28.7.13

CHOCOLATE STRAWBERRY CUPCAKES

There is this famous cupcake place in Alberta I keep hearing about; I tasted it once and all I can say is; they don’t hold the candle to my cupcakes. For a chocolate and strawberry combination made in heaven, I had a perfectly chocolaty chocolate cupcake recipe. All I had to do was concoct a real strawberry buttercream. The cupcakes were delicious yesterday, but chilling in the fridge overnight … made them fantastic! Jimre is in heaven, I believe he has one more left in the fridge. I guess I will be baking tomorrow.
 
CHOCOLATE STRAWBERRY CUPCAKES
1 cup cake flour
1-1/2 tsp baking powder
1 tsp salt
1/2 cup cocoa powder
2 Tbsp sugar
1/4 cup vegetable oil
1/4 cup hot water
1 tsp pure vanilla extract
5 egg yolks
2/3 cup sugar
4 egg whites
1/2 tsp cream of tartar
cooking spray
1 batch of Real Strawberry Buttercream [click on link for recipe]
5 fresh strawberries, quartered
 
• Bake 18 cupcakes.
• Preheat oven to 325 degrees F.
• In a medium mixing bowl whisk together the flour, baking powder and salt. Set aside. • In a small bowl, combine the cocoa powder, 2 Tbsp sugar and oil.
• Add the hot water and whisk thoroughly to combine. Set aside.
• Place the egg yolks and sugar into a large mixing bowl and beat on high for 2 minutes or until the mixture becomes pale yellow and thick.
• Add the cocoa mixture and vanilla and whisk to combine.
• Add the dry ingredients and whisk just to combine.
• Place the egg whites and cream of tartar in a clean bowl and beat on high stiff peaks form.
• Gradually, gently, being mindful not to crush, fold the beaten egg whites into the batter.
• Spray a 12-cup muffin tin with cooking spray.
• Spoon the batter into the prepared muffin tin, dividing the batter evenly between the cups.
• Place in the preheated oven and bake for 30 minutes, or until a toothpick comes out clean.
 
• While the cupcakes are baking, make the buttercream.
• Remove the cupcakes from the oven to a cooling rack and cool completely before piping with strawberry buttercream.
• Fill a large piping bag with strawberry buttercream and with a medium large star attachment pipe a spiral starting on the outside and ending in the middle.
• Push a quarter piece of fresh strawberry into the middle.
• Chill the cupcakes for at least two hours.
  

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It began with posting a few recipes on line for the family. "zsuzsa is in the kitchen" has more than 1000 Hungarian and International recipes. What started out as a private project turned into a well visited blog. The number of visitors long passed the two million mark. I organized the recipes into an on-line cookbook. On top of the page click on "ZSUZSA'S COOKBOOK". From there click on any of the chapters to access the recipes. For the archive just scroll to the bottom of the page. I am not profiting from my blog, so visitors are not harassed with advertising or flashy gadgets. The recipes are not broken up with photos at every step. Where needed the photos are placed following the recipe. Feel free to cut and paste my recipes for your own use. Publication is permitted as long as it is in your own words and with your own photographs. However, I would ask you for an acknowledgement and link-back to my blog. Happy cooking!