Chocolate Chocolate Cheesecake Cupcakes

Double Birthday! Recipe comes from The Big Book of Cupcakes: 150 Brilliantly Delicious Dreamcakes

Ingredients:

• Cupcake
• 1 cup cocoa powder
• 2 cups boiling water
• 1 cup butter, softened
• 2 cups superfine sugar
• 4 eggs
• 2 3/4 cups all-flour
• 1 tsp baking soda
• 1 tsp baking powder
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• Chocolate Cream Cheese Frosting
• 8 oz cream cheese, softened
• 1/2 cup butter, softened
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 1/4 tsp salt
• 16 oz powdered sugar
• 1/3 cup cocoa powder
• 1/4 cup whipping cream
• Bar of chocolate

Directions:

1) Combine cocoa and 2 cups boiling water in a large heatproof bowl, stirring until blended and smooth.
2) Let cool.
3) Preheat the oven to 350F/176C






4) Beat butter with a mixer until creamy.









5) Add sugar slowly, beating until blended.








6) Add eggs, one at a time, beating until blended after each addition.








7) Combine flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt.









8) Add to butter mixture alternating with cocoa mixture, beginning and ending with flour mixture.
9) Stir in vanilla extract.

 10) Place paper baking cups in cupcake pans and coat with cooking spray.









11) Spoon batter into cups, about 3-4 spoonfuls each.
12) Bake for 12-15 minutes.

13) To make the frosting, mix the cream cheese, butter, vanilla and salt until creamy.







14) Combine powdered sugar and cocoa.
15) Add to the cream cheese mixture alternately with cream, beginning and ending with powdered sugar mixture.
16) Beat at high speed 2 minutes or until creamy.







17) Poke a hole in the top of the cupcakes.
18) Fill the cupcake with the frosting and then frost the top.






19) Microwave the chocolate bar for 20 seconds.
20) Use a vegetable peeler to make curls.
21) Place on top of the cupcakes.

 Special Birthday Cupcakes

 

Lemon, Coconut and, Blueberries Cupcakes

 National Bake Week! and it's Easter soon and I got cute cupcake wrappers and things to stick in the cupcakes.

Take from here

Ingredients:

• Cupcakes
• 2 large eggs
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1/2 cup olive oil
• 1 cup vanilla yoghurt
• 3 TBSP lemon juice and zest
• 1 1/2 cup cake flour
• 1 cup - 2 TBSP all purpose flour + 2 TBSP corn starch
• 1/2 cup sweetened coconut
• 1 TBSP baking powder
• pinch of salt
• 1 cup of blueberries
• Frosting
• 1/2 cup butter, room temp
• 1/2 cup cream cheese, room temp
• 2 tsp grated lemon peel
• 1 tsp vanilla
• 2 cups powdered sugar

Directions:

1) Preheat the oven to 350F/176C.

2) Line muffin tins with cupcakes liners.

3) Mix eggs and sugar in a large bowl.

 

4) Add olive oil, yoghurt, lemon juice and zest and mix.

5) Add in cake flour, coconut, baking powder and salt and mix.

 

6) Add blueberries and mix.

 

7) Fill cupcake liners 2/3 of the way full.

8) Bake for 20 minutes.

9) Let cool before icing.

 

10) Mix butter, cream cheese, grated peel and vanilla.

 

11) Add in powdered sugar and mix.

12) Spread over the cupcake.

Rum and Coke Cupcakes

Taken from here and made for a friend who loves Rum and Coke!
Ingredients:

• Coke Cupcakes
• 2 cups flour
• 2 cups sugar
• 1 cup butter
• 3 TBSP cocoa powder
• 1/2 cup buttermilk
• 2 eggs, room temperature
• 1 tsp baking soda
• 1 tsp vanilla
• 1 1/2 cup mini marshmallows (or large ones that have been cut up)
• Rum Glaze
• 5 egg whites
• 1 1/2 cups sugar
• 1 cup butter (recipe called for 2 but I tasted and was good with one)
• 1/4 tsp salt
• 1/2 cup dark rum

Directions:

1) Preheat oven to 350 degrees. 
2) Line pan with cupcake liners.
3) Combine flour and sugar.






4) Combine margarine, cola and cocoa and boil.










5) Add marshmallows and stir until melted. It will begin to rise to be sure to keep an eye on it.
6) Remove from heat.

7) Add to the flour and sugar mixture.










8) Mix in buttermilk, eggs, baking soda and vanilla. It will be very liquid-y!






9) Fill cupcake liners 1/2 or 2/3 full and bake for 17-20 minutes.

10) Combine egg whites and sugar over heat.
11) Remove from heat
12) Mix with a blender until peaks are formed. I'm not sure where my blender went, so I was never able to reach this point, and the frosting was left as more of a glaze--which is fine too because it still tastes good, but does not look as pretty.
13) Add butter in a bit at a time, mixing well.
14) Add salt and rum and mix.
15) Add to cooled cupcakes. I poked a hole in them to add some to the middle too!