These home made Pineapple Cupcakes are moist and buttery with bits of pineapple in each chunk.
We have stuffed them with a easy pineapple filling, and frosted with cream cheese frosting. Maintain this recipe in thoughts for birthdays and summer time celebrations!
Components for Pineapple Cupcakes
You will discover the full, printable recipe on the backside of this submit. Here’s a fast have a look at our key elements:
- Unsalted Butter
- Sugar
- Eggs
- Cake Flour
- Baking Powder, Baking Soda, Salt
- Crushed Pineapple (undrained)
- Milk
- Vanilla Extract
*See Recipe Card for the filling & frosting elements & recipes!
Methods to Make Pineapple Cupcakes
You will discover the total recipe on the backside of this submit. Here’s a fast have a look at our steps!
- Preheat the oven to 350 levels, add paper cupcake liners to cupcake pan(s)
- In a medium bowl, whisk the cake flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt for 30 seconds. Put aside
- In one other bowl, add the milk, vegetable oil, one cup undrained pineapple, vanilla extract, (and pineapple extract- elective). Put aside.
- Utilizing the leftover undrained pineapple, reserve ¼ cup of the juice- this may be brushed over the freshly baked cupcakes later.
- Within the bowl of your mixer, add the softened butter and blend at medium pace till easy. Regularly add the sugar and proceed to combine on medium pace for 3 to five minutes till lightened in coloration and fluffy.
- Add the eggs one by one, mixing after every till the yellow of the yolk has blended.
- With the mixer on low pace, alternately add the flour combination and pineapple combination, starting and ending with the dry elements (3 additions of dry elements and a pair of of liquid).
- Combine simply till included. Watch out to not over-mix.
- Scoop about ¼ cup bake batter into every cupcake liner (within the cupcake pans)
- Bake at 350 levels for 15-18 minutes or till a toothpick inserted within the heart comes out clear or with simply few crumbs hooked up.
- Makes roughly 28-30 cupcakes (roughly ¼ cup of batter per cupcake)
- Utilizing a pastry brush, frivolously brush the tops of the cupcakes with pineapple juice. That is an elective step however provides an additional enhance of taste.
Pineapple Filling
So as to add a lift of pineapple taste, we made a scrumptious, EASY pineapple filling. Crushed pineapple, sugar, and corn starch are delivered to a boil and stirred for a few minutes till it thickens.
As soon as cool, the pineapple filling is positioned in a disposable piping bag with the tip snipped away. Holding the piping bag vertically, push it midway down into the cupcake and fill.
(You are able to do a trial run on a plate to get an thought of how rapidly the filling comes out when frivolously squeezed. Simply rely what number of seconds it takes to get the specified quantity of filling. You can even do a apply run you probably have an additional cupcake- and slice it in half to see in the event you’re pleased with the quantity of filling inside.)
Frosting the Cupcakes
We used our go-to cream cheese frosting right this moment. It is a easy recipe with softened cream cheese and butter, powdered sugar, and a pinch of salt.
In case you discover at any time that it’s turning into too delicate to simply work with, simply pop the piping bag or bowl of frosting within the fridge for ten minutes or so to agency issues up.
Embellish nonetheless you want! We topped our cupcakes with piped shells (star tip 21). You can additionally use a 1M or 2D tip for easy swirls. We love the mix of cream cheese frosting with these cupcakes!
Extra Pineapple Muffins
We have made many desserts with pineapple over time! A couple of of our favorites are our Piña Colada Cake, Pineapple Pound Cake, Carrot Cake, and Pineapple Coconut Cake. We even have a terrific Pineapple Upside Down Bundt Cake that could not be simpler.
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For the Cupcakes
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Preheat the oven to 350 levels, add paper cupcake liners to cupcake pan(s)
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In a medium bowl, whisk the cake flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt for 30 seconds. Put aside
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In one other bowl, add the milk, vegetable oil, 1 cup undrained pineapple, vanilla extract, (and pineapple extract- elective). Put aside.
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With the leftover canned, undrained pineapple, reserve ¼ cup of the juice- this may be brushed over the freshly baked cupcakes.
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Within the bowl of your mixer, add the softened butter and blend at medium pace till easy. Regularly add the sugar and proceed to combine on medium pace for 3 to five minutes till lightened in coloration and fluffy.
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Add the eggs one by one, mixing after every till the yellow of the yolk has blended.
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With the mixer on low pace, alternately add the flour combination and pineapple combination, starting and ending with the dry elements (3 additions of dry elements and a pair of of liquid).
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Combine simply till included. Watch out to not over-mix.
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Scoop about ¼ cup bake batter into every cupcake liner (within the cupcake pans)
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Bake at 350 levels for 15-18 minutes or till a toothpick inserted within the heart comes out clear or with simply few crumbs hooked up. We prefer to take away cupcakes instantly from the pans to stop over-baking. Baking occasions can differ relying on pan & oven- test at quarter-hour to be on the secure aspect, however it could take a couple of minutes extra.
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Makes roughly 28-30 cupcakes (roughly ¼ cup of batter per cupcake)
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Utilizing a pastry brush, frivolously brush the tops of the cupcakes with pineapple juice. That is an elective step however provides an additional enhance of taste.
For the Pineapple Filling
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Mix all elements (crushed pineapple, corn starch, and sugar) in a saucepan and prepare dinner over medium warmth.
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When the combination begins to boil, stir always till it begins to thicken, roughly 1 to 2 minutes.
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Needless to say it can thicken much more because it cools. Cool utterly in fridge earlier than utilizing.
For the Cream Cheese Frosting
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Add the softened butter to the bowl of your mixer, combine till easy.
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Reduce the softened cream cheese into items and add to the butter, mixing till blended.
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Add the vanilla extract.
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Regularly add powdered sugar and blend till effectively blended.
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This cream cheese frosting will pipe greatest if used whereas nonetheless chilled. You can also make it upfront, refrigerate and when prepared to make use of let it soften barely and remix. Don’t microwave to melt. If the frosting turns into too delicate whereas utilizing simply refrigerate the piping bag or bowl for a short time to agency it up.
Meeting
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As soon as the cupcakes and filling have cooled, it’s time to assemble! Place the pineapple filling in a disposable piping bag with the tip snipped away. (Snip away sufficient that the pineapple filling can simply stream out).
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Holding the piping bag of pineapple filling vertically, insert it midway into the cupcake and fill with a little bit of pineapple filling. (It’s a good suggestion to do this over a plate first to rely what number of seconds it takes to achieve the specified quantity. When you have an additional cupcake, you would do a apply run after which slice in half to see how a lot is inside.)
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After filling the cupcakes, frost with cream cheese frosting. We used a tip 21 to pipe easy shells, however you would additionally use a big star tip (2D or 1M) for traditional swirls.
Refrigeration
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These cupcakes needs to be saved in an hermetic container, sealed bakery field, or underneath a cake dome within the fridge.
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For the easiest taste and texture, take away them from the fridge a few hours earlier than serving. It will enable the cupcakes time to heat and soften (as desserts and cupcakes containing butter turn into extra agency when chilled).
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Recipe makes roughly 7Â cups batter.
