Wednesday, May 1, 2013

Andes Mint Cupcakes

Minty chocolate?  It's pretty much either a love or hate relationship.  Luckily, my taste buds fall into the love category, so I can munch on these cupcakes all day, every day.

Ingredients
Cake
4 eggs
1 cup buttermilk
1/2 cup sour cream
1 tsp vanilla extract
1/4 cup water
Devil's food cake mix
Mint chocolate filling
2 tbs heavy cream
1/3 cup chocolate chips
1 1/4 tsp peppermint extract
Frosting
6 oz cream cheese (softened)
6 tbs butter (softened)
3 1/2 cups powdered sugar (more or less depending on the consistency you want)
1 tbs heavy cream
1 1/2 tsp peppermint extract
Green food coloring

Directions
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees and line cupcake pans with 24 liners.  Whisk together the sour cream, oil and vanilla, then beat the eggs in until smooth.  Alternate between adding the cake mix and the milk and water, mixing until smooth.  Pour into cupcake liners, then bake for about 15 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean.
Filling:  melt the chocolate chips in a small pan with the heavy cream, then remove from heat and stir in the peppermint extract.  Fill a squeeze bottle with the filling, then squeeze a little bit into each cupcake.  (I didn't have a squeeze bottle, so I actually used a baby medicine syringe-thingy, but I think it's more likely people will have squeeze bottles on hand.)
Frosting:  Beat together the cream cheese and butter until smooth, then gradually add the powdered sugar and peppermint extract until you reach the desired consistency.  Stir in the green food dye - only a couple of drops because it is a lot more potent than you think!
Top the cupcakes with the frosting, drizzle a little of the leftover filling over the frosting, then top with an Andes mint!


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