Delicious Photos and the Recipes to Create them!
If it looks like there is a lot going on with these cupcakes…you are right. The cupcake is Red Velvet and the lumpy frosting you see is a marshmallow, chocolate chip walnut mix.
A few things….
The topping is actually cool whip and cake mix. Once you whip it up, you add in the chocolate chips and walnuts. The recipe recommends using an ice cream scoop for the frosting but only if you have a smaller one.
I also have to admit that believe it or not this is my first red velvet recipe of any kind. I had no idea that red food coloring is used to create the “red”. I know it makes sense, but it’s something that I never really gave much thought.
This is a quick easy recipe. Don’t be intimidated by the looks. Little effort and great results. Click the recipe button below….and Bake!
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This past week was Easter and we hosted at our house. I did a little pot luck dinner on Saturday with 25 people. Can you imagine, 25 people including 9 kids from ages 13 down to 2. Even though it was Pot Luck, the amount of work I had to do was ridiculous, not to mention painting and hiding eggs.
When it was all over, and everyone had gone home and the dishes were wash and put away, I looked over at my daughter and said,
“Guess what Mommy forgot – to put OUT THE CUPCAKES!”
That’s right, in all the drama, I forgot to put out my dessert! I poured my daughter a tall glass of milk and we plowed through one and a half of these cupcakes each. Life never tasted so good.
I then told her that when she gets older if she eats like this she will have thighs like a pregnant Kim Kardashian. Hopefully that will teach her to not do what mommy does.
WATCH-OUTS
The watch out here is to read the recipe closely. The Cookbook Queen is a beast. She has marshmallows and frosting in the center of these babies. I actually almost missed that. Who knew? The same will go for eating. No one will suspect the marshmallow and frosting goodness in the center when they bite into it. You are expecting chocolate cupcake, but end up with much s’more. (Get it?)
Also, a few of the cupcakes will look like a sunken mess. Just like spackle on the wall, cover it up with frosting. Easy work. Click the Recipe button and get ready for some chocolate goodness.
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After the big Twinkie scare of 2012, this recipe could not come at a better time. The trickiest part of this recipe is actually getting the frosting just right. It will probably take a few iterations to tweak in the sweetness.
The cupcakes themselves are easy-peasy. Yellow cake mix with pudding stirred in. Probably a recipe we have done a million times. The challenging part, and the thing that ultimately makes a Twinkie a Twinkie is the filling. It’s made with marshmallow fluff and butter. This was actually my first time working with marshmallow fluff.
Warning: You should have a test Twinkie nearby and write down the next steps carefully. This will be unique to you experience. While adding the powdered sugar and milk, taste often and write down how much of each you are adding and comparing to the base Twinkie. Once you get it, you will know you got it. It will taste amazing.
Follow the step by step recipe by CLICK THE RECIPE BUTTON BELOW!
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This recipe is tricky tricky tricky. Not so much in taste but in appearance. No matter what you do, they taste great, so if that’s your concern then don’t worry.
The recipe is simple:
I used Betty Crocker Family size fudge brownie mix. Be careful not to over fill the pan or liners. With one full batch, make 12 cupcakes, there should be a little batter left over.
Now drop a Marshmallow in the middle and bake per the Brownie box directions.
Here are the watch-outs.
1. STICKY
These little guys are sticky. Either grease the pan very well, use parchment cupcake liners. Pamper Chef has them, or use silicone cupcake liners.
2.EXPLODING CUPCAKES
Getting the Marshmallow to Rise like the Picture is also tricky. You have two scenarios, exploding cupcakes and falling cupcakes. This is due to cooking times. After baking for 15 minutes your cupcakes will look just like the picture.
When you check them however they won’t be done. When you bake further they might explode. The key here is to cut the big marshmallow in half!
copper coconut does a good job of including a ton of pictures as she creates this recipe. Good Luck and comment with your experience.
Despite our kicking and screaming, winter is setting in upon us, so this is the first of my “hot chocolate cupcake recipes”. This isn’t really hot chocolate but it looks like a cup of hot chocolate. These types of recipes are my favorite because they look so much harder than they really are and they always taste good. If you are a baker like me, you know that taste is sometime easier to achieve then looks.
Just think regular cupcakes, with a frosting made with confectioners’ sugar, shortening and milk. Spread that on top with some mini marshmallows and stick a candy cane sick in the side.
How Sweet is that! For a step by step, hit the Recipe button and BAKE!
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