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Hostess Cupcakes




Source of Recipe


Sunday Dinner


List of Ingredients




CAKES:
1/2 cup + 2 tablespoons Flour
2-1/2 tablespoons Cocoa powder
3/4 teaspoon Baking soda
1/4 teaspoon Salt
1/2 cup Sugar
1/2 cup Water
3 tablespoons Vegetable oil
1-1/2 teaspoon Distilled white vinegar
1 teaspoon Vanilla extract

FILLING:

1 cup Heavy whipping cream
6 ounces Finely chopped white chocolate

GLAZE:

3 ounces Finely chopped bittersweet chocolate
3 tablespoon Boiling water

ICING:

1 tablespoon Egg white, at room temperature
1 pinch cream of tartar
1/2 cup + 2 to 3 tablespoons confectioner's sugar


Recipe



1. Position a rack in the center and preheat oven to 325°F. Lightly
butter twenty-four 1-3/4" x 3/4" (1-oz) muffin of biscuit cups.

2. Into a medium bowl, sift together the flour, cocoa, baking soda,
and salt. Mix in the sugar. Make a well in the center. Whisk in the
water, oil, vinegar, and vanilla. Blend until smooth. (The batter will
be very thin.)

3. Spoon the batter into the prepared cups. Bake until a cake tester
inserted into the center of one of the cupcakes comes out clean, about
12 to 14 minutes. Cool the cupcakes in the pans on a wire rack for 5
minutes. Remove the cupcakes from the pans and finish cooling on the
rack.

Make the filling:

4. In a heavy medium saucepan over medium-high heat, bring the cream
to a boil. Add the white chocolate and remove from heat. let the
mixture stand briefly; stir until smooth. Transfer to a metal bowl and
refrigerate until chilled thoroughly, stirring occasionally. (To speed
the process, set the metal bowl over a larger bowl of ice water; stir
the chocolate mixture until cool.) With an electric mixer, beat the
white chocolate mixture just until fluffy, about 1 minute.

5. Transfer the filling to a pastry bag fitted with a 3/8-inch plain
tip. Insert the pastry tip 1/4-inch into the bottom of each cupcake
and squeeze a little filling into each one.

Make the glaze:

6. Place the chocolate in a small bowl. Whisk in the boiling water and
blend until smooth. One at a time, dip the top of each cupcake into
the warm glaze. Turn the glazed cupcakes right side up and set them on
a wire rack on top of a baking sheet. Refrigerate the cupcakes for 5
minutes to set the glaze.

Make the icing:

7. In a medium bowl, whisk the egg white until frothy. Stir in the
cream of tartar. Gradually mix in enough of the confectioner's sugar
to make a fairly stiff and smooth icing. Fill a small paper cone with
the icing and cut a 1/16-inch opening at the tip. Remove the cupcakes
from the refrigerator. Pipe a design (a squiggle, spiral, etc.) on the
top of each cupcake. Let the design harden and then cover and
refrigerate the cupcakes. Serve at room temperature.

The cupcakes can be made and refrigerated up to 2 days in advance, or
frozen up to 2 weeks.

Makes 22 to 24 miniature cupcakes.