Wednesday 7 July 2010

Devil's Food Cupcakes with Vanilla Cream filling

The second recipe from' A Sweet Punch' was these Cupcakes. And these are the first ever cupcakes I have baked...the only time I had used my cupcake pan was to bake these Portuguese Custard tarts. Never had I thought that I would be using it to make cupcakes , but here I am with the cupcakes and I thank Divya of Easycooking for this months Challenge through which I had a very new baking experience.

I enjoyed making these cuppie cakes and when I bake this next time, the only change I want to make is to not use the wrappers for them, coz I think they will look more cute without the wrappers as these are filled cupcakes. And I didn't use the Chocolate butter cream frosting. Instead I just used my family favourite Nutella as frosting. The recipe given below yields 24 cupcakes and if you want you can halve the recipe for 12 cupcakes...but As there were some lil guests at my House I knew they would all be gone in a day. So, made 24 of these and the verdict was that they all vanished the same day coz they were so moist and yummy.


DEVIL'S FOOD CUPCAKES WITH VANILLA CREAM FILLING
Recipe source - Baking bites

Ingredients
1/2 cup butter- room temperature
2 cups sugar
3 large eggs
3/4 cup sour cream (low fat or full) -can be substituted with yogurt or cream mixed with a tsp of yogurt
1 tsp vanilla extract
2 cups all purpose flour
2 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp salt
1/4 cup cocoa powder
2-oz dark chocolate
1 cup water, boiling


Method :
Preheat the oven to 350F and lightly grease two 12-cup muffin tins.
In a large bowl, cream together butter and sugar until light.Beat in eggs one at a time, followed by sour cream and vanilla extract.
In a small bowl, whisk together flour, baking soda and salt.
Add half of flour mixture to the butter mixture, followed by the sour cream and vanilla extract, followed by the addition of the rest of the flour mix.
Stir well between each addition and mix until no streaks of flour remain.Stir the cocoa powder and the dark chocolate into the boiling water in a large measuring cup.
Pour chocolate water into the rest of the batter and stir until uniform.Evenly distribute batter into prepared baking cups. Bake for 13-15 minutes, until a tester comes out clean and the cakes spring back when lightly pressed. (It’s fine if you can’t fit both trays into the oven at the same time, just wait until one batch finishes before putting in the second pan)
Turn cupcakes out onto a wire rack to cool completely before frosting and filling.



Vanilla Cream Filling
3 tbsp all purpose flour
1/2 cup milk (low fat is fine)
1/2 cup butter (or trans fat-free shortening)
1/2 cup granulated sugar
1/2 scraped vanilla bean or 1 tsp vanilla extract

Method:
Whisk together the flour and milk and cook in a small saucepan over medium heat until thick. This will only take a few minutes.
Stir continuously to prevent the mixture from clumping and do not bring all the way to a boil.
When thickened (consistency will be that of a thin pudding or custard), strain with a mesh strainer into a small bowl, cover with plastic wrap and let cool completely to room temperature.
When the milk mixture is cool, cream the butter (or shortening) and sugar together in a medium bowl until light. Add in the milk/flour mixture and the scraped vanilla bean seeds (or vanilla extract) and beat at high speed with an electric mixer for 7 minutes, until light and fluffy.
Scrape into a pastry bag fitted with a plain tip, or a large zip-lock bag with the corner cut off, and set aside until ready to fill your cupcakes.

Chocolate Buttercream Frosting
1/2 cup butter, room temperature
1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
2-3 cups powdered sugar
1/4 cup milk1 tsp vanilla extract

Method:
Combine all ingredients in a large bowl and beat, with an electric mixer, until frosting is creamy, 3-5 minutes. Add additional powdered sugar as needed to achieve a thick, but not stiff, frosting that is easy to spread. Add additional milk, if necessary, to thin the frosting if it gets too thick.


Assembly
(A photo how-to of the assembly method can be found here.) Take a cooled cupcake and, using a small pairing knife, cut a cone of cake (1-inch across by 1-inch deep) out of the top. Trim off the pointy end of the cone, leaving a flat circle of cake. Set aside and repeat this process for all the cupcakes.Take the cream filling and squeeze a tablespoon or so into each cupcake cavity, filling the hole up to the top with filling. Top off with a flat circle of cake to plug the hole and keep the filling in place.
Using a butter knife or a small offset spatula, frost each cupcake with a layer of chocolate butter cream frosting. Place a dollop of icing in the center of the cupcake (on top of the cut out circle of cake) and spread from the center to the sides of the cupcake.If you have leftover filling, transfer it to a fresh Ziploc bag and cut a very small opening in one corner. Pipe a swirly line down the center of each cupcake, like the cupcakes in the pic here .
Store in an airtight container until ready to serve.


