white chocolate raspberry truffle cupcake

White Chocolate Raspberry Truffle Cupcake with White Chocolate Buttercream

So this is the second iteration of my White Chocolate Raspberry Truffle Cupcake. The first one was a mud cake type. It wasn't really what I was after cake wise. But it did have one cupcake taster eating the cupcake liner!

So this idea came to me last week. White Cake with a raspberry covered in white chocolate ganache filling.

Here is the recipe for white cake - it is based on the white cake recipe in The Artful Cupcake.

White Cupcake

1 3/4 cup sifted cake flour*
2 tsp baking powder
1/4 tsp of salt
3/4 cup extra creamy milk ^
1 vanilla bean #
1 1/4 cup caster sugar
100g butter
3 eggs whites

1. Preheat oven to 180 and line a muffin tray with 12 cupcake liners.
2. Resift cake flour with the baking powder and salt.
3. Combine the milk and the seeds from the vanilla bean.
4. Cream the sugar and butter until fluffy (30 - 45 seconds).
5. Alternating the flour mixture with the milk mixture, blend half one, then the other into the butter mixture. Mix well after each addition and repeat. Mix well until well blended.
6. In a separate bowl, beat the egg whites until stiff. Fold them into the cupcake batter.
7. Pour the batter into the cupcake liners, filling at least halfway. Bake for 15 to 20 minutes, or until a skewer comes out clean.
8. Remove from the pans and put on wire rack to cool before frosting.


* We don't have cake flour available widely in Australia. Although I have seen a self raising cake flour for sale in Coles.
Make Your Own Cake Flour Recipe
Add two level tablespoons of corn flour to a one cup measuring cup, then fill with plain or bread flour (bread flour is finely milled flour). Sift three times then use as needed.

^ I used a milk called gold, it is creamier than your normal full cream milk. Extra taste.

# Original recipe said to use 2 tsp of vanilla extract but I thought if I am going to make something decadent then better to use the real deal and give it that extra something.


The Verdict? Warning. These cupcakes went in flash. Seriously addictive. Cupcake Overdose possible. Even the goldfish want one.

Cause this cupcake was such a hit I am going to work on a Baci Kiss Cupcake.