Earl Grey Cupcakes with Honey Mascarpone Buttercream
These earl grey cupcakes with honey mascarpone buttercream are the perfect afternoon treat! They have a delicate, moist base flavored with earl grey tea, and are topped off with a sweet, creamy buttercream that is too good to pass up.
Ingredients
For the Cupcakes:
- 240 g all-purpose flour
- 250 g granulated sugar
- 2 teaspoon baking powder
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 170 g unsalted butter, 1 ½ sticks, room temp, cubed
- 170 g whole milk
- 5 earl grey tea bags
- 56 g whole milk plain greek yogurt, room temp
- 2 eggs
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
For the Buttercream:
- 113 g unsalted butter, 1 stick, room temp
- 4 oz mascarpone, cold
- 340 g powdered sugar
- 84 g Wedderspoon Manuka honey
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- ¼ teaspoon salt
Instructions
For the Cupcakes:
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F and line a cupcake tin with .
- In a small bowl or on the stove top, heat the milk until it just starts to simmer, then steep the tea bags and cover until ready to use. I suggest heating it in the microwave for a minute or so, as milk can easily burn on the stove.
- In the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with a paddle attachment, combine the flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt. Add in the cubed butter and mix on low speed until the mixture resembles wet sand.
- In a separate bowl whisk together the tea infused milk, yogurt, eggs, and vanilla. Pour into the wet ingredients and mix until just combined.
- Pour batter into the prepared cupcake pan, filling each one about ¾ full.
- Bake cupcakes for 18-22 minutes or until the tops spring back when you touch them. Allow to cool completely before frosting.
For the Buttercream:
- In the bowl of a stand mixer beat the butter and mascarpone together until smooth. Add the powdered sugar slowly and mix until fully combined. Add the honey and salt and mix until combined.
- Transfer buttercream to a piping bag fitted with a star piping tip (I used Wilton 1M) and pipe onto each cupcake.
Notes
- If you would like, you can add the contents of two (of the five) earl grey tea bags to batter to have specks of tea leaves throughout the cupcakes.
- Keep in mind that the honey adds sweetness to the buttercream, so do not add more powdered sugar than is written until after you have added the honey and tasted it.
- If the buttercream is too soft to pipe, place in the fridge to firm up.
Nutrition Facts
Serving: 1cupcake | Calories: 520kcal | Carbohydrates: 71g | Protein: 5g | Fat: 25g | Saturated Fat: 15g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 5g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 89mg | Sodium: 243mg | Potassium: 71mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 55g | Vitamin A: 784IU | Vitamin C: 0.03mg | Calcium: 89mg | Iron: 1mg
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