Peppermint Swirl Cupcakes Recipes

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°F. Place paper baking cup in each of 24 regular-size muffin cups.
• In large bowl, beat cake mix, water, oil, egg whites and peppermint extract with electric mixer on low speed 30 seconds. Beat on medium speed 2 minutes, scraping bowl occasionally. Divide batter in half. To 1 portion, add food color; stir until uniform in color. In each muffin cup, place 2 tablespoons red batter; top with 2 tablespoons white batter. Swirl white batter through red batter with knife for marbled design.
• Bake 18 to 20 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool 10 minutes; remove from pans to cooling racks. Cool completely, about 30 minutes.
• Frost cupcakes with frosting. Top each with crushed peppermint candies.

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Line a cupcake or muffin pan with 24 regular-size cupcake liners.
• Combine the chocolate chips and hot coffee together, stirring occasionally until the chocolate is melted and the mixture is smooth. In a large bowl sift together the sugar, flour, cocoa powder, baking soda, baking powder and salt. In another bowl, beat the eggs with an electric mixer until thickened slightly. Slowly add the buttermilk, oil and vanilla. Add the melted chocolate mixture to the eggs, and combine completely. Add the sugar mixture and beat on medium speed until well combined.
• Fill the prepared cupcake liners three-quarters full with the cupcake batter. Place in the oven and bake until a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean, 18 to 21 minutes. Cool the cupcakes completely.
• While the cupcakes are baking, prepare the Chocolate Ganache and the Peppermint Marshmallow Buttercream Frosting. Put the frosting into a pastry bag fitted with a star tip.
• To assemble: Using an apple corer, remove the center of each cupcake. Fill each cupcake with a spoonful of the Chocolate Ganache. Using the frosting-filled pastry bag, frost the cupcakes. Sprinkle with crushed peppermint candies.
• Bring the heavy cream and butter to a simmer in a small saucepan. Turn off the heat and add in the chocolate. Stir the mixture until smooth. Set aside to cool.
• Whip together the butter and marshmallow cream, using an electric mixer fitted with a whisk attachment. Add the peppermint extract. Slowly add 2 cups of the powdered sugar and continue to mix on a slow speed. Add the milk and additional powdered sugar, up to 2 cups, until desired consistency is reached.

Steps:

• preheat oven to 180 degrees celcius
• melt butter in small saucepan over low heat until almost all of the butter is melted. take off heat and allow the rest of the butter to melt in radiant heat. cool for 5 minute.
• whisk eggs and milk in a medium bowl until well combined and frothy. add butter. whisk well.
• combine flour and sugar in a large bowl and make a well in the centre. add egg mixture. mix until very well combined and smooth so there is no flour/sugar lumps
• wash medium egg bowl well and dry.
• pour 1/4 to 1/3 of the batter into the medium bowl and add peppermint essence and green food dye. mix well.
• spray 12 hole cupcake tin with a little cooking oil or put cases in the tin.
• spoon plain batter into cupcake tins or cases. spoon even amounts of peppermint batter into cases on top of plain batter.
• use a skewer to gently mix the peppermint and the plain batter. DO NOT OVER MIX!
• bake for 12 -15 minutes or until cupcakes have risen and plain parts are a light golden brown
• leave cupcakes to cool then turn out on a wire rack. top with whatever you want.
• relax and enjoy!