LiveSTRONG With A Taste Of Yellow 2010 ~ Passionfruit Butter Cupcakes

This is the second year I've been able to submit an entry to Wino's and Foodies A Taste Of Yellow event which is held every year in support of the Lance Armstrong Foundation.  To see last year's entry please click here.  This year's entry is a little late, LiveSTRONG Day was yesterday, but Barbara will be taking entries posted all this week so its not too late if you would also like to participate.

So of course my entry invloves passionfruit ... again!  Not going to apologise, this fruit is a gift from the Gods!  And this year Barbara has added an extra theme to the event, each entry needs to contain a heart as well as be yellow.  This is my kind of foodie event ;0)

Passionfruit Butter Cupcakes

230g SR flour

230g butter

230g caster sugar
4 eggs
6 passionfruit, halved

Preheat the oven to 180C.  Line two 12 hole muffin trays with cupcake papers.

Sift the flour to aerate and set aside until required.

Beat the butter and sugar together in a bowl with electric beaters until light.  Add the eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition.  Fold in the flour alternately with the passionfruit pulp.

Divide the mixture between the cupcake papers and bake for 15 mins. (I used an ice cream scoop to ensure all the cakes were even in size).

Cool cupcakes in the muffin trays for 5 mins before removing the cupcakes to a wire rack to cool completely.

Makes 24
Adapted from Divine Cupcakes

Passionfruit Frosting
125g butter, softened
500g icing sugar
4 passionfruit
1 tsp milk

Beat the butter in a bowl with electric beaters until creamy.  Add half the icing sugar and the pulp of two passionfruit (I strained the juice from the little black pips for asthetics only!).  Beat until the mixture is light and creamy, and begins to increase in volume.  Add the remaining icing sugar, passionfruit pulp and the milk, and continue beating until light and creamy.

Adapted from Divine Cupcakes

I made the hearts from fondant that I had coloured previously, I used two differnet shades of yellow and pink to create a marbled effect and then just used a heart shaped cutter.