Mozart Cupcakes

Ingredients for 1 servings:

• 125 g butter
• 80 g sugar
• ½ packet of vanilla sugar
• 2 eggs
• ½ tsp lemon zest
• 250 g flour
• ½ pack of baking powder
• 180 ml milk
• 6 tbsp milk
• 100 g pistachios
• 10 balls of confectionery (Mozartkugeln)
• 1 pack of pudding powder, vanilla
• 330 ml milk
• 2 tbsp sugar
• 100 g marzipan paste
• 6 tbsp cream
• Bitter almond aroma
• 160 g butter

Instructions

Working time approx. 45 minutes; Rest time approx. 8 hours; Total time approx. 8 hours 45 minutes

Pistachio cupcakes with Mozartkugel filling and marzipan buttercream, for 20 pieces

Make this pudding the day before for the buttercream: Dissolve 100g of raw marzipan in 6 tablespoons of cream and a few drops of bitter almond oil in a double boiler. Make a pudding from 1 sachet of vanilla pudding powder, 330ml milk and 2 tablespoons of sugar according to the package instructions, but with the ingredients listed here. Stir the liquid marzipan into the hot pudding. Cover the pudding with cling film to prevent a skin from forming. It’s best to take the butter out of the fridge the day before, as the pudding and butter should be the same temperature and neither should be too cold. On the day of baking, finish the buttercream. To do this, cream 160g butter until fluffy and stir in the pudding a tablespoon at a time. For the cupcakes, cream 125g softened butter with 80g sugar and 1/2 sachet of vanilla sugar until fluffy. Gradually stir in 2 eggs and 1/2 teaspoon of lemon zest. Mix 250g flour with 1/2 sachet of baking powder and stir in alternately with 180ml milk. Puree 100g pistachios with 6 tablespoons of milk and stir in. Halve the Mozart balls vertically. Grease a muffin tray or line it with paper cases. Place a dollop of batter into each hole. Place half a Mozart ball on top and press down lightly. Add more batter so that the Mozart balls are covered and the cases are about 2/3 to 3/4 full. Bake in a preheated oven at 180°C for about 20 minutes. Pipe the buttercream onto the cooled cupcakes and decorate with, for example, chopped pistachios and finely grated dark chocolate.