Rocky Road Cupcakes From Scratch Recipes

ROCKY ROAD CUPCAKES (FROM SCRATCH)

Steps:

• Make the cake: Preheat the oven to 350°. Line a 12-cup muffin tin with paper or foil liners.
• In a medium saucepan, melt the butter with the vegetable oil and water over low heat.
• In a large bowl, sift the flour with the sugar, cocoa powder, baking soda and salt. Add the melted butter mixture and beat with a handheld mixer at low speed until smooth. Add the egg and beat until incorporated, then add the buttermilk and vanilla and beat until smooth, scraping the bottom and side of the bowl. Pour the batter into the lined muffin tins, filling them about three-fourths full.
• Bake the cupcakes in the center of the oven for about 25 minutes, until springy and a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Let the cupcakes cool slightly, then transfer them to a rack to cool completely.
• Meanwhile, make the frosting: Put the chopped chocolate in a heatproof medium bowl. In a small saucepan, heat the cream with the butter, corn syrup and salt until hot but not boiling. Immediately pour the mixture over the chocolate. Let stand for 5 minutes, then whisk until smooth. Let the frosting cool, whisking occasionally, until thick enough for dipping and glazing the cupcakes, about 30 minutes. For a frosting firm enough to spread, let stand for 1 hour.
• Mix the frosting with the peanuts, chocolate chips and marshmallows. Frost the cooled cupcakes and serve.

ROCKY ROAD CUPCAKES

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350*.
• Prepare cake mix as box directs.
• Add remaining ingredients to batter.
• Blend well.
• Fill muffin cups 3/4 full.
• Bake for 22 minutes or until pick comes out clean.
• Cool in pan.

MILE HIGH ROCKY ROAD CUPCAKES

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°F (325°F for dark or nonstick pan). Place paper baking cup in each of 12 regular-size muffin cups. Make cupcake mix as directed on box, using water, oil and whole eggs. Fill muffin cups with batter and filling as directed. Bake 24 to 29 minutes or until surface of cupcakes appears dry. Cool 20 minutes; remove cupcakes from pan to cooling rack. Cool completely.
• In 2-quart saucepan, heat sugar and 1/3 cup water to boiling over medium heat, without stirring. Boil about 3 minutes, without stirring, to 238°F on candy thermometer or until small amount of mixture dropped into cup of very cold water forms a soft ball that flattens when removed from water; remove from heat. In large bowl, beat egg whites, cream of tartar and vanilla with electric mixer on high speed until soft peaks form. Gradually add sugar syrup, beating until stiff peaks form, about 5 minutes.
• Spoon frosting into decorating bag fitted with #6 large round tip. Pipe frosting onto cupcakes. Spoon melted chocolate over frosting. Sprinkle with pecans.

ROCKY ROAD CHOCOLATE CUPCAKES

Steps:

• Grease a 12-hole muffin tin. Sift together the flour, cocoa powder, baking powder and salt into a large bowl. Stir in the sugar, chocolate chips and marshmallows.
• Place the eggs in a large jug or bowl and beat lightly, then beat in the milk and oil. Make a well in the centre of the dry ingredients and pour in the beaten liquid ingredients. Stir gently until combined ; do not overmix. Spoon the batter into the muffin tin.
• Bake in a preheated oven 200'c gas mark 6, for 20 minutes, or until risen and firm to the toach. Leave to cool in the tin for 5 minutes, then serve warm or transfer to a wire rack to cool completely.

ROCKY ROAD CUPCAKES

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350˚F. Line a cupcake pan with paper wrappers.
• Using a standard-size ice cream scoop or a 1/4 cup measure, scoop the Devil's Food Cake batter into the prepared pan. The batter should come one-third to one-half the way up the sides of the pans.
• Bake for 20 to 22 minutes, rotating the pan once halfway through, until the centers of the cupcakes spring back to the touch.
• Remove the cupcakes from the oven, let them cool slightly in the pan, then finish cooling them right side up on a wire rack until they reach room temperature.
• Repeat this process to bake the remaining batter, as necessary.
• While the cupcakes are baking and cooling, prepare the Chocolate Icing, if you have not already done so. Set it aside.
• Once all the cupcakes have cooled to room temperature, use a paring knife to gently carve out a 1/2-inch-diameter column that reaches about halfway down through the middle of each cupcake. (You can also carve this opening with a medium round piping tip by pressing the tip into the top of the cupcake about halfway down and then twisting it 360 degrees before pulling the tip out.)
• Fill a pastry bag fitted with a medium round tip with Marshmallow Fluff. Inserting the tip of the bag into the carved center of each cupcake, pipe the filling into the cake until it just begins to overflow the cavity (see Filling a Pastry Bag and Piping, page 11).
• Fit another pastry bag with a large star tip and fill it with Chocolate Icing. Pipe rosettes of icing on each cupcake (see Filling a Pastry Bag and Piping, page 11). Repeat until all the cupcakes have been iced.
• Sprinkle the chopped almonds on top of the cupcakes and serve.
• Once iced, the cupcakes can be kept covered or in an airtight container in the refrigerator for up to 2 days. Bring them to room temperature before serving.
• Polish your look
• To make Rocky Road Cake, ice chocolate cake layers with Marshmallow Icing up to the crumb coat stage (see Icing a Cake, page 14). Once the crumb coat has set, finish the cake with 1/2 recipe Chocolate Icing. Sprinkle almonds across the entire top of the cake or, if you're planning on inscribing it, just around the perimeter.

VANILLA CUPCAKES FROM SCRATCH

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C). Line two 12-cup muffin tins with paper liners.
• Sift flour, baking powder, and salt together into a bowl. Whisk milk, eggs, and vanilla extract together in a separate bowl.
• Beat sugar, butter, and shortening together in a large mixing bowl with an electric mixer until creamy. Mix in flour mixture. Add milk mixture and beat on low speed for 30 seconds. Increase speed to high and beat until smooth, about 2 minutes. Fill the prepared muffin cups 1/2 full with batter.
• Bake in the preheated oven until tops spring back when lightly pressed, about 20 minutes. Cool in the tin for 5 minutes, then transfer to a wire rack to cool completely.