Cupcake Pie Recipes

PIE CAKE

Steps:

• Grease and flour a 9 x 13 inch pan. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C ).
• Toss sugar, sifted flour, salt, soda, and cinnamon together in a large bowl.
• Fold in oil, eggs, chopped nuts, and pie filling. Pour batter into prepared pans.
• Bake for 45 to 50 minutes, or until cake tests done.

APPLE PIE CUPCAKES

Steps:

• Heat oven to 400°F. Lightly spray 8 regular-size muffin cups with cooking spray.
• In 10-inch skillet, melt 2 tablespoons butter over medium-high heat. Add apples; cook about 5 minutes, stirring occasionally, until softened. Sprinkle with 2 tablespoons brown sugar, the cinnamon and salt. Cook 5 minutes longer or until tender. Stir in lemon juice.
• Meanwhile, in small bowl, mix Topping ingredients with fork or hands until crumbly. Set aside.
• Separate dough into 8 rolls. Flatten each into 4-inch round; place in muffin cup.
• Divide Apple Filling evenly onto rolls in muffin cups. Divide Topping evenly over Filling.
• Bake 10 to 12 minutes or until bubbly and tops are lightly browned. Cool slightly before removing from muffin cups. Cool completely, about 30 minutes.
• Serve cupcakes topped with whipped cream and a drizzle of syrup.

CUPCAKE RECIPE

Steps:

• Heat oven to 180C/160C fan/gas 4 and fill a 12 cupcake tray with cases.
• Using an electric whisk beat 110g softened butter and 110g golden caster sugar together until pale and fluffy then whisk in 2 large eggs, one at a time, scraping down the sides of the bowl after each addition.
• Add ½ tsp vanilla extract, 110g self-raising flour and a pinch of salt, whisk until just combined then spoon the mixture into the cupcake cases.
• Bake for 15 mins until golden brown and a skewer inserted into the middle of each cake comes out clean. Leave to cool completely on a wire rack.
• To make the buttercream, whisk 150g softened butter until super soft then add 300g icing sugar, 1 tsp vanilla extract and a pinch of salt.
• Whisk together until smooth (start off slowly to avoid an icing sugar cloud) then beat in 3 tbsp milk.
• If wanting to colour, stir in the food colouring now. Spoon or pipe onto the cooled cupcakes.

HOW TO BAKE PIE INSIDE A CAKE

Steps:

• If you purchase a frozen pie, bake them off the night before you want to bake the cake. They should be cool enough that you can touch them.
• If you used store-bought pie you don't have to cook it first.
• Use a stand mixer to make your boxed cake mix.
• I make each box individually to ensure that the layers are even (I'm a terrible estimator).
• Over mix the cake batter by a few minutes which help to make the batter stronger to support the pie in the layer.
• Once batter is ready, prepare your springform pan (spray with cooking spray and a light dusting of flour) and add half of the cake batter from one boxed mix.
• Add one of the pies then top with the other half of the cake mix.
• Repeat with the other cake mix and pie.
• Bake as directed on the cake mix box.
• Let cool completely.
• Remove from pans.
• Stack one layer on a cake stand.
• Top with a layer of frosting then add the second layer of pie baked into cake.
• Frost as usual.
• If adding, top with extra cherry pie filling.