Breakfast in Bed Cupcakes

First off, don't forget to check me out on At Work, At Play or At Home All Day and my chocolate shop is being featured on Happy to be at Home today! I think I know how it happened now:-)

By popular demand, I am posting my recipe for my Iron Cupcake award winning cupcakes . And here it is:

Breakfast in Bed Cupcakes

Ingredients:

"French Toast":

2 eggs

1 tsp vanilla

1/4 tsp salt

1/2 cup plus 1 tbls sugar

2 1/2 cups heavy whipping cream

1 loaf of Brioche bread (1-1/2 lb.)

Filling:
1 pkg cream cheese (8 oz.)
1/2 cup powdered sugar
1 tbls vanilla
1/2 tsp cinnamon
6 oz. strawberries, sliced

Directions:
1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Butter jumbo muffin tins.

2. Mix all "French Toast" ingredients (except the bread) in a shallow bowl. Slice bread into 2 inch squares. Dip the bread into the custard. Overlap 6 to 7 squares in each muffin tin.

3. Bake for 30 minutes or until the custard is set. Cool on a wire rack for 10 minutes. Remove from pan and allow the cupcakes to completely cool.

4. Meanwhile, mix all the filling ingredients in a small bowl. Fill each cupcake with filling when it is completely cooled and top each with a strawberry. Enjoy.

Serves 6

Tackling Breakfast Cupcakes

It's time for Tackle It Tuesday with 5 Minutes for Mom .

We had another Iron Cupcake: Milwaukee Challenge yesterday! This month the theme was breakfast and my entry was Breakfast in Bed.

When I first heard about the challenge, I thought "What is the best breakfast I ever had?" The answer was clear. Two years ago, I made Stuffed French Toast for Christmas morning and it was by far the tastest. So, I knew that was it. I just needed to figure out a way to incorporate it into a cupcake.

The first thing that came to my mind was a charolette. This is a molded dessert lined with sponge cake, ladyfingers or buttered bread. I figured that the bread would become the cup of the cupcake. But it wasn't just bread; it was French Toast. This traditionally is bread dipped in egg and milk but I wanted to kick it up a notch. So, I used the custard from a bread pudding recipe for this component. And the "stuffed" part is a cream cheese filling. I finished this dish with a fresh strawberry garnish.

I served these beauties up on a wicker tray lined with my Grandmother's apron. Coupled with "Bacon and Eggs" from Kid's Cookie Day (it's just for show) and a glass of OJ and you have Breakfast in Bed.

Oh, by the way...I won!!!

Yeah Me:-) And...I am going to be on TV again!!

TMJ was filming last night and if you are in the Milwaukee area, watch at 10p.m.!! I am a media whore:-)