White chocolate and Macadamia Cupcakes

A delicious nutty recipe combined with a sweet hint of white creamy chocolate….yum!!
When I saw this post on dailydelicious I knew I had to share it on my blog!! The recipe looks and sounds so tempting!! Plus the great pictures makes it easy to follow!! I love a recipe book with lots of pictures, that way you can see how the recipe should look and what the finish result is

Ingredients:

65g Butter

65g Granulated sugar

A pinch of salt

1 Egg

1tsp Vanilla extract

65g Plain flour

1tsp Baking powder

1tbsp Milk

2tbsp Whipping cream

40g White chocolate, chopped

30g Macadamia nut, roasted and chopped

Topping:

150g Whipping cream

15g Icing sugar

White chocolate, shaved

Method:

Preheat the oven to 180°C.

Line cupcake tin with paper cup.

Sift the cake flour with the baking powder.

Mix the milk and the whipping cream together.

Beat the butter, sugar, and salt together until light in color, beat in the egg, and vanilla extract.
Pour half of the flour mixture into the bowl, fold to combine.

Pour the milk mixture into the bowl, fold to combine, the add the rest of the flour with the macadamia nut and white chocolate, and fold to combine.

Scoop the batter into the prepared cup and bake for 20-25 minutes, or until the top of the cake spring back when touch lightly.

Let the cake cool completely on the wire racks.

For topping:

Whip the whipping cream with the icing sugar until firm peaks form.

Pipe the whipped cream on the top of the cake and sprinkle the white chocolate over the cake.