The weekend is here ♥
This weekend I´m in Kristiansand Norway to decorate cupcakes and talk social media in Norway’s biggest mall.
If you are in Kristiansand by any change I will be at sørlandssenter from 1300-1600, come by and say hi.
if you are planning to bake something for the weekend, can I suggest these cupcakes?
A mouthful of these will make anyone smile, my goodness they are so delicious, dark chocolate cupcakes topped with a delicious caramel frosting, just heavenly!
CHOCOLATE CUPCAKES WITH CARAMEL FROSTING
- 3/4 CUP (170 G) UNSALTED BUTTER, AT ROOM TEMPERATURE, CUT INTO PIECES
- 1 1/3 CUPS (300 G) GRANULATED SUGAR
- 4 LARGE EGGS, ROOM TEMPERATURE
- 2 CUPS + 1 TABLESPOON (225 G) ALL-PURPOSE FLOUR, SIFTED
- 3/4 CUP (85 GRAM) UNSWEETENED COCOA POWDER, SIFTED
- 3/4 TEASPOON BAKING SODA
- TEASPOON SALT
- 1 CUP (236 ML) HOT STRONG COFFEE
- 1 CUP (236 ML) HEAVY WHIPPING CREAM, OR FULL MILK AT ROOM TEMPERATURE
- 2 TEASPOONS VANILLA BEAN PASTE OR VANILLA EXTRACT
FROSTING
- CARAMEL FROSTING, GET THE RECIPE HERE
DECORATION
- YOU WILL NEED; LARGE NOZZLE AND PIPPING BAG
PREPARATION
- Preheat oven to 350 F° (180C°).
- Line two cupcake pans with 16 paper liners.
- Sift flour, unsweetened cocoa powder, baking soda and salt in a bowl twice, and set aside.
- In a bowl of a standing mixer, cream the butter and sugar together until light and fluffy, about six minutes.
- Add the eggs, one at a time, mixing slowly after each addition, but not more than 30 seconds, add the vanilla bean paste while adding the last egg.
- Slowly add half the flour mixture to the butter mixture, then add the hot coffee, beating slowly until well incorporated, but not more than 30 seconds.
- Add the remaining flour mixture, followed by the heavy cream.
- Mix on medium speed until just combined, about 1 minute.
- Scoop the batter into baking cups so that each cup is about 3/4 full, I use a standard size ice-cream scoop for this.
- Bake for 25 minutes, or until a cake tester inserted into the center of a cupcake comes out clean.
- Transfer the pans to a wire rack to cool for one minute then remove the baking cups from the baking pan, let cool completely on a cooling rack.
- Make the caramel frosting, get the recipe here;
- Use a piping bag fitted with a large nozzle, fill the bag with frosting and pipe frosting on your cupcakes.
- Enjoy.
HAVE A GREAT WEEKEND EVERYONE.
- STEP BY STEP PICTURES
