Peaches and Cream Cupcakes

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Description

Light, peachy, and delicious. Refrigeration is a must.

Ingredients

  • 3 ½ cups pureed peaches
  • 2 tablespoons white sugar
  • 2 tablespoons cornstarch
  • 2 tablespoons water
  • 2 ⅔ cups all-purpose flour
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • ½ teaspoon salt
  • 2 cups white sugar
  • 8 tablespoons unsalted butter, at room temperature
  • 2 large eggs
  • 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
  • 1 teaspoon peach extract
  • 1 ½ cups buttermilk
  • ½ cup pureed peaches
  • 2 cups heavy whipping cream
  • 2 tablespoons instant vanilla pudding mix
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Instructions

  1. Combine pureed peaches and sugar for filling in a medium saucepan over medium heat. Bring to a slight boil.
  2. Mix cornstarch and water together in a separate bowl until there are no lumps. Stir mixture into the pan. Reduce heat to medium-low and cook until thick and bubbly
  3. about 1 minute. Let filling cool completely.
  4. While filling cools
  5. preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Line two 12-cup muffin tins with paper liners.
  6. Whisk flour
  7. baking powder
  8. baking soda
  9. and salt together in a medium bowl for cupcakes.
  10. Beat sugar and butter together in a large bowl using an electric mixer until creamy. Beat in eggs
  11. vanilla extract
  12. and peach extract until smooth. Add 1/2 of the flour mixture and stir until combined. Add buttermilk and 1/2 cup pureed peaches; stir until almost combined. Add remaining flour mixture and stir until all ingredients are mixed in.
  13. Spoon batter into the prepared muffin cups
  14. filling each 2/3 full.
  15. Bake in the preheated oven until tops spring back when lightly pressed
  16. 18 to 20 minutes. Cool in the tins for 10 minutes. Transfer to a wire rack and let cool
  17. about 20 minutes.
  18. Remove a bit of the center of each cupcake using a cupcake corer; fill with cooled peach filling.
  19. Beat whipping cream
  20. pudding mix
  21. and vanilla extract for frosting together using a wire whisk attachment until firm peaks form. Frost cooled cupcakes.

Prep Time: 40 mins

Cook Time: 25 mins

Total Time: 1 hr 35 mins

Servings: 24

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