St. Patrick's Day Crème de Menthe Cupcakes Recipe | MyRecipes - PCOS-Friendly Recipe
Nutrition per Serving
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Calories
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Protein
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Carbs
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Recipe by Julia Dowling Rutland
Celebrate the luck of the Irish with St. Patrick's Day Crème de Menthe Cupcakes. Rich chocolate cake surrounds a dense filling of minted fudge, topped by a beautiful swirl of fluffy green buttercream. St. Paddy would appro
Ingredients
- 1 cup butter
- 1 3/4 cups sugar
- 3 large eggs
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 1 1/2 cups flour
- 3/4 cup cocoa powder
- 3/4 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup milk
- 1/2 cup heavy cream
- 4 ounces semisweet chocolate, chopped
- 1/8 to 1/4 teaspoon peppermint extract
- Crème de Menthe Buttercream
- Garnish: chocolate curls
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 °. Line 1 (12-cup) muffin pan with paper baking cups.
- Beat butter and sugar in a large bowl at high speed with an electric mixer until fluffy. Add eggs, 1 at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in vanilla.
- Combine flour and next 3 ingredients. Stir flour mixture into butter mixture, alternating with milk and beginning and ending with flour. Fill muffin cups evenly with batter.
- Bake 20 to 25 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Transfer to wire racks to cool completely.
- Meanwhile, heat cream in a small saucepan over low heat until hot. Remove from heat, and stir in chocolate and peppermint extract until mixture is smooth and well blended. Let cool completely.
- Core cupcakes with cupcake corer. Pipe or spoon about 2 teaspoons chocolate mixture into center. Pipe or spoon Crème de Menthe Buttercream on top. Garnish, if desired.
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