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Cupcake Hero: Honey melon cupcakes with a quark cream filling and a lemon-honey melon glaze.
 This is my first Cupcake Hero challenge and i'm so excited. The theme for June was melon, which i thought was quite challenging to use in baking. Coming up with a way to incorporate melon into a cupcake was a lot of fun and a new challenge. I came up with numerous ideas and couldn't wait to try them out. When i first saw that the theme ingredient for June was melon, I couldn't have been happier. Currently where I am, which is in Kyrgyzstan, ( I know, you're probably wondering "where in the world is that?!"), they have the BEST and juciest melons. Now is the season for their Dinyas and Arbuzis or in other words watermelons and honey melons. Watermelons and honey melons are being sold at the local fruit and vegetable markets and by the side of the roads in huge stacks now, as well as the honey melons. It's a real treat to buy them so locally and fresh. Brought from a village not far from Bishkek, so freshness is definitely guaranteed. I absolutely love honey melon, it's my favorite out of all the melons, which is also why I decided to use it in my cupcakes, instead of watermelon. These cupcakes had a great flavor, although next time I would add a bit more honey melon puree into the cupcakes, just to get more of the melon flavor. The filling worked well with the cupcakes and the lemony glaze. The quark here in Kyrgyzstan is different from that in Finland and elsewhere of course. It has a more gritty texture but the flavor is wonderfully rich and creamy. I also decided to add a slice of strawberry in the middle of he filling with 2-3 small cubes of honey melon. While I was thinking of flavor combinations for the cupcakes, I tried a lot of different fruits with honey melon to see what flavor combinations worked and strawberry just happened to be the best, they really work well together. The cupcake overall had a great flavor, filling and all.  Cupcakes: ( makes about ~8) Vanilla base cupcake Ingredients: 3/4 cup flour 3/4 tsp baking powder 56.5 grams unsalted butter, room temperature 1/4 cup sugar 1 egg, room temperature 1 tsp vanilla sugar 1/4 cup milk 1/4 tsp vanilla extract 1/4 cup honey melon puree 1. Cream the butter until smooth. Add in the sugar gradually and the vanilla sugar. Beat until smooth and creamy. 2. Add in the egg and mix until incorporated. 3. In a separate bowl combine the dry ingredients. Add these to the creamed mixture alternating with the milk. ( make sure that the milk is at room temperature.) Make sure to also not overbeat the mixture. 4. Bake in the oven at 177 C for 20-25 mins. 5. Once the cupcakes have come out of the oven let them cool completely. Once the cupcakes have completely cooled you can start with the filling of the cupcakes. There are many ways in which you can fill a cupcake. I personally like to use Chockylit's cone method. Other tips for filling a cupcake can be found here. 6. Once you have the cupcake ready for filling place a little bit of the quark filling in the center and then add a slice of strawberry and 2-3 cubes of honey melon. Top with a dollop of quark and place the top back on. 7. When all the cupcakes have been filled, it is time to glaze the cupcakes. Pour a little bit of the lemon-honey melon icing on each cupcake until evenly coated. Quark Cream Filling: 50 grams fresh quark 1 tbsp sugar ( add more if you prefer it sweeter) 2 tsp honey melon juice A few slices of small strawberries to place in the center A few small cubes of honey melon to place in the center (with the strawberries) Place the quark, sugar and honey melon juice in a bowl and mix until smooth and creamy. When filling the cupcakes, add a bit of the filling in the center (don't fill it too much) and then place a slice of strawberry on top and 2-3 small cubes of honey melon, then add some more quark filling on top and place the top back on. Lemon-honey melon glaze: 128 grams icing/confectioners sugar sifted 1-2 tbsp lemon juice 1 tbsp honey melon juice 1 tsp lemon zest Mix all the ingredients in a bowl and mix until smooth. Add more or less honey melon or lemon juice to get the right consistency. The glaze should be a good pouring consistency, but not watery thin. Pour the glaze on the cupcakes and give them a swirl to get the glaze to completely cover the top of the cupcake.  related searches : Cupcake
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