Grandmas Sorghum Cupcakes Recipes

GRANDMA GUDGEL'S BLACK BOTTOM CUPCAKES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Lightly butter muffin tins and set aside.
• Beat together the cream cheese, egg, sugar and salt. Stir in chocolate chips and set aside.
• In a separate bowl, sift together the flour, sugar, cocoa, baking soda and salt. Add the water, oil, vinegar, and vanilla. Beat until well combined. Batter will be thin.
• Fill muffin cups 1/3 full with the chocolate batter. Top each one with a spoonful of cream cheese mixture.
• Bake for 30 to 35 minutes.

CHRYSANTHEMUM CUPCAKES

Steps:

• Tint 1 cup of frosting forest green (for leaves and dots); set aside. Divide remaining frosting into three batches. Tint each batch a base-coat shade (for cupcake tops): chartreuse (mix leaf green, lemon yellow, and a touch of egg yellow), lemon yellow, and orange.
• Alternating the three base colors, frost cupcakes with a small offset spatula or butter knife, using about 3 tablespoons frosting per cupcake. (Reserve leftover frosting for piping flowers.)
• Decorate cupcakes: Make the leaves first: With the #68 leaf tip and green frosting, hold the bag at a 45 degree angle to the cake with the tip's flat side up. Squeeze bag, and pull out from the base of the leaf, releasing pressure and lifting to form the end. With the coupler alone (or the #12 round tip) and frosting in the flower color, make a raised one-half-inch-wide dot to anchor the petals. Change to the #80 fluted tip; hold bag at a 45 degree angle against the edge of the dot, the tip forming a U. Gently squeeze the bag while pulling out in a quick stroke. Repeat all around the dot; form two or more petal layers over the first, making petals shorter and pulling bag upward with each layer. With the #3 tip and green frosting, pipe three dots in the center.
• Refrigerate in airtight containers until ready to serve. Let stand at room temperature 20 minutes before serving.

GRANNY TWICHELL'S SECRET CHOCOLATE CUPCAKE RECIPE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 325 degrees Fahrenheit.
• Heat 1 inch of water in the bottom half of a double boiler over medium heat. Place 10 ounces semisweet chocolate, 1 cup heavy cream and 2 ounces unsweetened chocolate in the top half of the double boiler. tightly cover with plastic wrap. Allow to heat for 8 minutes. Remove from the heat and stir until smooth. Set aside until needed.
• Place the eggs, sugar and vanilla extract in the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with a paddle. Beat on medium until lemon-colored and slightly thickened, about 4 minutes. Add the melted chocolate mixture and beat on medium for 15 to 20 seconds more. Add the cake flour, baking soda and chocolate chips, and beat on low for 10 seconds. Increase to medium and beat for an additional 10 seconds. Remove the bowl from the mixer. Use a rubber spatula and thoroughly combine the batter.
• Evenly divide the mixture into 18 bake cups that have already been positioned into muffin tins, filling the cups to within 1/4 below the rim. Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean, about 25 to 30 minutes. Remove from the oven and allow to cool to room temperature.
• Heat 1/2 cup heavy cream in a 1 1/2-quart saucepan over medium-high heat. Bring to a boil. Place 6 ounces semisweet chocolate in a stainless steel bowl. Pour the boiling cream over the chocolate and allow to stand for 5 minutes. Stir with a whisk until smooth.
• One at a time, dip the top of each of Granny's cupcakes into the chocolate icing. Sprinkle the grated white chocolate over the icing on each cupcake, and refrigerate for 30 minutes to set the icing.
• Allow the cupcakes to come to room temperature for 15 to 20 minutes before serving.

GRANDMA'S SORGHUM CUPCAKES

Steps:

• Cream shortening, sugar, egg and vanilla in a bowl.
• Take 1 cup sorghum; pour half into the mixing bowl, then fill the cup with hot water; add to creamed mixture. This step insures you get all the sorghum out of the cup.
• Stir in dry ingredents; mix well.
• Pour into oiled muffin tins;sprinkle tops with sugar (about 1 teaspoons per muffin) bake at 350 for 25-30 minute.

GRANDMA MARY'S CREAM PUFFS

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Line 2 baking sheets with parchment paper.
• Combine water, butter, and salt for pastries in a saucepan on the stove; bring to a brisk boil. Add flour, then turn off the heat and stir vigorously until mixture is smooth.
• Pour mixture into a large mixing bowl. Beat in eggs, one at a time, until mixture is thick and shiny. Spoon 12 dollops of the mixture onto each of the prepared baking sheets, about 2 inches apart.
• Bake in the preheated oven until light golden brown, about 30 minutes, swapping racks halfway through. Remove to cooling racks and let cool, about 30 minutes.
• Meanwhile, combine milk, condensed milk, sugar, eggs, and salt for filling in a pot over medium-high heat. When the mixture starts to steam, reduce heat to medium.
• Place cornstarch in a bowl and stir in about 2 tablespoons of the hot milk mixture. Stir vigorously until it's completely liquid, then pour into the pot with the remaining milk mixture. Cook, stirring constantly, until custard thickens.
• Turn off the heat, add vanilla, and continue stirring for about 8 minutes. Let cool, about 10 minutes; it will thicken as it cools.
• Cut the tops off the cooled pastries. Add the custard filling and put the tops back on. Place in the refrigerator for 1 hour before serving.

GRANDMA'S CRUMB CAKE CUPCAKES (OR CAKE)

Steps:

• Pre-heat oven to 350°F.
• Line muffin tins or cupcake tins with paper cupcake liners.
• With pastry knife or fingers, cut butter into flour and sugar until crumbly. Reserve 1/2 cup for topping.
• Add remaining ingredients to flour mixture and stir until just mixed.
• Fill cupcake liners 2/3 full and sprinkle reserved crumb mixture evenly over tops.
• Bake 20-25 minutes.
• Cool on wire rack.
• To make a cake, pour batter into a greased and floured oblong baking pan and top with reserved crumbs. Bake as above.