dry ingredients until it resembles moist crumbs.Mix wet ingredients into dry ingredients until fully combined.


Divide evenly between twelve cupcake liners. Bake for 15 minutes or until cupcakes bounce back when lightly touched.









INGREDIENTS (Filling & Frosting)

15 oz can sliced peaches
½ cup + 2 tablespoons unsalted butter, room temperature
3 cups powdered sugar
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
¼ teaspoon salt









DIRECTIONS (Filling & Frosting)

Melt two tablespoons of butter in a medium-sized skillet on medium heat.
Drain and discard liquid from peach can. Use a towel to pat dry the peach slices, removing excess moisture.Place the peaches in a single layer in the hot skillet.


Cook for about three minutes or until the bottom side is browned, then flip.









Repeat until all sides of the peaches are browned.Remove peaches from skillet and cool.Use a food processor or immersion blender to puree the peaches.








Use a small paring knife or cupcake corer to remove a piece of cake from the center of each cooled cupcake. (You will not need the pieces that you remove, so feel free to eat them!)









Fill each hole with approximately two teaspoons of the peach puree.









In the bowl of an electric mixer, beat butter on high speed for five minutes. Slowly mix in the powdered sugar and beat for another five minutes. Mix in vanilla extract, salt, and ¼ cup of peach puree and beat for two minutes.


Top those cakes, and dive on in.


PS. My opinion is these are great cupcakes with an awesome peach puree, they don’t really taste like the Bellini drink but they are darn good!  I have shared this recipe on Seasonal Saturdays.




46 comments:

Dorothy at Belle of the Kitchen said...

Yum! These look delish! And perfect for an Alabama or Georgia summer, with the delicious farmer's market peaches!

Mary said...

Those are amazing looking cupcakes! I love peaches, and the champagne is awfully tempting too. I hope you had a great Mother's Day!

GratefulPrayerThankfulHeart said...

Oh, wow! Just the title of these amazing cupcakes is wonderful!

scrambledhenfruit said...

Yes please! Those cupcakes are seriously calling me. :)

Roz | La Bella Vita Cucina said...

These sound incredibly awesome, as all of your recipes do! Once again, superb photos! What a sweet, special recipe perfect for Mother's Day. I hope you have had a happy, SWEET and blessed Mother's Day. If you like, pleases stop over and share this on my weekend foodie blog hop that is going on until Monday. Also, I apologize for my absence from commenting consistently on your blog (and anyone's blog for that matter) due to my busy-ness at my work and now having left for vacation! Happy cooking!!!

Lomo said...

Looking fantastic!!! I completely sympathyse with the tuning repetetive child speak....my 15 year old is somewhat gifted...until I snapped...ahhh...mommy hood!! Love these cupcakes, inside and out!!

Kerry said...

These cupcakes look beautiful. Your photos always inspire me to go bake something. Or eat something. Like these. peaches & champagne? Yes please. I'm glad you had such a good Mother's Day weekend!

Unknown said...

Oh. My. Gosh. I need one RIGHT NOW! Hey, aren't you doing P90X? No worries about the fast food ;) Plus it's a holiday weekend, so it totally doesn't count.

Leesha said...

LOL I can relate 100% to blocking out repeated questions over and over and over again until you totally loose your cool...and the name calling?? oh my, kids sure are creative eh? My littlest one calls us 'meaners'. As far as she is concerned there is nothing worse then being called a 'meaner'. Its hard not to laugh when called one.

Faith said...

These look so fancy and delicious! I am so envious of all your beautiful natural light! Happy Mothers Day, you poopy head! ;)

Rosa's Yummy Yums said...

So pretty and tempting! Those are amazing cupcake flavors.

Cheers,

Rosa

natalia said...

Ciao ! I cannot believe how sinfully delicious this recipe looks !

Bite my cake said...

These are great, I love the filling!

Unknown said...

I'm not sure there is a baked good on this planet that I would prefer over these?! Beautiful picts and to me that sounds like the perfect weekend!!!

Unknown said...

Those look fantastic!!! Hope you had a wonderful Mother's Day, Jen!!

Xinmei @ Pudding Pie Lane said...

