Sweet Potato Cupcake with Walnut & Mint Cream

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Sweet Potato Cupcake with Walnut & Mint Cream is an innovative dish, I tried for the contest #FIAwinterenergizer conducted by Foodaholics in Ahmedabad group on Facebook.

The ingredient given to us were: Sweet Potato, Walnut, Mint and Fresh Cream. After lot of brainstorming, considering, and re-considering ideas, this is what I came up with:

Sweet Potato Cupcake

Ingredients:
  • Boiled & Grated Sweet Potato – 2
  • All purpose Flour – 1 cup
  • Grinded Sugar – 1 cup
  • Butter – 65 gms
  • Rose Essence – ½ teaspoon
  • Vanilla Custard Powder – 1 Tablespoon
  • Soda Water – 1 cup
  • Baking Soda – 1 teaspoon
  • Baking Powder – 1 Tablespoon
  • Oil – 1 Tablespoon

Method:
  • In a bowl, add butter and whisk it for some time till it becomes light.
  • Add Sugar slowly to it and keep mixing till the mixture becomes fluffy
  • Sieve all purpose flour, baking soda, and baking powder and Vanilla custard powder.
  • Mix it with butter-sugar batter. Pour the soda water at regular interval in the batter to medium consistency.
  • Drop rose essence to this mixture, fold it, and keep aside.
  • Grease the cupcake mould with oil and pour the batter into it.
  • Adjust it in pre-heated oven and bake it at 180 C for 25-30 minutes.

 
Sweet Potato Cupcake with Walnut & Mint Cream
Walnut & Mint Cream

Ingredients:
  • Soaked walnuts – ½ cup
  • Mint leaves – 1 cup
  • Chopped Green chili – 1
  • Chopped Ginger – ½ teaspoon
  • Salt – As per taste
  • Citric Acid ( Tatri)/Lime Juice – 1 teaspoon
  • Water – As needed
  • Fresh Cream/Cream – 2 tablespoon

 Method:
  • In a mixer grinder, add walnuts, green chili, mint leaves, salt, citric acid/lime juice, ginger, and salt.
  • Grind them to a fine paste just as you make a chutney.
  • Add fresh cream in it to make it thick  and use it as topping.
Walnut & Mint Chutney


 Tips:
  • Use separate bowl for mixing fresh cream and the walnut & mint paste.
  • You can use the rest as Chutney/Sauce – a perfect accompaniment with starters.

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