The Story: Alright, everyone is wanting some Valentines recipes. I didn’t want to just dye some vanilla cake pink and make it all girly looking or make red velvet (because I am allergic to red dye), so here is my take on a “cute” cupcake. Chocolate Malt Cupcakes, pretty freaking cute. And with a straw! Who can resist that?
Make Sure you check our my Baking Tutorial for this recipe!
Chocolate Malt Cupcakes
Servings 24 Cupcakes
Ingredients
Cake:
- 1 box Devil's Food Cake Mix
- 3 eggs
- 1/2 cup oil
- 3/4 cup buttermilk
- 1 cup sour cream
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1/2 cup malted milk powder
Chocolate Malt Buttercream:
- 1/2 cup butter softened
- 8 oz cream cheese softened
- 3/4 cup cocoa powder
- 2-3 cups powdered sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1/2 cup malted milk powder
Instructions
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1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees and line pans with 24 cupcake liners.
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2. Sift cake mix in to a small bowl and set aside.
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3. Combine eggs, oil, buttermilk, sour cream and vanilla extract until smooth.
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4. add malted milk powder to cake mix and stir.
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5. Combine dry and wet ingredients and mix.
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6. Fill cupcake liners 3/4 full and bake for 16-22 minutes, or until a knife comes out clean.
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7. Buttercream: Beat butter and cream cheese for 4 minutes and scrape down the bowl as needed. Add cocoa powder, powdered sugar, vanilla extract and malted mix powder. Beat until smooth. If too thick, add a tablespoon of milk. If too thin, add more powdered sugar.
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8. Pipe onto cooled cupcakes and decorate with chocolate malt balls and colorful straws.
