Star Trek Cupcakes

Let's get started!

1. Preheat oven to 350ºF.
2. In a medium bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder, and salt, until well combined.
3. In a separate bowl, use an electric hand mixer to cream together butter and sugar until light and fluffy.
4. Add in eggs one at a time, mixing after each egg, and then add vanilla and almond extracts.
5. Alternate between adding the dry ingredients and the milk to the creamed mixture bowl (1/3 dry, mix, 1/2 wet, mix, etc.).
6. Scoop the batter into a lined cupcake tray. Bake for 18 to 20 minutes.

1. In a medium bowl, whisk together the cocoa powder, sugar, flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt, until well combined.
2. In a separate bowl, whisk together the egg, oil, water, and milk. Combine wet and dry ingredients.
3. Scoop the batter into a lined cupcake tray. Bake for 18 to 20 minutes.

1. In a small sauce pot, combine blueberries, sugar, cinnamon, and salt, and cook on medium heat for 15 to 20 minutes.
2. In a mixing bowl, whisk together eggs and sugar.
3. Add flour, baking powder, and salt and then whisk until well combined.
4. Use a rubber spatula to fold in the blueberry compote, sour cream, and melted butter. Add a few drops of blue food coloring.
5. Scoop the batter into a lined cupcake tray. Bake for 18 to 20 minutes.

1. Pour cream into a small sauce pot and cook on medium heat until scalding. Remove from the heat and pour over chocolate chips in a medium mixing bowl. Let sit for 3 to 5 minutes and then stir together until smooth. Refrigerate for 10 to 15 minutes.
2. Add about 1/2 cup of strawberry jam to the ganache and mix with a rubber spatula.

1. In a medium mixing bowl, combine vanilla pudding mixture and milk. Whisk together and refrigerate for 10 minutes.

Time to Decorate!

1. After all of the cupcakes have baked and cooled, use a corer to cut out their centers.
2. Place each filling into a decorating bag with a #12 tip. Squeeze lemon curd into the vanilla cupcake, strawberry ganache into the chocolate cupcake, and vanilla pudding into the blueberry cupcake.
3. Squeeze a dollop of yellow frosting on each vanilla cupcake. Top with 3 raspberries and then cover the raspberries with a yellow swirl (PICTURE at 8:21).
4. Place a strawberry upside down on top of each chocolate cupcake and then cover with a swirl of red frosting (PICTURE at 8:45).
5. Dab each blueberry cupcake with blue frosting and top with 3 to 5 blueberries. Cover the blueberries with a swirl of blue frosting (PICTURE at 8:57).
6. Use fondant to create Star Trek insignias (PICTURE at 9:34).
7. TaDa! These Star Trek Cupcakes are ready to live long and prosper... until it's time to be eaten!