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    Home » Recipes » Desserts (Baked) » Rose-Cream filled Vanilla Cupcakes with Candied Rose Petals

    LAST UPDATED: June 10, 2020 • FIRST PUBLISHED: March 9, 2011 By Toni Dash 29 Comments

    Rose-Cream filled Vanilla Cupcakes with Candied Rose Petals

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    When originally publishing this fun recipe for Rose-Cream Filled Vanilla Cupcakes with Candied Rose Petals I was a fairly new blogger. The gift of ‘context’ or backstory eluded me so many of my first recipes were shared straight up with succinct forwards such as ‘these cupcakes are great, you should make them’ before diving into the recipe. I’m sure readers were struck with the terse invitation!

    This recipe in particular was created as a special surprise for my daughter’s birthday who would have been about 11 at the time. We had stumbled upon some rose extract at a cooking store and we were both enchanted at the idea of making food whose taste was how roses smell! Wanting to do something more exciting than merely flavoring the cupcakes or the frosting, I decided to fill the cupcakes with a rose-flavored buttercream to add a surprise in the middle which no one would guess until having a bite!

    They turned out beautifully, the rose-cream nestled in simple vanilla cupcakes with vanilla frosting sprinkled with Candied Rose Petals (another fun project). I served the cupcakes with Rose Vanilla Ice Cream with Candied Rose Petals which everyone loved. I realize it probably sounds like rose-flavored overload, but the whimsy of using rose extract got the better of me and I gave into the whimsy of it all. Fortunately I realized early on that a little goes a long way in terms of using the extract for flavoring, and though I served up many rose-flavored treats, they were not overwhelmingly intense as they can be if too much flavoring is used.

    What we felt would probably become a ‘one hit wonder’ in terms of rose flavoring turned out to be a coveted flavor which appears through Boulder Locavore recipes. One never knows were a simple idea will lead and what flavors one will grow to love!

    These pretty cupcakes reveal a big surprise with delicate rose-flavored pink filling! The unexpected find makes them truly special and unique. The amount of rose extract is very small, but produces a big flavor and gives these cupcakes a soft rose taste. There are multiple methods to fill cupcakes and after some experimentation this method worked perfectly to preserve the integrity of the cupcake and allow a ‘just right’ amount of filling.

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    Vanilla Cupcakes with Rose Cream Filling and Candied Rose Petals - BoulderLocavore.com

    Rose Cream filled Vanilla Cupcakes

    These pretty cupcakes reveal a big surprise with delicate rose-flavored pink filling! The unexpected find makes them truly special and unique. 
    5 from 2 votes
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    Course: Dessert
    Cuisine: American
    Prep Time: 20 minutes minutes
    Total Time: 20 minutes minutes
    Servings: 18 1 batch filled cupcakes
    Calories: 226kcal
    Author: Toni Dash
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    Ingredients

    • 1 batch of Vanilla Cupcakes (unfrosted)
    • 1 batch Frosting of your choice
    • Decoration: Candied Rose Petals

    Ingredients for Rose-Cream filling:

    • ½ bag of Confectioner's Sugar
    • ¼ cup Milk , room temperature
    • 1/8 teaspoon Kosher Salt
    • ¼ teaspoon Vanilla Extract
    • ¼ teaspoon Rose Extract (not rose water)
    • 1 stick of Unsalted Butter , room temperature
    • ¼ cup Shortening , room temperature
    • Red food coloring (I use India Tree dyes which are food based, so the red is colored from beets)

    Instructions

    Instructions for Rose-Cream filling:

    • In a mixer using the whisk attachment, combine powdered sugar, milk, salt, vanilla and rose extracts. Beat until smoothly combined.
    • Slice the butter into half inch thick slices and add separately to the mixture; beating at medium speed to fully combine.
    • Add shortening and whip on high until the buttercream is fully combined and whipped to double its original volume (approximately 15 minutes). You will see the texture change. Add food coloring drop by drop while mixing to achieve the color you desire.

    Filling the cupcakes:

    • With a sharp knife, cut a finger-width hole in the middle of the cupcake, with a depth of 3/4 of the cupcake's height (e.g. do not cut to the bottom of the cupcake).
    • Pipe the rose-cream into the hole, filling to be flush with the top of the cupcake.
    • Frost and decorate as you choose.
    • When you bite into the cupcake it will look like this!

    Nutrition

    Calories: 226kcal | Carbohydrates: 24g | Protein: 2g | Fat: 13g | Saturated Fat: 5g | Cholesterol: 14mg | Sodium: 159mg | Potassium: 45mg | Fiber: 0g | Sugar: 15g | Vitamin A: 185IU | Vitamin C: 0.1mg | Calcium: 61mg | Iron: 0.6mg
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    1. Wilde in the Kitchen says

      March 09, 2011 at 5:01 pm

      Great photos, I love the images of the split open cupcakes. Gotta love a filled cupcake, but I'm a frosting junkie…

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    2. pickyeaterblog says

      March 09, 2011 at 4:56 pm

      What beautiful cupcakes! The rose filling is so creative – love it! 🙂

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    3. Roxan says

      March 09, 2011 at 3:47 pm

      OH MY! These look so good! Thank you so much for posting this. There is a sur la table right next to my yoga studio so I am totally going to go there and pick up my own rose extract. Rose muffins sound so heavenly.

      Reply
    4. adventuresomekitchen says

      March 09, 2011 at 3:23 pm

      Your post is so timely! I'm teaching a gf cupcake/muffin class tomorrow night at a local grocer. I only wish I had rose extract! I too have found Pamela's to be the best GF mix on the market, and if I need a mix, I use hers. In fact I have never worked on a brownie from scratch because the Pamela's are so good. And, you're right- no one ever knows they are GF! Thanks for the tip about the India Tree food coloring. I tried using raspberry juice for a cupcake I'm working on and was sadly disappointed.. I'll look for them. Have a great day!

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    5. Our Eyes Eat First says

      March 09, 2011 at 2:34 pm

      just great recipe and photos! I just recently did a rose flavored cake truffle dipped in white chocolate at OurEyesEatFirst.blogspot.com

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    6. Susan says

      March 09, 2011 at 1:37 pm

      … ooops! Kitchen! Why do I always make that mistake in their name … seriously!?!

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    7. Susan says

      March 09, 2011 at 1:35 pm

      Thanks for an excellent post! Loved the scope of it … there is such a wide discrepancy in GF products. It's always good to see reviews that help sort out the good, bad, and ugly … I am sad that Stonewall Farms' product fell down, though, as that is one of New England's 'local' products. Guess they need to work on their line. Your cupcakes look wonderful! I was wishing I could sample one … the rose cream filling looks so interesting! I also notice that your photography is just gorgeous! Have you been changing up your methods?

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    8. Chef Dennis says

      March 09, 2011 at 1:21 pm

      I have to get some of that rose extract, you make everything sound so good!! I love that pink filling inside the cupcakes, my girls would absolutely love them, I have to try it!!
      Who would ever know those were gluten free!!
      This looks like a top 9 to me!
      Cheers
      Dennis

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    9. Cardamom Hills says

      March 09, 2011 at 10:04 am

      first the photos are amazzzzzing gorgeous!!! second, i love the cupcakes and the frosting..looks absolutely soft and purrrrfect =) and last but never the least…i literally want both those cool gadgets you posted in there!!! Are they available online for international shipping? any idea? =)

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    10. claudia lamascolo says

      March 09, 2011 at 9:35 am

      awesome demo here on the cakes, love the pictures, and the filling looks yumm!

      Reply
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