Chocolate Cupcakes With Chocolate Marshmallow Buttercream Frosting Recipe 415

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°. Line cupcake pans with cupcake papers (this recipe makes 24 cupcakes), set aside. Stir together flour, cocoa powder, baking powder, baking soda, and salt in mixing bowl, set aside. Beat butter on medium speed 30 seconds in large bowl. Add eggs, then sugar gradually until fully combined. Mix in vanilla, add milk and flour mixture alternately on low speed. Beat on higher speed one minute, or until well combined and smooth. Pour the batter into cupcake pan, filling each 2/3 full. Bake for 20 minutes, or until a toothpick comes out clean when inserted into the center of a cupcake. Cool. Chocolate Marshmallow Buttercream Frosting: Beat together butter, marshmallow creme, and vanilla. Slowly mix in cocoa powder and powdered sugar. Add milk one tsp at a time to make desired spreading consistency. Frost cupcakes and add Zebra marshmallows.

Steps:

• Cupcakes: sift the flour, cocoa, baking soda, baking powder and salt into the bowl of a heavy mixer fitted with the paddle attachment; add sugar.
• Turn the mixer on low and add, in order; water, milk, eggs, oil and vanilla; scrape down the sides of the bowl and beat on medium, briefly, to achieve a smooth batter.
• Scoop the batter into muffin tins lines with paper baking cups; each cup should be about half full; slide the tins onto a baking sheet and bake at 325° until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, about 30 minutes.
• While cupcakes are cooling, prepare the frosting.
• Frosting: Cream the butter in the bowl of a mixer, using the paddle attachment; beat in the corn syrup, vanilla and salt.
• With the machine off, spoon in the cocoa; carefully turn the mixer on low so as to avoid death by cocoa inhalement; do likewise for the sugar, in three parts; last, add the cream then beat until fluffy.
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• When the cupcakes are completely cool, frost generously and shake on some sprinkles if you like.

Steps:

• In medium bowl, beat powdered sugar and butter with spoon or electric mixer on low speed until blended. Stir in vanilla and chocolate.
• Gradually beat in just enough milk to make frosting smooth and spreadable. If frosting is too thick, beat in more milk, a few drops at a time. If frosting becomes too thin, beat in a small amount of powdered sugar. Frosts 13x9-inch cake generously, or fills and frosts an 8- or 9-inch two-layer cake.