Secret Cupcakes

By Addie

{These Cupcakes Have A Secret}
Sure, it looks unassuming. That’s the fun part. Pretty, yes. But not your average cupcake! These little babies contain a surprise.
Rich, creamy, clouds of yumminess reside inside.
So… you wanna bite?
Well, you’re gonna have to make them yourself!
First you’ll need some chocolate cuppycakes.
You can use any cupcake recipe though.

Or even a boxed mix. I’ll never tell. So..make them!

While those are cooling, make the yummy filling.....

Ingredients

• FILLING:
• 1 Cup Whole Milk (not 2%, 1%, or fat free)
• 5 Tablespoons Flour
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 Cup Butter (not margarine) barely room temp
• 1 Cup Granulated Sugar (NOT powdered sugar)
• I found this recipe on Tasty Kitchen. She uses it as icing. I don’t like it like that. It’s more of a filing. Well, in my opinion. You are free to have your own opinion.
• You’re welcome :)
• This is similar to, but the not the same as the filling in my whoopie pies.
• SBBCreamFilling
• You’ll need 1 of 2 things here. Either a Pastry bag with large icing tip, or an apple corer and some patience.
• I have no patience, so I have a pastry bag.
• (if you have the corer, core out the middle of the cupcake, then fill with a spoon).
• SBBFilling
• Now, for the glaze.
• mmm… glazzzzzzze.
• This stuff tastes like melted fudge.
• It’s bad, but good. Sooooooo good.
• You’ll need:
• 4 Tablespoons of Butter
• 1 Square unsweetened chocolate
• (or 3 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder- no, not Swiss Miss ;) ha.)
• 1 Cup Confectioners Sugar
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 2-3 Tablespoons HOT water
• Melt the butter & chocolate (unless using cocoa)

Preparation

Step 1

In a small saucepan, whisk flour into the milk until smooth. Heat, stirring constantly, until very thick, thicker than pudding. Remove and allow to cool fully. You can sit the pan in an ice bath if you don’t want to wait.

In your mixer, beat butter and sugar together until fluffy. Once cool, add the vanilla to the flour/milk milk and stir until fully combined. Then add the flour/milk/vanilla mix to the butter and sugar and beat until fluffers!

Once finished, it will look like whipped cream, but be much thicker, as shown here with my upside down spoon of the stuff.

I found this recipe on Tasty Kitchen. She uses it as icing. I don’t like it like that. It’s more of a filing. This is similar to, but the not the same as the filling in my whoopie pies.

You’ll need 1 of 2 things here. Either a Pastry bag with large icing tip, or an apple corer and some patience.

I have no patience, so I have a pastry bag. (If you have the corer, core out the middle of the cupcake, then fill with a spoon).
..................................

Now, for the glaze.

mmmm… glazzzzzzze.

This stuff tastes like melted fudge.

It’s bad, but good. Sooooooo good.

You’ll need:
4 Tablespoons of Butter
1 Square unsweetened chocolate
(or 3 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder- no, not Swiss Miss ;) ha.)
1 Cup Confectioners Sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla
2-3 Tablespoons HOT water



Melt the butter & chocolate (unless using cocoa). Then add the sugar and vanilla. Add 2 TBS water. If it’s not enough, add the 3rd. This should be runny, but thick enough to fully coat your spoon.

Taste it.
DEEVINE.

Ok, now spoon it onto your cupcakes. You’ll not need to fully coat them (you might WANT to though). Then allow to harden.

If you can wait that long! Otherwise, take a bite of the yummy confection you have just created.