Iron Cupcake Challenge January 2009 – Wine

Preheat oven to 350

Crust:
4 T. melted butter
1 1/3 c. shortbread cookies, crushed ~ I used Lorna Doone and it was about 1 1/4 sleeves of cookies

1. Combine cookie crumbs and butter.
2. Press approx. 1 Tablespoon in each cupcake liner. Will make approx 24 cupcakes. Reserve any extra for garnish
Set aside

Cupcake:
1 1/2 flour
1 tsp Baking powder
1/4 t salt
1 1/4 cup sugar
1/2 cup butter ~ softened
3 eggs
1/4 cup Peach wine ~ I used Arbor Mist
2 tsp orange zest
1/2 cup milk
3/4 cup pureed canned peaches (drain first)

1. Sift flour, baking powder, and salt. Set aside.
2. Beat sugar and butter until light and fluffy.
3. Add eggs one at a time, beating thoroughly in between each.
4. Add wine, orange zest and pureed peaches, mix well.


5. Add dry ingredients and milk, alternately starting and ending with flour mix. Pour batter into each cup on top of cookie crust. Fill almost full, as the batter doesn’t rise that much.

Bake 20-25 minutes at 350 until toothpick comes out clean

Icing:
16 oz. cream cheese
2 cup powdered sugar
1 1/4 cup heavy cream

Add ingredients into mixer with whisk fitting. Beat mix at high speed until semi-stiff peaks form. Ice cupcakes when cooled and garnish with any leftover crumble from crust.

ENJOY!!
If you’re interested in competing in the challenge next month click on the link in the right column of my blog or go to Iron Cupcake Earth