Chewy apple cupcake

Winter in Hong Kong is the time to play with glutinous rice flour in baking. I like the totally different result, the unique chewy texture by substituting normal wheat flour with glutinous rice flour. This cupcake has a crumbly outside and chewy sour apple flavored middle.

 

Chewy apple cupcake

Glutinous rice flour 300gm

Baking powder 5gm/1 teaspoon

Grated cooking apple 450gm (in juice of one lemon)

Butter 150gm

Egg 2

Sugar 80gm

Pinch of salt

1. Mix flour with baking powder, sugar and salt.

2. Melt butter, mix with grated apple and 2 beaten eggs.

3. Add flour into butter mixture, stir well, add cold water if stiff, should aim at a thick paste consistency.

4. Spoon into paper lined cup cake tin, bake at 180˚C until golden, around 45 minutes.