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Chocolate Chip Cupcakes

Wednesday, December 8th, 2010

Now that school is over and I have settled into a routine with my job I realized I had a lot of free time on my hands after work. I was looking for a hobby and decided to do something that I wanted to do for so long. I finally decided to take a Wilton Cake Decorating Class at my local A.C. Moore. My sister is doing it with me which, makes me super excited to have a buddy to do it with.

Tonight is the first night of my class so in honor of the class I wanted to share with all of you a before cupcake and then in four weeks I will share with all of you a completed hopefully, beautiful cake decorated by yours truly. I do want to note that these cupcakes at least baking wise not recipe wise were not my greatest. I wasn’t paying attention when I turned on the oven and I set the oven to broil instead of bake. Therefore the tops came out cone like and browned the inside though was still moist. I caught this mistake halfway through the baking process so they weren’t too bad. I felt awful because these were for a co-workers birthday but everyone at work still seemed to enjoy them and I hope you do too. Enjoy!

Chocolate Chip Cupcakes

1 1/4 stick unsalted butter, softened

1 1/2 cups sugar

2 eggs

3 1/4 cups cake flour

1/4 teaspoon salt

2 1/2 teaspoons baking powder

1 cup milk

1/4 cup unsweetened apple sauce

1 tsp vanilla extract

8 oz semisweet chocolate chips

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (not on broil like me)

In a stand mixer fitted with a paddle attachment beat the butter until creamed. Add in sugar and mix until pale yellow and fluffy. Add in eggs, one at a time.

Over a large bowl sift together the flour, baking powder and salt. Add flour mixture into the mixer (with the mixer going) in 3 batches alternating with the milk (flour, milk, flour, milk, flour, milk). Add the applesauce and vanilla extract and mix to combine. Turn off mixer and fold in the chocolate chips.

Line a muffin tin with cupcake liners. Fill 2/3 of the way full with batter. I use an Oxo Ice Cream Scoop because one scoop is the perfect size to fill a regular size cupcake liner. Bake for 19-22 minutes until toothpick or tester comes out clean. Allow to cool on cooking racks before you frost the cupcakes.

Chocolate Chip Frosting

6 tablespoons milk

1 stick plus 6 tablespoons (14 tablespoons total) of unsalted butter, softened

4 cups powdered sugar

1 cup chocolate chips

In a stand mixer fitted with a paddle attachment add in butter and sugar. Turn mixer on and slowly add in the milk. Beat until fluffy white. Turn mixture off and fold in chocolate chips.

Frost the cupcakes anyway you like. Enjoy!

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Pumpkin Spice Cupcakes with Cream Cheese Frosting

Sunday, November 21st, 2010

This is the last post in my Thanksgiving Recipe Series. I wanted to end on a sweet note just like Thanksgiving dinner. I do not enjoy pumpkin pie, never have, don’t know if I ever will. There was no way I was going to make a pumpkin pie to share with all of you if I wasn’t going to enjoy it. I still wanted to share something pumpkin with all of you so I came up with a pumpkin spice cupcake recipe. It tastes like pumpkin but isn’t overwhelming. The cream cheese frosting isn’t too sweet either balancing out the pumpkin nicely. It will (and did) make a great option for breakfast the next morning. I hope you all enjoy it too especially, all of you there that don’t like pumpkin pie like me.

Pumpkin Spice Cupcakes

2 cups flour

1 tsp baking soda

1 teaspoon baking powder

1 teaspoon salt

1 teaspoon cinnamon

1/4 teaspoon nutmeg

1/4 teaspoon all spice

1 cup brown sugar

1 cup sugar

2 sticks unsalted butter, at room temperature

2 eggs

1 cup pumpkin puree (not pumpkin pie)

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.

In a large bowl whisk together the flour, baking soda, baking powder, salt, cinnamon, nutmeg and all spice. Set aside. In a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment cream together the butter, brown sugar, and white sugar, until pale yellow. Add in eggs. Slowly add in the dry ingredients. Allow the mixer to incorporate the dry ingredients into the creamed butter. Add in pumpkin puree. Place the mixture into a cupcake tray lined with paper liners. Baked for 20-22 minutes, until a toothpick comes out dry when placed into cupcake. Allow to cool then top with frosting.

Cream Cheese Frosting

8 oz cream cheese, at room temperature

2 tablespoons unsalted butter, at room temperature

1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract

1 1/2 cups confectioners sugar

Using a stand mixer to hand mixer beat the cream cheese until fluffy. Add in butter. Then add in vanilla and confectioners sugar and beat until combined.

Frost cupcakes and enjoy!

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S’More Cupcakes

Thursday, March 25th, 2010

Yum! These are my go to cupcakes. I have been making these for years and they have always been a big hit. They have always been every-one’s favorite. I use regular yellow cake mix and doctor it up. The hardest part is toasting the marshmallows at the end. I wanted to make these to kick off BBQ season (and I needed it for my logo), now I just need to make some real s’mores in my fire-pit.

1 box yellow cake mix

Eggs, Oil and Water (according to package instructions)

1 sleeve of graham crackers, crushed

1 cup chocolate chips

1 tablespoon flour

1 bag of marshmallows (you can use large or mini marshmallows)

Chocolate pieces for decorating

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.

Crush graham crackers. I do so lightly in the package they come in. Don’t pop the bag or you will have a big mess. You can also place them in a large plastic bag and go over them with a rolling pin. They do not have to be crumb size, chunks work well in this recipe. Add flour to the chocolate chips. Set aside the chocolate chips and graham crackers.

Assemble cake mix according to the package directions. Mix until smooth. Add in graham crackers and chocolate chips to combine.

Line 2 muffin pans with liners. This recipe makes approx 22-24 cupcakes. Fill each cupcake liner with cake mix. I like to use an ice cream scoop it’s the perfect size to fill the muffin tins. Bake according to package directions.

Allow cupcakes to cool. Once cupcakes are baked top each cupcake with marshmallows. You can get creative here. You can use one marshmallow or several. I like to cut them in half and place 4 halves on the top of the cupcake.

To brown the cupcakes you can do it one of two ways. I like to get fancy and use my blow torch (I have to use it for something) or you can place the cupcakes under the broiler. If you go with the broiler option (which I do use regularly) watch them carefully and don’t put them too close to the flame. When the marshmallows are toasted top with chocolate pieces. Enjoy!