So this is me late night posting and finally posting again after over a year. I swear the past year was filled with so many ups and downs, it was like a roller coster I couldn't get off of. I should of blogged instead of spend my time over analyzing every aspect of my life and watching a lot of episodes of random shows on Netflix. Don't get me started on Netflix. I know there's a post in here about me loving Netflix and wishing I could spend my days just watching show after show on there. I almost did this past year, all because I was depressed for part of it or just in need of a distraction. I have learned my lesson partially. Still use Netflix, but have learned that other things can be a better form of coping with my emotions. Case in point: Baking. It helps me focus more on what I'm doing instead of the drama that might have occurred that day with the boyfriend or the narcissistic friend(that's too long a story to tell). So here I am finally getting to what I said I would do more than a year ago. I am finally going to give you the recipe to one of my favorite cupcakes. These were so good. I'm not a big fan of chocolate. I mean of course I love a good hershey bar(with almonds) here and there, but I'm not going to run out and buy a chocolate cake to devour when I'm in a really low mood. I'd rather turn to gelato. So when I had to use my Kahlua for something, cause my roommates last year didn't enjoy it either, I turned to the internet to find a recipe I could use it in. When that recipe turned out the kailua filled, double chocolate chunk cupcake, I was like, hey, I don't usually care for that much chocolate but I'll go for it and maybe my friends and roommates will like it. And they did. Too bad the recipe made around twelve, which caused me to make more. Even ended up telling my boss about them and taking her some. I must say I enjoyed the taste of the kahlua in the buttercream. It added a flavor I didn't expect. And since I didn't have the proper tools to shave the chocolate, it ended up being chunkier than what I guess it was suppose to be, but everyone seemed to like that. So I say the chunkier the better!
So here's the recipe to
Kailua Double Chocolate Chunk Cupcakes:
ingredients:
1 1/8 cups all purpose flour
1/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
1 1/4 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
3/4 cup granulated sugar
1 large egg
2 teaspoon vanilla extract
3/4 cup kahlua
1/2 cup unsalted butter, melted
4 ounces of high-quality dark chocolate, coarsely chopped
1/2 cup white chocolate chips
1 cup (2 sticks) sweet cream butter, softened to room temperature
3 1/2 cups powdered sugar
1 tablespoon kahlua
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
directions:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
In a bowl, whisk egg and sugar until smooth and no lumps remain. Add melted butter and vanilla and mix until combined. Sift dry ingredients together and add to wet mixture. Mix until batter is smooth with a large spoon, then whisk in kahlua. Fold in chocolate. Line a muffin tin with liners and using a heaping 1/4 cup measure, add batter to each cup until 3/4 of the way full. Bake for 15-18 minutes. Let cool completely before frosting.
Beat butter in the bowl of your electric mixer until smooth and creamy, about 2 minutes. Add in powdered sugar gradually (about 1/2 cup at a time) with the mixer on low speed, slowly increasing the speed until it's combined. Add in vanilla extract and kahlua, then beat on medium-high speed for 3-4 minutes, occasionally scraping down the sides if needed, until white and fluffy. Frost cupcakes and garnish with grated white and dark chocolate.
Got the recipe originally from: howsweeteats.com
