Fire Ice Cupcakes Recipes

FIRE & ICE CUPCAKES

Steps:

• Cupcakes: Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• Line cupcake trays with baking cups (36)
• Puree canned chipotles and set aside.
• Boil water. Transfer 3/4 cup of boiling water to bowl. Stir in cocoa until dissolved to form chocolate mixture and set aside.
• With a wire whisk, mix flour, baking soda, cinnamon, salt and chipotle powder in a separate bowl and set aside.
• In a large mixing bowl, mix sugar, butter and eggs until light and fluffy. Add buttermilk and vanilla and mix well.
• Add flour mixture to the wet ingredients in three additions, alternating with chocolate mixture in two additions, ending with flour mixture. Beat until combined with each addition.
• Add pureed chipotles and beat until combined.
• Scoop batter into prepared cupcake trays. Bake for 13-15 minutes and cool completely.
• Ganache: Combine chocolates and heavy cream in medium bowl. Microwave on high in 30 sec intervals. Stir in between. Gradually add sugar and whisk mixture until smooth. Let cool. Pour into squeeze bottle.
• Assembly: Remove paper liners. Cut cupcake in half horizontally. Place a small scoop of ice cream in between the two cupcake halves. Top with another scoop of ice cream and drizzle with Chili Chocolate Ganache. Sprinkle chopped chocolate shavings to top it off. Enjoy right away.

FIREBALL CUPCAKES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350° and line a muffin tin with cupcake liners.
• In a large bowl, mix together cake mix and cinnamon, then stir in vegetable oil, eggs, and 1 cup Fireball. Bake according to package directions. Let cool completely before frosting.
• Make Fireball frosting: In a large bowl, combine butter, half the powdered sugar, vanilla , salt, and remaining 1/4 cup Fireball.
• Using a hand mixer, beat until smooth. Add the remaining 2 cups powdered sugar and beat until light and fluffy.
• Gently stir in yellow food coloring, then red, being careful not to overmix (you want it to be streaky).
• Pipe frosting onto cooled cupcakes and garnish with one Hot Tamale each.