Delicate honey cupcakes topped with cinnamon mascarpone whipped frosting, sprinkled with chopped pistachios and drizzled with honey syrup. A miniature slice of homemade sweet baklava top these Baklava Cupcakes.
O.M.G. I know that phrase is wildly overused, but O.M.G.
On Monday I slaved away in the kitchen making Apple Cinnamon Baklava. Just kidding…It was so much easier than I expected and the final result was out of this world. Picture if Christmas morning and Miss Baklava hooked up and had a baby. Not out of wedlock of course. Miss Baklava is a very traditional kind of lady. That’s what my Apple Cinnamon Baklava tasted like. Lovliness. These Baklava Cupcakes are a special kind of lovely.
As it baked in the oven, I had a vision of these cupcakes. Fluffy mascarpone delicately sitting on a light, not overly sweet honey cupcake and a gorgeous piece of baklava perched on top. With a lot of hand slapping, I managed to save some Baklava on the side specifically for these Baklava Cupcakes.
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