Oh wow - the part of my body that enjoys chocolate just did a happy dance. On Sunday, I went for my next challenge - the Oreo cupcake. And although I'm pretty sure I succeeded, I've still got some things to improve. The taste, however, not so much.
I used my go-to chocolate cake recipe from
Hershey. Hands down THE BEST chocolate cake out there!! Then, I added an oreo to each cupcake liner - some I did the whole cookie, some I did crumbles. I'm not sure which way I like best - both seemed to be pleasing to everyone else. I almost couldn't resist myself after I pulled them out of the oven....well, I actually didn't. I devoured a WHOLE JUMBO CUPCAKE hot and yummy. This is what they looked like out of the oven:
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| ones on left had whole cookie on bottom, ones on right have crumbles |
Then, if that wasn't enough goody...the icing was even more amazing. My classic butter cream with crumbled oreos. Miriam even helped me with the meat tenderizer to smash them. Unfortunately, I should have thought to food-process them, because when I piped the icing out, some of the larger crumbs got stuck and totally messed me up. I've learned from that mistake for sure. I also didn't add as much sugar to this icing because folks said the last batch was too sweet. But, it made the icing really runny (maybe I added too much milk?). Nonetheless, a perfect ending to the challenge...
I halved the recipe for the cake and it made 12 jumbo cupcakes. I ate one out of the oven, J ate one, shared 3 with neighbors, then enlisted a few other tasters to try them out so they wouldn't be in my house tonight. From what I hear, they already want another one! SCORE!
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