Passion Fruit Cupcakes

Course: Dessert

Cuisine: American

Prep Time: 20

Cook Time: 18

Cool, Fill, and Frost: 52

Total Time: 1 30

Servings: cupcakes

Calories: 296kcal

Author: Emily

Passion Fruit Cupcakes filled with Passion Fruit Curd and topped with Passion Fruit Curd Buttercream is the perfect dessert for any occasion and will take you to the tropics no matter where you are!

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Equipment

Ingredients

Vanilla Cupcakes

2 tablespoons butter, room temperature
¾ cup sugar
1 cup +6 tablespoons all-purpose flour
¾ teaspoon baking powder
¼ teaspoon baking soda
½ teaspoon kosher salt
2 large eggs, room temperature
⅓ cup vegetable oil
⅓ cup milk, room temperature
1 teaspoon vanilla bean paste (or vanilla extract)

Passion Fruit Curd Filling and Frosting

1 ¼ cups passion fruit curd, divided
8 ounces unsalted butter, room temp (2 sticks)
4 cups confectioners powdered sugar
2 tablespoon milk

Instructions

Vanilla Cupcakes

Preheat the oven to 325°F and prepare a cupcake tin with cupcakes liners. This recipe will yield 12 cupcakes.
In a stand mixer or large mixing bowl, add the room temperature butter and oil and beat on high speed for about 2 minutes. Add the sugar and continue mixing on high for another 5 minutes until light and fluffy.
While the butter is beating, add the flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt into a medium mixing bowl and stir to combine with a whisk or fork. Set aside.
Add the eggs, one at a time, to the butter mixture and continue mixing. Scrape the sides of the bowl as needed with a silicone spatula.
Turn down the mixer to the lowest speed and slowly add the flour mixture into the butter mixture. Then add the milk and vanilla and mix just until combined. Don't overbeat the mixture or your cupcakes will be dense.
Evenly divide the batter into the cupcake liners and bake for 18 minutes. Remove the pan from the oven and allow the cupcakes to cool for 5 minutes in the pan. Then transfer the cupcakes to a wire rack to cool completely.

Passion Fruit Curd Filling

Take each cupcake and dig out a hole in the middle of each one. Be careful not to go all the way to the bottom of the cupcake. I used the end of my piping tip and it worked perfectly!
Place 1 cup of the passion fruit curd into a piping bag. You can use a tip or just snip the end since you are just filling the hole. Fill each cupcake with curd so that the hole is level with the top of the cupcake.

Passion Fruit Curd Buttercream

Place the room temperature butter into the bowl of a stand mixer or into a large bowl and beat on high for 4-5 minutes until it becomes lighter in color. Add the powdered sugar, one cup at a time, and fully mix in with each addition. Add the milk and mix in followed by the passion fruit curd. Beat until everything is fully combined.
Place the frosting in a piping bag fitted with your favorite tip. Pipe the frosting on each cupcake covering the passion fruit curd hole. Enjoy!

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