Portuguese Belém cupcake recipe

Belém cakes, also known as cream cupcakes, are the most popular sweets in Portugal, especially Lisbon. In fact, in 2011 this sweet was chosen as one of the 7 wonders of Portuguese cuisine. If you have tried them, you will probably think that this recognition is more than deserved, and that is that these Portuguese cakes are a delicacy. In recipes, we share the recipe for the Portuguese cream cake, the authentic one, so you can prepare it at home and enjoy this Delicia whenever you want. His ingredients are very easy to get and the step by step is not easy, so that he continues to read, discover how to make Belém cupcakes and get down to work.

Ingredients to make Portuguese Belém cupcakes:

1. Prepare the cream you will use to fill the Belém cakes. To do this, mix the cream with egg yolks, flour and sugar. Then, cook this mixture over medium-low heat with the lemon zest cut into thick strips to remove them later and the cinnamon branch. Stir until it boils. With the egg whites left over, you can prepare a whip of whites, homemade meringue or whatever you want.

Trick: School the yolks to avoid a strong egg smell.

2. Turn off the fire, remove the lemon peel and cinnamon branch. It covers the cream with a sheet of film film touching it directly to prevent a thick layer from being formed on the surface. Reserve it to cool completely.

3. Press the oven to 200 ºC and extend the puff pastry sheet. Then, cut circles of about 5 cm in diameter, which is the usual size of Portuguese cream cakes, and place them inside individual molds to make muffins. The mass of covering the background and walls. Prepare your own puff pastry following the step by step of this recipe: homemade puff pastry.

4. When the cream is at room temperature, replace it between the different molds but without reaching them completely. Bake the Belém cupcakes at 200 ºC for 15-20 minutes, or until the cream is slightly burned.

Trick: The burned surface is one of the characteristics of Portuguese cream cakes, so do not worry about presenting them in this way.

5. Let the homemade Belém cupcakes cool before eating them and enjoying them during breakfast or snack, accompanied by a good coffee. You can reserve them in the fridge to last a little more. The typical sweets of Porto, Lisbon and, in general, of all Portugal are a delight for the darker. Therefore, we encourage you to try this other chocolate cake and Portuguese chestnuts. And to make a complete menu, do not stop trying the traditional cod with Portuguese cream.

Trick: The filling of these cupcakes decreases as it cools, this is normal.