Smores Cupcakes
A super moist chocolate cupcake with a graham cracker crust, topped with a super light and airy marshmallow frosting! It's optional, but you can use your Kitchen Torch you bought to make the Creme Brulee to toast the top of the frosting before adding the chocolate sauce and crumbs.
Yield: 12-14 cupcakesPrep Time:
Cook Time:
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Ingredients:
| CRUST: | |
| 1 1/4 cups | graham crackers crumbs |
| 5 tablespoons | butter, melted |
| 5 tablespoons | sugar |
| CHOCOLATE CUPCAKES | |
| 1 cup | flour |
| 1 cup | sugar |
| 1/4 cup | + 1/8 cup hershey’s special dark unsweetened cocoa powder |
| 1 teaspoon | baking soda |
| 1/2 teaspoon | salt |
| 1 | egg |
| 1/2 cup | buttermilk |
| 1/2 cup | vegetable oil |
| 3/4 teaspoon | vanilla extract |
| 1/2 cup | boiling water |
| MARSHMALLOW FROSTING | |
| 4 | egg whites |
| 1 cup | sugar |
| 1/2 teaspoon | cream of tarter |
| chocolate sauce | |
| graham cracker crumbs | |
Directions:
1. Heat oven to 325 degrees.
2. In a small bowl, combine crust ingredients and mix well.
3. Press about 1 1/2 tbsp of the mixture into the bottom of each cupcake liner.
4. Bake crusts for 7 minutes then remove and set aside.
5. To make the cupcakes, add all dry ingredients to a large bowl and whisk together.
6. Add egg, buttermilk and vegetable oil to the dry ingredients and mix well.
7. Add vanilla to boiling water and add to mixture. Mix well.
8. Pour batter into cupcake pan, filling a little more than half way, and bake at 300 degrees for about 19-21 minutes.
9. When done, remove cupcakes from oven and allow to cool for about 5 minutes. Then remove from cupcake tin and allow to cool.
10. While cupcakes cool, make the icing. Combine egg whites, sugar, and cream of tartar in a metal, heatproof mixer bowl.
11. Place over a saucepan with simmering water.
12. Whisk constantly until sugar is dissolved and whites are warm to the touch, 3 to 4 minutes.
13. Using the whisk attachment, beat on low speed, gradually increasing to high, until stiff, glossy peaks form, 5 to 7 minutes.
14. Ice cupcakes and top with chocolate sauce and graham cracker crumbs, if desired.
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