Candy cane chocolate cupcakes


Candy cane chocolate cupcakes
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Anonymous said…
omg, these sound wonderful!
Anonymous said…
oh..do you have a recipe for these? thanks!!!
Anonymous said…
Thanks! The cupcake recipe is from Nigella Lawson:

http://www.stylenetwork.com/Shows/Nigella/Recipes/cupcake.html

I added 3tbls cocoa to make the cupcakes chocolate, and turned the oven to 350F to avoid the "peaking humps" she talks about. I think the recipe might be in How to be a Domestic Goddess too.

The frosting was an improvised white chocolate buttercream--about 1 cup white chocolate chips melted with 1/4 butter, then stirred into an equal amount of vanilla buttercream (I used the House Buttercream recipe from The Whimsical Bakehouse). I added a couple drops of peppermint extract, too.