I want to taste these I want to taste these I want to taste these! Oh yum, yum, yum yum.
And yeah, prices for photo editing software is ridiculous, right?! Maybe wait a few years till Indigo becomes student age, as you can get 90% off photoshop as a student ;)

Elizabeth said...

Oh YUM! Look so good! Sounds like a pretty full weekend to me! Photo editing software is ridiculously expensive.. I can only look and wish...

Fun and Fearless in Beantown said...

Yum! This cupcake would be perfect with a bellini!

Ali said...

Seeing as it was Mother's Day weekend, you are entitled to visit numerous fast-dining establishments without any regrets or risk of being defriended.

Val said...

You had me at Champagne!!!

JaimeRabbits said...

Thank you for indulging me and making these on my behalf, Furla! When should I expect my sample in the mail? And did you send it to my home or my office? ;-)

~Jaime

Kristen said...

I definitely need more filled cupcakes in my life!

Kristen said...

amazing!! Happy (Belated) Mothers Day!

Allison said...

Wow these sound amazing. I love the combo of peach and champagne. Sounds like you had a pretty funny and fun weekend!

Delicious Dishings said...

These look beautiful and I love how you put in the peach filling. I've been wanting to try to make champagne cupcakes for a while now.

birdie to be said...

These champagne cupcakes look great! I will definitely save this recipe and use it soon.

www.birdietobe.blogspot.com

Georgia | The Comfort of Cooking said...

Jen, these are mouthwatering! Amazing flavor and creativity on your part. These are on my list for this summer, for sure! Thanks.

Unknown said...

I so miss taco bell and in & out (and panda express)... moderation, it's a great thing :)
You definitely got my attention with champagne. Cheers!

Angie's Recipes said...

Those cupcakes are so pretty! I love especially the peach filling.

Liz That Skinny Chick Can Bake said...

Oh, boy, a cupcake with peaches? I think I'm in love :) And I know I tell you this every time I visit, but you crack me up with your stories. Happy Monday~

vanillasugarblog said...

i am truly a huge fan of peach pie and have yet to create anything cupcake with peaches in it. so bravo to you on this one! really good!

Kim said...

Oh my..I totally get what you're saying about the 17th or 18th repeat. These little peachy gems look out of this world amazing!

Hope it was a great mother's day!

Rick said...

Where are we going? If I knew I was going to coldstone, or that my mom was making these cupcakes, I would be in extreme excitement. Better not to tell.

Alessandra said...

The cupcakes look great! I like the idea of cooking the canned peaches to get the favours out :-0

Ciao
Alessandra

Ashley's Cooking Adventures said...

These are absolutely gorgeous and anything with champagne in it just beckons to me! :)

Clements Family said...

I have a thing for cupcakes. Those look so good. Hope you had a great Mother's Day!

beauty be told said...

Yum! Your post made me laugh like usual... loved it :)

Pam said...

Yum, yum, YUM! These truly leave me speechless.

Unknown said...

Wow, those peaches cooked in butter are something else! I feel like I have missed the cupcake boat;-( But, when I see a recipe like this one, I feel like swimming out to that boat;-)
I've never looked at photo editing software, is it something I need? On second thought, don't tell me, I don't want to know;-)
Hope you're having a good post Mother's day week;-)

Chelsea said...

Hahaha, I love your list. Hilarious. And those cupcakes... My god, divine.

Unknown said...

Lovely cupcakes..Great recipe!

Treat and Trick said...

Very tempting and yummy! Peaches puree is a great addition to this beautiful cupcakes...

http://treatntrick.blogspot.com

Taylor said...

Sounds like a good weekend to me...even if Indigo called your poopy head :) These cupcakes look delicious!

Cathy said...

"Poopy head!" Hahaha...that was one of my kid's favorite phrases. Your cupcakes look downright luscious. How about one to go with my morning coffee?

Anonymous said...

Champagne in cupcakes?! I think these will be cupcakes to celebrate the end of another school year next week :) Extra excited for summer now!

Eliana said...

I could enjoy those charred peaches all on their own. But then I'd miss out on this beauty of a cupcake.