Ricotta Cupcakes
By: Anonymous
Published: Saturday, February 13, 2010 - 9:57am

Ingredients




For Cake
cup (1 ½ sticks) unsalted butter
1 cup sugar
2 lrgs eggs, beaten lightly
teaspoon pure vanilla extract
cup sifted flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
teaspoon salt
Freshly grated nutmeg
For Filling
3 pounds ricotta cheese
1 cup sugar
4 lrgs eggs, beaten lightly
teaspoon cinnamon

Preparation

1 Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Cream butter, add sugar, and beat until fluffy. 2 Beat in eggs, 1 at a time and vanilla. Sift flour, baking powder, salt and nutmeg. Add to butter mixture, 1/4 at a time, until it forms a dough. Chill, covered loosely. 3 Pinch off walnut-sized pieces of dough, roll out, cutting into 3 - inch rounds. Press into muffin tins. 4 For filling, combine ricotta, sugar, eggs, cinnamon. Spoon into shells and bake for 30 minutes. Let cool in tins for 15 minutes. Remove and cool thoroughly. 5 Makes 36 cupcakes. If you like you can dust with powered sugar.