This week's TWD was chosen by Clara of I Heart Food4Thought: chocolate-chocolate cupcakes! I'd actually made these cupcakes for our one year wedding anniversary (before I joined TWD) but they were delish so I had no problem making them again :) I figured I could deliver some of them to our neighbors so that we wouldn't be tempted to eat all 12!
I didn't want to make a trip to the store to buy any ingredients for this recipe so I made a few substitutions. First, I used semisweet chocolate instead of bittersweet in both the cupcakes and the glaze. I probably would've used semisweet even if I'd had bittersweet on hand because I'm just not a fan of bittersweet chocolate. Also, I substituted sour cream for buttermilk. I've been making that substitution in my baking a lot lately. I used to buy buttermilk but it inevitably went bad before I could use it all so I no longer buy it. I do, however, always seem to have sour cream on hand and I really like the way it keeps cupcakes moist so I've been using it in place of buttermilk whenever I can!
The cupcakes baked up beautifully and once they'd cooled, I threw together the glaze and topped them. I love this glaze recipe as it's so quick and requires so few ingredients and is still very tasty! I did top the cupcakes for my neighbor with some really cute Halloween sprinkles that I'd picked up at Target weeks ago, but I forgot to take pictures before I dropped them off! I didn't bother with Halloween decoration for our cupcakes hence the boring pictures! We had these cupcakes for dessert tonight and they were wonderful! I'm not even a huge fan of chocolate cake with chocolate frosting but these work for some reason.
Thanks for this selection Clara. We love them! The recipe can be found in Clara's blog or in my earlier post about the cupcakes. Be sure to head over to TWD to see the rest of the cupcakes...I'm sure there will be some amazing Halloween decorations!
18 comments:
they look perfect. perfectly delicious!
These look just like they do in Dorie's book! Lovely!
they look lovely! great idea to use sour cream instead of buttermilk. i usually use the powdered buttermilk for the same reason, but i don't know how much of a difference it makes.
I love you substitutions. They look yummy. When I have leftover buttermilk I freeze it by tablespoons in an ice cube tray for future use.:)
They look wonderful.
I'm glad they turned out for you again - repeat recipes don't happen too often, but it sounds like you liked them enough to do it :)
These were great both times!
Your glaze is glistening. Perfection!
Good tip about subbing sour cream for buttermilk. I'll have to remember that next time I run out. Glad you enjoyed the recipe. Thanks for baking with me this week!
Clara @ iheartfood4thought
I actually sub sour cream for buttermilk quite often - it's a great idea (if I do say so myself! ha ha)
The cakes look so nice - but when I first opened your blog I saw the mexican lasagna and WOW! That really looks good!
Looks yummy! I also used sour cream instead of buttermilk because I, too, didn't want to go to the store.
I love how something can just bomb for a few of us, yet others have great success. Your cupcakes are clearly a great success. How many great recipes have been created just because someone didn't want to go to the store? I substitute things all the time for that reason, but oddly right now I am heading off to the store.
Your cupcakes look scrumptious. I have the same problem with buttermilk--I can never seem to use it up before it goes bad. Sour cream keeps better. I'll have to try your substitution the next time I make these.
Your cupcakes look so pretty and I like the well formed glaze. Good tip about using sour cream instead of buttermilk - I usually buy a quart of buttermilk then have to throw most of it out.
Great job! They look delicious!
Those look amazing!
They look just wonderful- I'm glad you liked them. Great job!
So chocolatey! Your pics make me wish I still had some of the cupcakes left! :)
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