Sweet Potato Cupcakes with Toasted Marshmallow Frosting Recipe

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Sweet Potato Cupcakes with Toasted Marshmallow Frosting
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  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Line 12 muffin cups with cupcake liners.
  2. Beat butter and brown sugar with an electric mixer in a large bowl until light and fluffy. Add room-temperature eggs one at a time, allowing each egg to blend into the butter mixture before adding the next. Blend in vanilla extract and sweet potatoes.
  3. Whisk flour, baking powder, baking soda, 1/2 teaspoon salt, cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg, and cloves in a bowl. Add half the flour to the sweet potato mixture, stirring just until incorporated. Blend in the milk and the remaining flour mixture.
  4. Scoop batter into prepared cupcake pan and bake in preheated oven until tops spring back when touched lightly with a finger and a toothpick inserted in the center of a cupcake comes out clean, 18 to 22 minutes. Cool on rack.
  5. To make frosting, combine white sugar, cream of tartar, a pinch of salt, egg whites, and cold water in a heatproof mixing bowl. Set the mixing bowl over a pan of simmering water and beat with an electric mixer until the mixture is very hot to the touch and stiff peaks have formed, 5 to 7 minutes. Remove the bowl from the heat and beat 1 minute more. Add 1 teaspoon vanilla extract and marshmallow creme and beat until combined.
  6. To frost the cupcakes, fill a pastry bag fitted with a large plain tip with frosting; pipe mini marshmallow-shaped dots all over the cupcakes. Alternatively, use a knife and frost them generously with lots of swoops and swirls.
  7. Set oven rack about 6 inches from the heat source and preheat the oven's broiler.
  8. Arrange 3 or 4 cupcakes on a baking sheet and place them in the oven under the broiler. Toast until the frosting has started to brown, about 90 seconds (check every 20 seconds and rearrange the baking sheet, if necessary). Repeat with the remaining cupcakes until all are toasted.
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Nutrition Facts

Per ServingPer 100 g
Amount Per 1 Serving
Calories 328.94 Kcal (1377 kJ)
Calories from fat 77.76 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 8.64g 13%
Cholesterol 47.82mg 16%
Sodium 195.37mg 8%
Potassium 248.99mg 5%
Total Carbs 59.05g 20%
Sugars 37.74g 151%
Dietary Fiber 1.07g 4%
Protein 4.35g 9%
Vitamin C 1.3mg 2%
Vitamin A 0.2mg 8%
Iron 1.7mg 9%
Calcium 89.3mg 9%
Amount Per 100 g
Calories 286.31 Kcal (1199 kJ)
Calories from fat 67.68 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 7.52g 13%
Cholesterol 41.62mg 16%
Sodium 170.05mg 8%
Potassium 216.72mg 5%
Total Carbs 51.4g 20%
Sugars 32.84g 151%
Dietary Fiber 0.93g 4%
Protein 3.79g 9%
Vitamin C 1.2mg 2%
Vitamin A 0.2mg 8%
Iron 1.5mg 9%
Calcium 77.7mg 9%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
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Tastes

  • salty
  • savory
  • bitter
  • sweet
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Weightwatchers Points

  • 7.1
    Points
  • 9
    PointsPlus

Good Points

  • saturated fat free

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