National cupcake day is October 18th - to celebrate the sweetness of small cupcakes with a dollop of frosting.
Cupcakes can be traced back to 1796 when a recipe notation of "a cake to be baked in small cups " was written in American Cookery.
Initially bakers baked their cupcakes in heavy pottery cups. Today some still use individual ramekins, small coffee mugs or other small oven proof pottery-type dishes for baking.
Chocolate cupcakes has variety of flavors.
our choice of cupcake today is a Mint-Oreo Chocolate cupcake.
Ingredients
cupcake
1 cup milk
1/2 tbsp. apple cider vinegar
1/3 cup oil
3/4 cup granulated sugar
1 tsp vanilla extract
1/4 tsp peppermint extract
1 1/2 cups all purpose flour
1/3 cup cocoa powder
1 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp salt
6 mint Oreos, chopped into pieces
Frosting
1/2 cup unsalted butter
1 1/4 cup powdered sugar
1/4 cup cocoa powder
1/8 cup chocolate bar, melted and cooled
1/2 tsp vanilla extract
1/2 tsp peppermint extract
2 tbsp. milk
Decorating
12 whole mint Oreos
Method
Preheat the oven to 350'F and line a cupcake pan with 12 paper liners.
In a bowl(or stand mixer), stir together the milk and apple cider vinegar.
After a minute or two add the oil, sugar, vanilla and peppermint extracts. Whisk to combine.
In a separate bowl, sift the flour, cocoa, baking soda and salt.
Add the dry mixture to the wet in batches, about 1/3 at a time, and mix well with a spoon(or stand mixer).
Gently fold in the chopped up Oreo pieces, then pour into prepared cupcake liners evenly.
Bake for 20-22 minutes. Cool completely before frosting.
Pipe the frosting onto the cooled cupcakes and top with an Oreo cookie.
For Frosting
With a handheld or stand mixer, beat the butter on medium speed until light and fluffy.
Melt the dark chocolate pieces in a water bath.
Add the powdered sugar and cocoa powder; and beat on low speed, then increase to medium.
Add the cooled melted chocolate, vanilla and peppermint extracts and beat.
Now add milk and beat for a minute or two to get pipeable consistency.
For vegan version
Replace butter with margarine
Substitute chocolate with non-dairy dark chocolate
Substitute milk with any non-dairy milk(soy or almond)
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