Nectarine Cupcakes Recipes

NECTARINE CUPCAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Make the cupcakes: Sift together flour, baking powder, and 1/4 teaspoon salt. Stir together milk and vanilla.
• Beat butter and sugar with a mixer on medium speed until pale and fluffy, about 3 minutes. With mixer running, add eggs, 1 at a time. Beat in flour mixture in 3 additions, alternating twice with milk mixture.
• Line a standard muffin tin with baking cups. Fill each with 1 tablespoon batter, 1 heaping tablespoon chopped nectarines, and an additional 2 tablespoons batter. Bake until edges begin to turn golden, about 25 minutes. Let cool in tin.
• Make the topping: Whisk together cream, sour cream, and sugar to medium peaks. Top cupcakes with a dollop of cream and nectarine slices.

NECTARINE CUPCAKES

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 400 degrees with a rack in the top third of the oven. Line your muffin tin with cupcake wrappers.
• In a large bowl, whisk together the dry ingredients (flour, baking powder, sugar, and salt).
• In a smaller bowl, whisk together the buttermilk, eggs, melted butter and lemon zest.
• Pour the liquid ingredients into the dry mixture and stir just until it's mostly combined.
• Stir in your sliced nectarines, saving about 18 slices to place on top of the cupcakes before baking.
• Spoon your cupcakes into the prepared muffin tin. Top each one with a slice of nectarine and a light sprinkle of raw sugar.
• Bake for 16 to 20 minutes, just until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Yields approximately 18 cupcakes.