Note:
The frosting can be skipped completely and can be served with with some sugar dusted on the top. These soft and most cupcakes taste yummy, even without any frosting.

44 comments:

Fajeeda said...

super and very moist cake...........very nice pics too....

Rachana said...

These cupcakes are so inviting and I am craving it.

Deepti said...

These cupcakes luks very tempting dear...like the way u filled them.

Unknown said...

Faiza, I love the pics, specially the very closeup of the cup cake inside, beautiful !!!

Sailaja Damodaran said...

Iam drooling...great effort

Pavithra Elangovan said...

Absolutely fantastic and wonderful pictures.. the frosting is so yummy smooth and delicious....wonderful job Faiza !!!

Suji said...

That last pic is so so so good. very tempting cupcakes Faiza...Wonderfully done

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Kairali sisters

Krishnaveni said...

beautiful cakes, awesome

VineelaSiva said...

Wow the cupcakes looks very yummy.No words to say.

Rach said...

Yummy cakes!They look gorgeous. You have done it perfectly :)

Umm Mymoonah said...

Looks so elegant Faiza, very well done:-)

My Kitchen Antics said...

wow they look amazing..mayb i shud also start working on this sweet punch deal:)

Anu Nandu said...

The cupcakes look perfect - I can't believe this is your first time - you've baked these like a pro! Great job!

Prema said...

Perfect cup cakes,I cannt take out my eyes from the pictures,All pictures are very nice...

Nitha said...

they are so tempting... delicious...

chow and chatter said...

wow these look fantastic

suma said...

Wow!! Sinful looking cupcakes! the frosting is so well defined...

Priya Suresh said...

Extremely tempting cupcakes Faiza, looks aboslutely gorgeous..

Unknown said...

so pretty and so delicious..

Neetz said...

ohh goodness..this isur first time!!! cant believe it!! its like u have been doing this for ages..loved it!!!... hay faiza...do drop by at my small world of cookery blog..i m really missing ur thoughts and commets on mine :)
http://neetzkitchen.blogspot.com

Valarmathi Sanjeev said...

Cup cakes looks gorgeous and tempting. Lovely and delicious.

Indian Khana said...

Looks awesome n perfect..drooling here

Suhaina said...

wow, u too... u people are making me crazy.. i want them right now.... looks so yummy.love the last photo very much...

Parita said...

Cupcakes look divine!

Lorraine said...

Chocolate cupcakes are my favorite. Yours look wonderful:)

shifa firoz said...

Faiza looking at these is a torture for me.. :( too bad i can even try those..

8 more weeks to go insha allah i'll get by sweet tooth bk and the first thing im going to try is this! :)

Noor said...

droooooooool they look amazing mashAllah. I wish I had one or three now :)

Nithu said...

It looks gorgeous and yummy...

Kanchan said...

hey faiza.. tried your ShakShouka... loved it !! thank you :)

Love2cook Malaysia said...

Such a gorgeous Cupcakes!!! Loved the pics...super tempting! :D

AdukalaVishesham said...

gorgeous cupcakes.. it looks so moist and yummy.... nice pics dear

Rumana Rawat said...

WOW. looks great and wonderful pic too:)

shahana said...

OMG,Awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Looks so perfect yaar

Khadija said...

those look drool worthy mashallah

المحبة في الله ندى said...

wow it is so yummy
can u tell me how u make chocolate frosting
i do it but not like u made
yours is too smooth & dark colour

Fajeeda said...

hi thrs an award waiting for u in my blog pls cum and collect it.........

3 hungry tummies said...

very cute!

Eatomaniac :) said...

d.e.l.i.c.i.o.u.s. can't wait to try it!!! Given your creative recipes, i'd love it if you participated in an event I am running on my blog this month where I would like to hear from readers about innovative recipe ideas. http://www.eatomaniac.com/2010/07/chile-rellenos-exotic-stuffed-peppers.html

dsdsds said...

The cupcakes looks delicious.. no wonder they were gone the same day..

Katy ~ said...

You are killing me here. OH MY how I wish I could have one of these dark, rich beauties.

Nammi said...

looks cute. love the topping.

shifa firoz said...

ramadan kareem dear! I have an award for u in my blog please pick it up! :)

Yours Truly said...

i was just making intentions to make filled cupcakes today and just stumbled upon your blog to find this! great ! they look sinfully delish. =)

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