Light Summer Indulgence : Apple Yogurt Cupcake

It's the middle of May and we all are sick of the sticky heat already. But we do crave that sweet endnote at the end of the meal. Is it only me, or do we all feel like biting into that sinful cupcake and the eat half only because the butter cream gets difficult to swallow after  two bites. The greasy lining on the palette can get very nauseating. I chose to eat a fruit or a chilled iced tea to replace dessert most of the time. But at times we do give in to temptation and buy that pastry or cupcake. I end up feeling very guilty about it.

So, what if I tell you that I'm going to share a recipe of a diet cupcake with you? Would you believe me ? I'm not joking ! Imagine, soft , flavorful, and with a frosting too ! And would you believe, it uses very simple ingredients too... 

Apple  Yogurt Cupcakes

Cake Batter (yields 12 cupcakes)

Whole wheat flour 2 cups

Olive oil ½ cups

Yogurt ¾ cups

Apple grated 2 large

Cinnamon powder ½ tsp

Salt 1 pinch

Baking powder ½ tsp

Baking soda ½ tsp

Eggs 2 nos

Honey 4 tbsp /artificial sweetener

• ·         Beat , eggs, honey , oil, yogurt  till mixed well
• ·         Add the apple and mix well
• ·         Sift together whole wheat flour , cinnamon , salt ,baking powder, soda
• ·         Gently fold into the batter
• ·         Divide into 12 lined muffin cups
• ·         Bake at 180 degrees Celsius for 25 mins

For frosting

Hung curd 1 ½ cups

Honey 4 tbsp

Cinnamon powder 1 tsp

• ·         Beat hung curd , honey and cinnamon till mixed well
• ·         Pipe over the cooled cupcakes
• ·         Serve chilled 

Hope you will enjoy these yummy yet healthy cupcakes . Looking forward to feedback  !

Cheers to good Health !!

Cinnamon Apple Patishaptas

Cuisines all over the world, share many common aspects with each other. All Cuisines share many common cooking techniques, they have common food groups, some even have very similar dishes. Most cuisines have custards, dumplings, fritters, Wraps, pancakes etc.

Crepes are also there in most cultures and in Bengali Cuisine, the make a sweet crepe made with rice flour and its called PATISHAPTA.

I am taking a modern take on this traditional recipe and making Apple Cinnamon Patishaptas. Had recently shared this recipe with RJ Arvind on air on 94.3 Radio One one his show Arvind's Kitchen

For Patishapta 

1/4 tin condensed milk

1 cup flour

2 tbsp rice flour

125 ml water

 2 tsp Butter for frying

Mix all ingredients into a batter with coating consistency and whisk well to remove lumps 

apply butter on a non stick pan with some tissue and make 10 crepes with the above batter of 6 inch diameter 

For filling 

2 diced apples

3/4 cup grated khoya / mawa / dehydrated milk

3/4 cup sugar

1 tbsp cinnamon powder

heat apples and sugar till apples go soft and moisture evaporated making a semi chutney

switch off and add khoya and cinnamon powder and mix well

cool the mixture and roll the crepes with this mixture

Serve at room temperature or a little warm with vanilla ice cream  

Apple Cinnamon Muffin

There is a barrage of cup cake makers in the market, to the extent that people have stopped focusing on the cake bit of the cup cake. considering how easy it is to make a muffin i find it lame to go buy a dry piece of sponge smothered in artificial color and sugar. Giving u a recipe of a muffin that can be used as a cup cake base too and is moist even 3 days after baking it. 

This can be topped with a white chocolate ganache as shown in the pic and decorated with sprinklers as well 

Apple Cinnamon Muffin

  

Apples 180g (grated)

Eggs 2 nos

Oil 75 ml

Sugar 120g ( powdered)

Flour 110g

Cinnamon powder 1 tsp

Green apple Crush 1 tbsp 

Baking powder ¼  tsp

Soda bicarb ¼  tsp

Salt – a pinch

Raisins 50 g (optional) 

Almonds 15 pcs chopped

• Mix in all dry ingredients together in a large bowl 
• Add the egg and oil and blend into a smooth paste with a fork don't over beat 
• mix in the green apple crush 
• Add the apples and the dry  fruits
• spoon in cup cake liners
• Baked for 25 minutes at 180 degrees celcuis