Traditional filled Izidor cupcakes

7. 10. 2025

One of the tastiest candies that should definitely not be missing from your Christmas table. Try this proven version!

Ingredients:

Cupcakes

• 400 g plain flour
• 200 g of sugar
• 250 g of butter
• 150 g ground walnuts
• 1 egg
• 2 tablespoons of unsweetened cocoa powder
• zest and juice of one lemon
• a pinch of ground cinnamon

Nut filling

• 300 g ground walnuts
• 100 g of powdered sugar
• 100 ml of rum
• 2 teaspoons of vanilla sugar
• currant jam

Chocolate cream

• 300 g of butter
• 150 g of sugar
• 3 eggs
• 2 tablespoons of unsweetened cocoa powder
• 2 teaspoons of vanilla sugar

Chocolate topping

• 200 g of cooking chocolate
• 100 g of butter

Method:

1. Preheat the oven to 170°C.
2. In a bowl, mix all the ingredients for the cupcakes – sifted flour, sugar, melted butter, eggs, ground nuts, cocoa powder, lemon zest and juice, and ground cinnamon.
3. Work thoroughly into the dough and then fill the cupcake tins with it.
4. Place in the oven and bake until golden brown for approximately 10-15 minutes.
5. Leave the baked cupcakes to cool completely.
6. Meanwhile, mix ground nuts with sugar, rum and vanilla for the nut filling.
7. Then spread each cupcake with currant jam and use a garnish or a coffee spoon to apply the walnut filling.
8. The third step is to prepare the cream, which you prepare by beating eggs with sugar, butter and cocoa.
9. Fill the decoration with the cream and apply the cream to the cookies.
10. Put it in the fridge to solidify for a while.
11. Apply the chocolate cream to the cookies also with the help of a decoration and let it harden in the fridge.
12. Then prepare the frosting by melting the chocolate in the butter, lightly dip the cupcakes in it and put it back in the refrigerator.

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