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      • Mexican Chocolate Cupcakes

        Posted at 7:20 pm by MLea
        Nov 18th

        I was originally going to make cinnamon cupcakes with ganache icing, then I realized the recipe called for cocoa, so I adjusted my goal.  This recipe comes from Cathy P’s grandmother and was originally intended for a jelly roll pan.  I have no clue how to adjust time and temperature, so I may adjust next time.

        I didn’t really measure with the ganache:  I think I probably ended up with 7 ounces of cream and 5 ounces of bittersweet chocolate per batch.  I left one batch plain, but added 1 tsp cinnamon and 1 tsp ancho chili powder to the other.

        Ingredients:

        • 1/2 cup cocoa
        • 1 cup water
        • 1/2 cup oil
        • 1/4 cup butter
        • 2 1/2 cups all purpose flour
        • 1 tsp baking soda
        • 1 tsp salt
        • 1 tsp cinnamon
        • 2 eggs
        • 2 cups sugar
        • 1/2 cup buttermilk
        • 1 tsp vanilla

        Combine water, cocoa, oil and butter.  Bring to a boil and allow to cool.

        Sift together flour, baking soda, salt and cinnamon.

        Beat eggs until pale yellow.  Add sugar and beat until light and fluffy.  Turn speed to low and add buttermilk, then dry ingredients.  Mix until incorporated.  Add cocoa mixture and vanilla and blend.

        Pour into mini cupcake pans.  Bake at 350 for 18 minutes.

        Mexican Chocolate Cupcakes- Click to enlarge
        Spicy Mexican Chocolate cupcake- click to enlarge
        Mexican Chocolate Cupcake- Click to enlarge

        This was a really good recipe to use for filled cupcakes.  They were airy and easy to pipe ganache into.  I ended up with some naked cupcakes as I ran out of ganache.  These ended up being cinnamon chocolate cupcakes filled and iced with whipped ganache.   The recipe yielded 48 minis, 3 regular size cupcakes, a good bit of batter eaten out of the bowl and probably 1/2-3/4 if a cup wasted.   I will definitely use this recipe again, but could probably cut it in 1/2.

        Posted in Mrs Shuck's Creations | Tagged chili powder, cinnamon, Mexican Chocolate
      • Look Cupcake at the Chocolate Box for “Sweetest Day”

        Posted at 4:51 pm by MLea
        Oct 17th

        Today is definitely a cupcake sort of day: rainy and cold.  We were in need of a little cupcake smile.  In search of something new, we ventured to the Chocolate Box to check out Look Cupcake.   I had been to the Chocolate Box before to buy truffles or gelato, but I had never tried the mini cupcakes.  I found out today that they are supplied by Look Cupcake who are special order only and don’t have their own storefront.  These are mini cupcakes and cost $1.50 each at the Chocolate Box.

        Our sampling today:

        Look’s Chai- Click to enlarge
        Look’s Coconut Praline- Click to enlarge.

        Look’s La Nina de Chocolate Diablo- Click to enlarge
        Look’s Lemon Rosemary- Click to enlarge.

        La Nina de Chocolate Diablo: Mexican spiced chocolate cake with Kahlua buttercream frosting filled with a peppery chocolate ganache.  I only had a little bite of this as I don’t really like spicy.  This was a beautiful cupcake.  The cake was very moist.  The icing was smooth and buttery like Italian or Swiss Meringue.   It did have a kick to it and I felt it in the back of my throat afterward.  Mr Shuck said he “wants a big one of these.”  He would put it on his favorites’ list if it were larger.  The chocolate pink ribbon garnish was also spicy.   His rating: ♥♥♥♥

        Coconut Praline:  Vanilla cake with meringue buttercream dipped in toasted coconut and pralines (candied pecans).  It seemed like the pralines might have been salted.  I love the mix of salty and sweet.  The cake was very moist and had a tiny dab of chocolate ganache in the middle.   My rating: ♥♥♥

        Chai:  All I can say is that it tasted like chai.  The cake was a little dry and the appearance overall was very plain.  Rating: ♥♥

        Lemon Rosemary:  This flavor was intriguing to me before I tried it.  I thought it was light and refreshing.  Mr Shuck thought it was horrible and was tasting it for about 30 minutes after he ate his bite.  (Maybe he got a rosemary leaf stuck in his teeth.)  My rating: ♥♥.  His rating: zero hearts.  (He’s shaking his head in disgust as I type this.)

        Overall:  We’d make a special trip to the Chocolate Box to see what cupcakes Look has provided.

        Posted in Look Cupcake | Tagged Chai, coconut, Lemon, Mexican Chocolate, Praline, Rosemary
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