Wednesday, June 2, 2010

Black and White

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I brought in cupcakes to work the other day and dubbed it to be Cupcake Monday. These cupcakes are a little on the soft side and should be served slightly chilled. Make sure you make them at least a day in advance, since chocolate cake always tastes better the second day.


Black and White cupcakes
from allrecipes.com. makes one dozen

3/4 cup + 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
1 cup white sugar
3/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
1 teaspoons baking soda
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon sea salt
1 eggs
1/2 cup strong brewed coffee
1/2 cup buttermilk
1/4 cup vegetable oil
1/2 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
Simple White Buttercream (see below)

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F and line a cupcake pan with twelve cupcake liners. In large bowl, combine the flour, sugar, cocoa, baking soda, baking powder and salt. Make a well in the center and add the eggs, coffee, buttermilk, oil and vanilla. Whisk together by hand for about a minute. *Note: the batter will be thin. Use an ice cream scoop to evenly divide the batter into the prepared cupcake liners

Bake for 15 to 20 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into center comes out clean. Cool for 10 minutes, then transfer to wire frame to finish cooling.


Simple White Buttercream
makes enough to frost 1 dozen cupcakes

3/4 cup unsalted butter (I prefer Gay Lea)
1 1/2 cup icing sugar
1/2 teaspoon sea salt
3/4 teaspoon pure vanilla extract


Whip together all the ingredients using an electric mixer on medium-high speed for 5 minutes until light and fluffy.

4 comments:

  1. i feel like such a stalker following your new blog lol. We're expanding on my friend's Brand PandaPad and so we were at the dealers, which by the way is a nightmare to get. They are just completely unorganized now, like even more so. I don't think i recognize anyone at the AA maybe like 1 or 2 people, but that's it. We did great we sold almost all the T-Shirts i think we had one left lol which i'm using as a prototype to design a box for ^^. She had these plushes that are dumplings and that was all sold out. Almost all her prints got sold out so it was an amazing weekend. I was actually wondering if you were gonna be there, but from what i see in your blog i had the feeling you're not into it anymore ^^. Now i'll never bump into you again hahaha

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  2. I would now have thought that "cherry silk" would be a more reflective name for you. You're going to have to explain the meaning on Tuesday when we meet up.

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  3. no wonder they hired you full-time. cupcake mondays would win anyone over

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