How to Stuff Cupcakes

For those with a sweet tooth, if there's anything better than a moist, flavorful cupcake, it's a cupcake stuffed with a sweet, decadent filling. Adding a filling takes the average cupcake to the next level. Choose fillings that complement the flavor of the cupcake. Fillings can be jam, custard, chocolate, meringue or frosting. After baking the cupcakes, filling is fairly simple as long as you have a pastry bag with a tip on the end. You also can core out the middle of the cupcake with a paring knife and pour the filling inside. Add this to my Recipe Box.

Pastry Bag and Tip

Pour the filling into a pastry bag and seal.

Push the tip on the pastry bag into the center of the cupcake, about 3/4 of the way in.

Squeeze the pastry bag gently to release the filling into the cupcake until it just begins to come out of the hole made when you inserted the tip.

Frost the cupcake to hide the hole and serve.

Paring Knife

Insert the knife about 1 inch into the center of the cupcake.

Cut the center out of the middle of the cupcake by making a 1-inch deep circle around the center.

Remove the middle of the cake and cut off the tops. Set aside the tops and discard the rest.

Spoon the filling into hole in the center of the cupcake.

Cover the filling with the reserved tops of the center and frost the cupcake as usual.

Tips

- You can also use an apple corer to remove the center of the cupcake.