Father's Day Cupcakes
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Yield:
26 to 28 cupcakes
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Total Time:
1 hr
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Prep Time:
40 mins
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Cook Time:
20 mins
Ingredients
- 1 cup water
- 1/2 cup cocoa powder
- 1/2 cup dark chocolate chips
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 2 cups sugar
- 1-1/2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup buttermilk
- 2/3 cup Mazola® Corn Oil
- 2 eggs
- 2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
- Blue Buttercream Icing
- 1-1/2 cups butter OR margarine, softened
- 1/4 cup plus 2 tablespoons corn syrup, light
- 2 tablespoons pure vanilla extract
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 9 cups powdered sugar
- 1/3 to 1/2 cup milk
- 4 - 6 drops blue food colouring
- 6 white, yellow
- Writing icing, your colour choice
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°F. Grease 26 to 28 cup cake tray (2-1/2 inch) or line with paper liners.
- Combine water and cocoa powder in a small saucepan over medium-low heat. Stir until smooth and bring to a boil. Remove from heat and stir in chocolate chips until melted. Set aside to cool.
- Whisk together flour, sugar, baking powder and salt in a large mixer bowl. Add buttermilk, oil, eggs and vanilla, mix for 1 to 2 minutes on medium speed or until smooth. Add cooked melted chocolate mixture and continue mixing for 1 minute or until well blended.
- Portion batter evenly into baking cups, filling each approximately two-thirds full. Bake for 18 to 20 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in the center comes out clean. Remove from oven. Remove cupcakes from pans and allow to cool completely on wire racks before frosting.
- For frosting: Beat butter, corn syrup, vanilla and salt in a large mixing bowl until light and creamy. Gradually add powdered sugar and 1/3 cup milk until fluffy, adding additional milk as needed to reach desired spreading consistency, add drops of blue food colouring. Pipe frosting generously onto cupcakes with a pastry bag and decorative tip. Using sugar sheet cut into 1 inch strip. To create the collar simply fold in the left and right corners to overlap. To make the tie, cut out a tie shape from the pink and yellow sugar sheets and decorate with dots using writing icing.
