My Cooking Adventures

While my sisters were in town, they wanted to see just how great and wonderful my KA mixer really was. So I went online, and found a great cupcake recipe, plus a delicious sounding frosting recipe, both from Bakespace. We had a lot of fun making the cupcakes; so much fun, I forgot to take pictures! So included the picture from the orginal recipe creator. They were delicious, and I will definitely make them again soon!



Dark Chocolate Cupcakes

From: lildoughgirl




1 1/2 cups granulated sugar
2/3 cup canola oil
2 eggs
2 tsp. vanilla extract
2 2/3 cups all-purpose flour
2/3 cup unsweetened cocoa
2 tsp. baking powder
2 tsp. baking soda
1 tsp. salt
2 cups boiling water

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (180 degrees C). Grease and flour 2-12 cup muffin pans. (I don't recommend liners for these cupcakes)


2. In a large bowl, beat sugar, canola oil, eggs and vanilla for 4 minutes.


3. Sift together flour, cocoa, baking powder, baking soda and salt.


4. Add flour mixture alternately with boiling water to the sugar mixture. Beat well after each addition.


5. Pour into prepared cupcake pans. Bake 15-18 minutes, or until cupcakes springs back to the touch. Let cool completely before frosting with your favorite chocolate frosting.





Rich Chocolate Cream Frosting

From: cookandbottlewasher


Source of Recipe: Toll House Heritage Cookbook 1980


1- 12 oz. package (2 cups) Nestle Semi Sweet Chocolate pieces
2 T. Milk
1 - 8 oz. Cream Cheese (room temp.)
1 t. Vanilla
1/2 t. Salt
3-1/4 C. Confectioners' Sugar


Directions:
Melt chocolate pieces with milk in a small microwave safe bowl. Microwave on high for 25 seconds and then stir. Continue until melted and smooth. Let cool for just a bit. Add chocolate to softened cream cheese, vanilla and salt in larger bowl; beat well. Beat in sugar a little at a time and beat until smooth... Makes 3 cups frosting :)

Yesterday I made the most delicious cupcakes. I got the recipe from a nestie, just like the bread I made the day before. She had gotten creative with yellow cake mix when having some young kids over one day. She called it Cinnamon Roll Cupcakes. I was looking for something to do yesterday afternoon, and I decided my neighbors and my in-laws needed a nice dessert, so I should make them some cupcakes! :) So out came my mixer and all the ingredients! And it was actually very easy to make.

Cinnamon Roll Cupcakes

Take one box of yellow cake mix, and instead of using all of the oil the box asks for, replace half of the oil with melted butter. Then add one teaspoon of vanilla. After scooping the mixture into the muffin pans, sprinkle cinnamon onto each one, and make swirls with a skewer. Bake for 20 minutes at 325 degrees.

For the cream cheese frosting, combine 1 stick butter, 1 brick cream cheese, about ¾ box powdered sugar and vanilla. Add milk to thin out at the end if needed to make a more icing-like consistency.