fried - Cupcake Project https://www.cupcakeproject.com/tag/fried/ Baking and dessert recipes for cupcakes, cakes, muffins, pies, and everything in between - from perfected classics to new and adventurous indulgences Tue, 19 Apr 2022 03:17:08 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.1 /wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Cupcake-Project-Favicon.png fried - Cupcake Project https://www.cupcakeproject.com/tag/fried/ 32 32 Churros https://www.cupcakeproject.com/churros/ https://www.cupcakeproject.com/churros/#comments Tue, 08 Feb 2022 18:40:06 +0000 https://www.cupcakeproject.com/?p=46968 Homemade churros are easier to make than you might think. The texture of these is spot-on – nice and crispy on the outside and soft and light on the inside. Plus, they’re extra good when dipped in my Mexican chocolate sauce!

Blue plate with a stack of churros and a churros being dipped into chocolate sauce in the background

The recipe makes enough for a crowd, but you might not want to share!

Ingredients and Equipment

Overhead shot of churros ingredients

There are no unusual ingredients in this recipe. In fact, you may already have them all in your pantry.

Read the full article here]]> https://www.cupcakeproject.com/churros/feed/ 1 Gulab Jamun – Indian Syrup-Soaked Donut Holes https://www.cupcakeproject.com/gulab-jamun-indian-syrup-soaked-donut/ https://www.cupcakeproject.com/gulab-jamun-indian-syrup-soaked-donut/#comments Fri, 29 Oct 2010 15:22:00 +0000 http://gw.finelimedesigns.com/2010/10/gulab-jamun-indian-syrup-soaked-donut-holes-3/
Gulab jamun is the Indian version of donut holes. But, unlike the donut holes that I would mooch off of my brother’s soccer team while they were having halftime meetings, gulab jamun is not a finger food. Imagine, if you will, hot Krispy Kremes [paid link] fresh out of the fryer, soaked in sugar syrup, and then served on top of some extra syrup. That, my friends, is gulab jamun. Gulab jamun is a dish of little syrup sponges (in this case a cardamom syrup) that your arteries will hate you for but that you won’t be able to resist (if you feel guilty, you can remind yourself that they aren’t as fattening as deep-fried cupcakes).


Many recipes for gulab jamun use mixes [paid link], but as regular readers know, I am a 100% from-scratch kind of gal. I got my gulab jamun recipe from My Feasts. It worked perfectly, with one exception: the balls were supposed to be able to soak in the syrup for hours, but after two minutes, my balls were fully saturated. By the five-minute mark, they had completely fallen apart in the syrup. I have two theories as to why this happened: the syrup could have been too hot, or the balls might not have been fried long enough. If you have any thoughts on this, please leave a comment.

To work around that minor hiccup, I found that the best technique was to let the gulab jamun soak for two minutes and then remove them from the syrup with a slotted spoon. When I was ready to serve them (if I didn’t eat them immediately), I microwaved them for ten seconds at a time (until hot) and served them over a small amount of hot syrup.

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Orange, red wine, and cinnamon come together in cuddrireddra, an Italian deep fried cookie that resembles a biscotti in texture. Don’t let the frying scare you off. Everyone was surprised to hear that the cuddrireddra were deep fried – unlike donuts or funnel cake, they are not at all greasy. The cuddrireddra have a respectable crunch without being rock hard and the flavor is unique but comforting at the same time – like the smell of home cooked food that sometimes fills the hallways of apartment buildings.

One taster couldn’t help but remark over and over again that cuddrireddra are much better than chocolate chip cookies. It’s no surprise that she felt that way; cuddrireddra are the cookies that were worth tracking down for four years.

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To imagine deep fried cupcakes, picture biting into a piping hot funnel cake. As you bite into the hot doughy goodness, you hit a layer of melted chocolate and then a layer of hot chocolate cake. Your bite finishes with a final hit of funnel cake dough and a splash of powdered sugar. After licking your lips, you bring them to a big smile!

I’ve been thinking about making deep fried cupcakes for at least a year. I thought about deep fried cupcakes last Chanukah since I always make doughnuts (sufganiyot) on Chanukah and thought frying cupcakes would be a nice substitute for that. I got busy with other recipes and never got around to this concept.

When Chanukah came around this year, though, deep fried cupcakes were still bubbling in my brain – and now I had a mini Cuisinart deep fryer [paid link].

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