Best Recipe for Pink Grapefruit Cupcakes with Guava Truffle Cookies and Rosewater Frosting
Ingredients
- 1 3/4 cups cake flour
- 1 3/4 teaspoons baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 5 tablespoons butter, cubed
- 1 1/4 cups sugar
- 2 extra-large whole eggs
- 3 large egg yolks
- 1 1/2 teaspoons grapefruit oil
- 3 tablespoons grapefruit zest
- 1/4 cup vegetable oil
- 1/3 cup grapefruit juice
- Guava Truffle Cookies, recipe follows
- Rosewater Frosting, recipe follows
- 2 1/2 cups vanilla sandwich wafer cookies, finely ground
- 1/8 teaspoon salt
- 6 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted
- 3 teaspoons guava extract, divided
- 2 cups white chocolate chips
- 1/4 (14-ounce) can condensed milk
- 16 ounces cream cheese, softened
- 6 teaspoons rosewater
- 1 1/8 cup sifted powdered sugar
- 4 to 8 teaspoons cream, as needed
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Line mini cupcake pans with cupcake liners.
- Sift together the flour, baking powder, and salt. Set aside. In a large bowl, cream together the butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in the eggs and yolks, 1 at a time, and then stir in the grapefruit oil and grapefruit zest. Stir in the vegetable oil. Fold in the flour mixture, alternating with the grapefruit juice.
- Fill the cupcake liners about two-thirds full. Put in a piece of Guava Truffle Cookie in each cup. Bake until a toothpick inserted into the center of the cakes comes out clean, 9 to 12 minutes. Cool completely, and then frost with Rosewater Frosting and enjoy!
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
- Combine the cookie crumbs and salt with the melted butter and 1 teaspoon guava extract. Press into the bottom of a greased 13 by 9-inch pan. Bake for 8 minutes and let cool. Melt the chocolate chips and condensed milk together until completely melted and combined. Stir in the remaining 2 teaspoons guava extract. Pour over the cookie crust and let cool.
- Beat the cream cheese until soft and smooth. Beat in the rose water. Beat in the powdered sugar. Beat in the cream, 1 teaspoon at a time, if the frosting is too thick.
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