Tuesday, October 28, 2008

Chocolate Chocolate Cupcakes

This week   chose Chocolate Chocolate Cupcakes.  I am a HUGE fan of cupcakes, so I was pretty pumped about this choice.  If I could do any job and make money, I would open a cupcake bakery.  I was very inspired by a recent trip to Portland, where I discovered Cupcake Jones.  I got SIX cupcakes from there and loved all of them.   They have different choices everyday.  The cupcake that sounded the most interesting to me was the Rice Krispy Cupcake- It was vanilla cake with marshmallow filling, marshmallow butter-cream icing and rice krispies on top. 

 
I loved Dorie's suggestion to fill the cupcakes with marshmallow fluff, so I filled half of mine and then iced them and realized I couldn't tell which ones were filled. :-)  I have never claimed to be the smartest TWD member....



I LOVED the cupcake, but I didn't put the glaze on the one I ate because I don't like semi-sweet chocolate AT ALL and didn't think I would like it.  The cake was amazing, though- My husband thought it was the best chocolate cake he's ever had!!


6 comments:

Engineer Baker said...

That rice krispies cupcake sounds pretty tasty - might have to try making it! And it's too funny that you couldn't remember which ones you filled, but don't worry because a number of people had that problem! Glad you liked them!

Welcome to our crazy blessed life said...

Your cupcakes look fun! :) I probably wouldn't have been able to tell which ones were filled either. How I miss Portland!

Cathy said...

Wait, wait, wait. You meant to say "If I could do any job and make money, I'd be a bankruptcy lawyer." Right? I think I'd like the "surprise element" in not knowing whether mine was filled or not. Your cupcakes were GREAT!

Jules Someone said...

Those look really tasty. Nice job!

Nancy/n.o.e said...

My TWD baking almost always involves a couple of variations, so I'm always making notes on my baking parchment and segregating things on different ends of the cooling rack with post it notes on the counter. I wouldn't mind the surprise, but my husband is allergic to chocolate and one member of our book group doesn't like nuts in his baked goods. So I need to keep them straight...

Anyway, your cupcakes look good with and without the marshmallow filling. Yum! And the cupcakes made a huge hit at book club.

The cupcake bakery sounds like fun! Almost as much fun as bankruptcy law.
Nancy

Kelly said...

These look great! I did very well at the bake sale actually, much better than expected. Thanks for asking!! And the creamsicle cupcakes went very fast.