Elizaveta
Vageena
Pastry chef at her own pastry workshop
Moscow

I am an economist by education, a graduate of the Higher School of Economics. Now I manage my own pastry workshop established in 2015.

Mezeskalacs (Hungarian painted gingerbread honey cookies) became my first pastry hobby; the skills acquired at art school came in handy here. Then I was fond of English cakes decorated with icing in Lambeth style. From the external decoration, I came to the very essence of the cakes. I am learning from the experience of French pastry chefs — great masters of their craft, with Russian chefs whom I love and respect very much… I focus on my self-developing both as a pastry master and as a businessperson.

SPICED HONEY CUPCAKES

Elizaveta
Vageena
Pastry chef at her own pastry workshop
Moscow
Ingredients

(for 12 pcs)

  • Dough
  • GRANDPRO Cake margarine 80 g
  • Sugar 110 g
  • Eggs 120 g
  • Honey 40 g
  • Wheat flour 150 g
  • Baking powder 4 g
  • Baking soda 4 g
  • Ground cinnamon 1.5 tsp.
  • Ground cardamom 0.25 tsp.
  • Grated nutmeg 0.25 tsp.
  • Milk 80 g
  • Cranberry confit
  • Cranberry puree 200 g
  • Sugar100 g
  • Pectin 10 g
  • Sour cream topping
  • GRANDPRO Cream margarine 120 g
  • Powdered sugar 50 g
  • Sour cream 20% fat 180 g
  • Vanilla paste 10 g
cooking

Cupcake batter

  • All the ingredients should be at room temperature. Whisk GRANDPRO Cake margarine with sugar until white. Add eggs one by one; then add honey.
  • Sift all the dry ingredients; add them to the margarine and sugar mixture. Stir to combine them well. Add milk. Stir until smooth.
  • Put the batter in cupcake molds and bake at 180°C for about 20 minutes.

Cranberry confit

  • Heat cranberry puree to 40°C; add sugar mixed with pectin. Cook until thickened. Cool and put to a pastry bag.

Sour cream topping

  • Whisk GRANDPRO Cream margarine with powdered sugar until fluffy. Gradually add sour cream, keep on whisking. Add vanilla paste finally.

Assembling the dessert

  • Make a hole in the cupcake; fill it with cranberry confit. Decorate with a fluffy cap of sour cream topping.