Few things are better than a double-stuf Oreo cookie. Except for these cupcakes, perhaps. A standard chocolate cake batter is darkened to look like an Oreo cookie thanks to the addition of dark cocoa powder. Other ingredients inlude flour, butter, sugar, eggs and vanilla extract. The frosting consists of corn syrup, butter, milk, shortening and powder sugar. Dollop a bit on top before serving, or make extra and pipe it inside of the cupcakes for an authentic Oreo cookie experience.
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Blackberry Cupcakes
It can be tough to find gluten free cupcakes that have a summery feel to them. However, your search is over with this recipe for blackberry cupcakes. The flour substitutes are brown rice flour, millet flour and potato starch. And, of course, standard cupcake ingredients like sugar, butter, yogurt and baking powder. The blackberry flavor comes from fresh, pureed blackberries. They appear in the buttercream frosting as well, giving these treats an extra dimension of sweet goodness!
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Oatmeal Raisin Cupcakes with Maple Glaze
Oatmeal raisin cookies are delicious, so why not twist the combination and turn them into oatmeal raisin cupcakes? And then add an extra dimension by topping them with a maple glaze? After all, nothing says autumn — or any season, really — like oatmeal and maple. The batter of these cupcakes contains some unusual ingredients, like applesauce, honey vinegar and allspice, but the results are a moist, tasty cupcake. Top with the homemade maple glaze before serving.
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Bottoms Up! Irish Cream Hot Fudge
Bottoms Up! Irish Cream Hot Fudge Cupcakes are perfect for St. Patrick’s Day parties. The recipe calls for a lot of Bailey’s Irish Cream incorporated into each component of the dessert and even utilizes the tiny Bailey’s bottles. The cake is a great deal like a brownie but less dense, the ganache is rich, and the frosting features more Irish Cream as well. The Irish cream hot fudge sauce is served in the mini Bailey’s bottles in the middle of the cake.
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Chocolate Caramel Cupcakes with a Tutorial on How to Fill Cupcakes
Chocolate and caramel make for a very tasty combination, especially when the caramel frosting is both inside of and on top of the cupcake. This quick tutorial shows you how to fill the insides of the cupcakes perfectly once they are baked and have cooled. The cupcakes themselves are made from a standard chocolate batter that includes cocoa powder and melted semi-sweet chocolate, while the frosting on top is made from homemade caramel.
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Banana Cupcakes with Dark Chocolate and Vanilla Cream Cheese Frosting
Chocolate Banana Cupcakes with Cream Cheese Frosting taste simply divine. Simple subtle and fresh, these cupcakes have a calming effect that make your mouth happy. The scent of the vanilla paired with the banana is perfect. The dark chocolate bits create an interesting flavor grouping that balances the subtle with the intense. Topping these lovely flavors is a tangy rich cream cheese frosting with vanilla beans that is the perfect complement to the cake’s flavors.
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Blue Cupcakes
Blueberry filled Vanilla cupcakes with lemon buttercream frosting are delicate, fruity, and wonderful for a light snack or a tempting dessert. The cake is a standard vanilla cupcake batter baked at 350 degrees for 18-20 minutes. The filling is easy as well; frozen blueberries thickened with sugar and cornstarch over heat. The blueberry filling is injected into the vanilla cupcake which is then topped with the tangy lemon buttercream. In not time, with little effort you have a super easy extra yummy afternoon treat.
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Ultimate St. Patricks Day Cupcakes
You don’t have to Irish to celebrate St. Patrick’s day – or eat these cupcakes – but you should be an adult, thanks to the liquor in the recipe. The cupcakes are a red velvet recipe that has been altered to use green food coloring instead of red, in order to match the holiday. After baking, an edible chocolate liquor cup is inserted into the top of each cupcake. Top them with an Irish whiskey cream cheese frosting, and then fill the chocolate liquor cups with green beer before serving.
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Cookie Cupcakes with Raspberry Fluff Frosting
Cookie Cupcakes with Raspberry Fluff Frosting are a curious dessert. Is it a cookie or a cupcake? Yes. It is a cocoa cupcake with a sandwich cookie baked inside and topped with a raspberry buttercream marshmallow cream frosting. This sweet treat is light enough for an afternoon tea but rich enough for your favorite child’s birthday party or Sunday dinner. Not too sweet, not too tangy, this dessert fits in anywhere you serve it.
Source Martha Stewart
Chocolate Banana and Teff Cupcakes
Chocolate, Banana, and Teff Cupcakes with cocoa buttercream are moist, rich, and actually have some nutrients in them as well as boasting that they are gluten free. Teff is a dark grain from Ethiopia that contains protein, iron, and calcium that has a rich flavor that complements chocolate. The mashed bananas and chocolate along with the grain create a full flavored cupcake that belies its healthier qualities with its tasty goodness.
Source Cannell Evanille
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