These Dominican cupcakes are made with the same batter our beloved Dominican cake, with the same delicate flavor and heavenly texture. See my recipe and tips to make them.
By - Reviewed: . Original: May 10, 2011
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These cute cupcakes are made with the same batter as our Dominican cake recipe, with a nice orange flavor, filled with guava jam, and covered in Suspiro (royal icing).
They're so cute, aren't they? And yes, you can add other types of fillings, and we give you the ideas to modify them to your liking.
Dominican cupcakes
Be forewarned that this is not a traditional dish. I decided to see if Dominican cake could be served as cupcakes. To make the cake batter, filling, and icing, we'll use the recipe for Dominican cake.
You'll need: Dominican cake batter video & recipe
This post shows some things that I found helpful in adapting the Dominican Cake to a cupcake "format."
Dominican cupcakes.
Cupcake decoration
The cupcake decoration is reasonably simple - as I'm not an expert. You can have fun trying new ways to decorate them.
You'll need: Suspiro video & recipe (meringue frosting)
If you want to learn how to decorate cupcakes, I recommend finding a book on cake decorating (affiliate link). There are excellent ones for beginners. If you are into baking, I also recommend this decorating kit (affiliate link), which I have. It is full of very useful tools.
Fillings
Instead of the traditional pineapple filling, I used guava jam for the cupcakes. I bought it at the supermarket, but there's a recipe below to make it at home).
You can use any of these traditional fillings:
As the batter rises in the oven, the preserve sinks, and the whole cupcake is infused with its flavor.
⚠️ Take a note that, the cupcake won't have the traditional dome top because of the weight of the jam, so if you want it to have a dome, either add a bit of batter on top of the filling, or push a bit with a toothpick so it's covered in batter (which I did with the guava ones).
About this recipe
I made these for a friend on her birthday, so I added a little flag made from scrapbooking paper and a bamboo skewer to write a note to her.
Cupcakes are a great way for beginners to make a Dominican-style cake without much fuss. Buy some beautiful paper wrappers and even ready-made decorations and you will be done in no time.
Decoration can be as simple or as complicated as you wish.
Video
Recipe
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Dominican Cupcakes Recipe (Bizcochuelos Dominicanos)
Ingredients
- Batter from Dominican Cake recipe, (please see notes above the recipe)
- 1 cup Filling of your choice, (please see notes above the recipe)
- Suspiro, (please see notes above the recipe)
Instructions
1. Fill cupcake tins
Use paper liners to line two 12-cup muffin tins.💡 To fill the paper cups use an ice cream scoop, it makes for cupcakes of homogenous size and makes it easier to pour the batter without making a mess.
2. Cupcake level
- These are some of the paper cups already filled. With the amounts in the recipe for Dominican cake you should obtain about 3 dozen cupcakes.
3. Adding filling
- Pour 1 teaspoon of guava jam or your filling of choice in the middle of each cupcake. ⚠️ This will make the cupcakes rise with a flat top, if you want it with the traditional dome top, cover the jam with batter or push it down to the middle with a toothpick.
4. Baking
- Heat oven to 300 ºF. Bake the cupcakes until they turn golden brown (about 20 mins). ⚠️ Here are the cupcakes at room temperature and ready to be decorated. As you can see, they do not rise above the paper cup border, this was done on purpose, as I wanted a flat surface to decorate.
5. Decorating
You can make as fancy a decoration as you want, or go with a simple rosette and sprinkles.
Nutrition
Nutritional information is calculated automatically based on ingredients listed. Please consult your doctor if you need precise nutrition information.
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