Gummi Peach Ring Flavored Cupcake Recipe

/ Monday, August 13, 2012





Oh, hey! How was your weekend? Loads to share about ours: We took a trip to the New York Aquarium in Coney Island (with an obligatory stop at Nathan's, obviously), hosted a super simple Provencal-style dinner for friends and went to a surprise birthday party at Brooklyn Winery. Zomg, cutest...place...ever! 

About the party, I was put in charge of bringing a birthday cake to Williamsburg. I stealthily asked the birthday girl what flavor treat she'd like on her special day, "if we have a chance to celebrate together," putting the whole covert celebration at risk because I am a terrible (TERRIBLE!) liar. She replied with a challenge: Make dessert that taste like gummi candy.



Whoa now! I love a good dessert dare. I snagged mega-sized bags of gummi worms, bears and rings and got to work. Turns out gummi peaches taste the best with cake—probably because their flavor is at least somewhat recognizable. I cooked them down into a simple syrup that I used to flavor vanilla cupcakes and buttercream. What a hit! The birthday girl loved 'em and I didn't even ruin the surprise :)





The original plan was to go all-out with gummi decorations but sticking with the peach ring–theme felt like the responsible thing to do. I trimmed rings into flowers using kitchen scissors, then used the scraps to decorate mini cupcakes. 




GUMMI PEACH RING CUPCAKES
MAKES: about 18 cupcakes

FOR THE CUPCAKES
1 stick unsalted butter, at room temperature
1 cup sugar
2 large eggs
1 to 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
1½ cups all-purpose flour
½ teaspoon bakingpowder
¼ teaspoon salt
⅔ cup milk

FOR THE GUMMI SYRUP
1½ cups peach gummi rings
1 cup water

FOR THE FROSTING
1 stick unsalted butter, at room temperature
1 teaspoon vanilla
Pinch of salt
2 to 3 cups confectioners sugar
2 to 3 tablespoons heavy cream


1. Make the cupcakes: Preheat the oven. Line a 12-cup muffin tin with paperliners.
2. Beat the butter and sugar with a mixer on medium-high speed until fluffy,about 3 minutes. Add the eggs, one at a time, beating well between eachaddition.
3. Whisk the flour, baking powder and salt in a bowl. Add the flour to thebutter mixture in 3 additions, alternating with the milk in 2 additions.
4. Divide the batter among the prepared cups, filling each three- quarters ofthe way. Bake until a toothpick comes out clean, 15 to 20 minutes. Let cool inthe pan 5 minutes, then transfer to a rack to cool completely.
5. Meanwhile, make the gummi syrup: bring the water and gummi peach rings to asimmer in a small saucepan over medium-low heat. Cook, stirring, until thecandy dissolves, about 5 minutes. Continue to simmer until the mixture issyrupy, about 10 minutes.
6. Poke holes in the surface of the cupcakes using a toothpick or skewer. Poursyrup onto each, letting it soak into the holes. (Save any leftover syrup forthe frosting.)
7. Make the frosting: Beat the butter with a mixer. Add the vanilla,confectioners' sugar and salt and beat until combined. Beat in the heavy creamand reserved peach gummi syrup to reach your desired consistency.


6 comments

  1. Love this idea Erin, so adorable! Would be cute to try this with the mini gummy coke bottles too.

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  2. That's such a brilliant idea, Tara! Next time, gummi coke bottles :)

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  3. Oh fabulous, Mamun! Thank you so much, I truly appreciate it!

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  4. They're in the oven! Thanks for posting this!

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  5. Hey Henry, I'm so glad to hear you made 'em! How did they turn out!?
    xo
    Erin

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