Sunday, February 27, 2011

Devil's Food Cupcakes with Angel Frosting

 

And here we are back to sweets on Sundays. No regrets. I'm so in love with these cupcakes- they're moist, full of rich chocolate flavor and the halo of fluffy meringue is, well, icing on the cake. For as much as I love cupcakes, I've only baked my own once before and they were just okay. These, however, I will bake again, but maybe with a buttercream frosting next time. I'm very glad I made this one; it's the kind my mom always made for the angel food cake my brother always requested for his birthday, but hers was made by DreamWhip. Homemade is so much better.


 
Cake batter doesn't get much prettier than this. The addition of chocolate melted into hot coffee and milk was a stroke of genius. I had to hold myself back from just drinking it and posting a picture of my cat instead. But I wanted to taste the cake itself and see if it turned out dry-ish like the last ones I made. I've never eaten a more tender cake in my life. And they stayed that way. For a good long while. I won't tell you how long, since they never left the house like they were supposed to (or I would have just made the layer cake), and my husband and I enjoyed cupcakes for dessert for nearly a week.

 

Even though they sank in the middle a bit, they were cooked through and delicious. The tops were concave enough to hold a generous swirl of frosting, which is all to the good, I say. The process for the meringue frosting intimidated me, I'll be honest. I don't whip egg whites all that often and I'm never sure how far to take them before they get too dry. I thought that might have happened with my frosting, but when I added the sugar syrup, it whipped up nicely. I still prefer a buttercream, but I'm happy with how this one turned out. All that marshmallow fluffiness was a nice contrast to the fudgy chocolate cake underneath.

 

Another winner from Baked, another reason to eat some salads. It's all about balance, really. Here's the link to Baked Sunday Mornings where you can take a peek at the recipe and all the beautiful cakes on display. 




13 comments:

  1. They are lovely. You decorated beautifully.

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  2. How funny, my cupcakes were flat as a pancake! I thought it was me... they were still delicious though - and what beautiful cake liners! I too don't like marshmallow frostings, but this wasn't that bad - but buttercream would be quite nice! Beautiful cakes!

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  3. Your cupcakes look so very pretty, Christina! I think the flatter tops make it so much easier to get the nice height from the frosting. Perfect!

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  4. I made a layer cake for this, and I noticed that the tops of my layers look just like the tops of your cupcakes; a little flat, even sunken. However, that actually made it easier to layer the cake, since no trimming was required. And it sure didn't affect the taste; superb! I'll have to try the cupcakes next time.

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  5. Lovely! After seeing all the cute little cupcakes, I'm now convinced I need to remake this cake as cupcakes.

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  6. Yes, I agree, I also want to make cupcakes with this recipe...they are so pretty. My cake sank during the last 5 minutes of baking, but it sank into a totally flat top that needed no trimming to make the perfect layers...so I hope it sinks for me again next time...made everything so easy to put together!

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  7. they look really cute as cupcakes. i can't wait to try them again. great job :)

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  8. Your frosting looks like it turned out perfectly! These really were so chocolately and delicious -- yum!!

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  9. These really do look wonderful, Christina. I'm relatively new to your blog and don't often post. I just wanted you to know how much I enjoy the food and recipes you feature here. You keep me coming back for more. I hope you have a great day. Blessings...Mary

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  10. I love that you made these as cupcakes! I wish I had been able to participate this week but I didn't have the time : (

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  11. Thank you so much everyone! I love getting feedback from my fellow bakers!

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  12. love that, no regrets... im going out for lunch and plan on eating bone marrow butter on my burger, no regrets
    happy tuesday
    Chef Louise

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  13. Im jealous I didnt do the cupcakes -they look delicious ! Nice photo

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