Individual Grape and Vin Santo Cakes
Delicate individual cakes made with sweet Vin Santo wine and fresh red grapes, finished with a dusting of sugar. These elegant desserts combine the flavors of wine-soaked grapes with hints of orange zest for a sophisticated treat.
Ingredients
- •1½ cups all-purpose flour
- •1½ teaspoons baking powder
- •½ teaspoon baking soda
- •¼ teaspoon salt
- •1 stick unsalted butter
- •⅔ cup granulated sugar
- •2 large eggs
- •1 tablespoon grated orange zest
- •⅔ cup Vin Santo
- •1¼ cups seedless red grapes
- •1 pan jumbo muffin pan
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- •2 tablespoons confectioners sugar
Cooking Instructions
- 1.
Preheat oven to 375°F with rack in middle. Generously butter muffin cups and dust with flour, knocking out excess.
5 min
- 2.
Whisk together 1 1/2 cups flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt.
3 min
- 3.
Beat butter with 2/3 cup granulated sugar using an electric mixer at medium speed until light and fluffy. Add eggs 1 at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in zest.
8 min
- 4.
Add flour mixture in 2 batches alternately with wine, beginning and ending with flour and mixing until just incorporated.
5 min
- 5.
Toss grapes with remaining tablespoon flour, then fold into batter.
2 min
- 6.
Divide batter among muffin cups. Sprinkle with remaining 2 tablespoons granulated sugar. Bake until golden and springy to the touch, 18 to 20 minutes. Cool in pan 5 minutes, then loosen with a knife and remove. Cool to warm, 5 to 10 minutes more.
35 min
