Monday, February 14, 2011

Happy Valentine's Day - Faux Hostess Cupcakes


I hope you had a wonderful Valentine's Day!  I decided to make something special for my hubby and these fit the bill!  I had to work today and wanted to have something easy to pull together, and using my new favorite cake mix - Trader Joe's these came together really quickly.  

Once the cupcakes were cooled I used a melon baller to scoop out a section on the middle of the cupcake.  I used the marshmallow filling in a pastry bag to fill the middle of the cupcake and then replaced the cupcake top.  I topped with the chocolate ganache and then piped a design on the top.  While it was a little more involved then a simple cupcake but well worth the effort!  DELISH!

Marshmallow Filling
Recipe from Annie's Eats

6 tablespoons butter
1 1/2 cups powdered sugar
3/4 cup marshmallow fluff
1 1/2 tablespoons heavy cream

Beat together until well combined.  I used this to fill the cupcakes as well as the classic hostess swirl on top.

Chocolate Ganache
1/2 cup heavy cream
1 cup chocolate chips

Heat cream until warm but not boiling.  Pour over chocolate chips and let sit for 1 minute.  Stir until smooth and all chocolate is melted.

ENJOY!

This was shared on Cupcake Tuesday and Sweets for a Saturday!

5 comments:

  1. What a perfect Valentine Cupcake!
    Thanks for sharing them on Cupcake Tuesday!
    ~Liz

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  2. Sounds yummy! Can't wait to try these! Thanks, Stefanie!

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  3. Thank you! These were really fun to make!

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  4. How fun! I never heard about scooping out cupcakes and filling them with something till a week or two ago. I saw lemon cupcakes with cranberry filling on someone's blog and gave them a try. They were delicious. I'll bet yours were even better. Chocolate and marshmallow -- yum!!!

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  5. this looks awesome! love how you made it creative, not just swirls. glad to have found your blog!
    -meg
    @ http://www.clutzycooking.blogspot.com
    @ http://www.myscribblednotebook.blogspot.com

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