Chocolate Cupcakes with 7 Minute Frosting
Tuesday, November 11, 2008 at 12:00AM 
Yes it's Tuesday but there's no Tuesday's-with-Dorie recipe for me. It's been a very hectic week - moreso than usual - and when I saw what the TwD recipe was, it was more involved and more time consuming that I could handle. So, sorry to say, no TwD for me. Consider this a "by-week" (or is it "bye-week"? maybe "buy-week"? Hey, I like actually really that last one!). But I did make something... chocolate cupcakes with 7-minute frosting :)
I recently read an article in the Washington Post about Cupcake Wars. Turns out the winner was a chocolate cupcake with chocolate ganache icing from Georgetown Cupcake. Since the article included the recipe I thought I'd go ahead and make it to see if it was really 'all that and a bag of chips'. Feeling rather ambitious I decided to do a whipped cream type of filling and make these into something more resembling Hostess Cupcakes. I remembered quite a while back reading a blog post about making your own Hostess Cupcakes, Devil Dogs and Ring Dings. I searched and searched and searched... and finally found it right here. The recipe for the filling was actually 7-minute frosting.
Having never made 7 minute frosting before, I went for it with gusto. But somewhere between baking the cupcakes, waiting for them to cool, searching for the filling recipe and making the 7 minute frosting for the filling, well, all I can say is that my "get up and go" simply "got up and went". So I never got to part of my grand plan where I was to make the ganache. Instead... I frosted the cupcakes with the 7 minute frosting. It was a big hit with the Hubs and the Kids because they said it tasted like marshmallow fluff. Unfortunately I really did not like this "frosting" at all. But it's very popular and for some people it's their absolute favorite home made frosting. So if you've never tried, it, you really should. I mean, what have you got to lose... besides seven minutes bwaaaaaaaaaaaahahahaha I crack me up :)
Oh, and truth-be-told, the chocolate cupcakes themselves were nothing remarkable.
Have a delicious day!
Reader Comments (13)
I love the look of your 7 minute frosting! Don't feel too bad about sitting out, sometimes you just can't get it all done, and that's okay too. At least that's what I tell myself! ;-)
They look yummy! I may try to make these this weekend! Cute sprinkles!
I think seven minute frosting is good, but it has to be on the right thing. I've had it on red velvet cake (Martha Stewart) and it was really good. I'd take these over this week's TWD recipe, tho!! :)
Based on what I've read so far on this week's TWD you didn't miss anything. Isn't it funny how you hear about all these great bakeries and their yummy goodies and when you get around to trying them they just aren't all that and the bag of chips, ha,ha,ha!
That last photo is so clear and the sprinkes so bright!
~ingrid
I've never made seven minute frosting- and I'm sure I can scrounge up seven minutes from somewhere so I'll make this soon! Thanks for the recipe!
It's okay that you don't like 7-minute frosting. That just means more for me... if you'd bring me some. :-) They look great, for what it's worth!
If you were tight on time you made a wise choice to go with cupcakes over the Kugelhopf. I did really like it, but it's a long process. Your photos are wonderful
I am glad you still made some sort of treat. the cupcakes looks amazing! I love the frosting!
Hey Em...what did you think of the cake? My sister's mother-in-law made it for her birthday this weekend (her MIL & our mom both cut out the article). I tried it and it was good, but my sis & I both like Ina's chocolate cake recipe better...coming from two people who don't particularly care for chocolate in the first place. Hope all is well!
Your photos are so pretty, as always Em!
I haven't made 7-min frosting in a LONG time... I know some in my house absolutely love it. I wonder if I still will like it as I did back then? :) Maybe I should give it a go soon, just to find out.
(Wise choice to skip the twd this time, imo.... shhhh though) :)
Oh well. I don't think you'll loose brownie points. After all you do have photos of chocolate cupcakes. They look yummy. Way to Go
AmyRuth
The sprinkles look so amazing! The color is so rich and intense. Cupcakes are all the rage. In fact there are three cupcake shops within my neighborhood. It's a perfect little snack on your way home from work or a great idea for a first date.
My Mom always made chocolate cake with seven minute frosting and we had to protect our plates from our Uncle who would steal it if we looked the wrong way. He only ate enough of the cake to supplement his icing habit! Your pictures bring back a lot of memories. I may have to add it to the Thanksgiving menu!