bittersweet chocolate cupcakes with a mascarpone cheese frosting. i found the one-bowl chocolate cupcakes recipe in sara neumeier's cupcakes book, and i used it because it is one of the few chocolate cake recipes that actually uses chocolate, not cocoa powder (i ended up adding a cup of cocoa powder into the recipe anyway). i wasn't wowed by it, even though i used a very nice sharffen berger bittersweet chocolate and shockinag cocoa. if anyone has a great chocolate (cup)cake recipe that uses chocolate, point me to it.
mascarpone cheese frosting was a doddle. i decided to use mascarpone because of a movie i'm looking forward to watching this weekend. anyone care to guess?
mascarpone cheese frosting
1/2 stick/1/4 cup/56g unsalted butter, softened
8oz/227g mascarpone cheese, softened
1 tsp vanilla extract
1 lb/427g sifted confectioner's/icing sugar
with an electric mixer, beat the butter and mascarpone cheese together until fluffy. add the vanilla extract, and the sugar incrementally, until fully incorporated.
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chocolate cupcakes with mascarpone cheese frosting
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10/06/2005 02:30:00 AM
I know this goes without saying, but I don't care, I'm saying it!
What a cool photo! :)
10/06/2005 05:22:00 AM
Is the movie "Capote?"
10/06/2005 09:08:00 AM
What a fabulous head piece on that cupcake! Mmm edible spikies...
10/06/2005 02:16:00 PM
I agree with McAuliflower - great 'do on that cupcake! I read somewhere that substituting cocoa (and butter) for chocolate gives a cakier texture. I wonder if cocoa is more common in cupcakes because of the lighter texture? I suppose you could turn brownies into cupcakes...
10/06/2005 03:47:00 PM
hi alicat! thanks for saying it :D what do you think of the cupcake 'do?
hi ollie--hm...mascapote cheese? ;D actually, no, although maybe if i was i'd make "in cold blood" orange sorbet....
hi mcauliflower! i had fun blobbing it up.
hi cathy! thanks for the insight. i want something cakier than a sponge cake, but not something as dense as most brownies, although maybe you can recommend a good recipe...? all the ones i try tend to be too dense.
hi milgwimper! i am really getting my hair cut this weekend--maybe i'm subconsciously auditioning new 'dos?
10/06/2005 05:56:00 PM
Um, "The 40 year old Virgin?" :-P
10/06/2005 08:46:00 PM
Hi S,
I love the spikey hair treatment. It's so 80s Billy Idol. LOL! =P
10/06/2005 09:28:00 PM
omg, sasha, old virgins and creamy cheese...yike!
hey reid, it's a nice day for a white...frosting :)
10/07/2005 05:57:00 AM
what a beautiful cupcake! it has so much more spunk and attitude than the average smooth-headed cupcakes.
10/07/2005 07:38:00 PM
Great cupcake topping.
10/08/2005 03:11:00 AM
Adorable frosting job, Santos.
10/09/2005 08:38:00 PM
Yummm!
10/10/2005 07:16:00 AM
That's a punk cupcake for sure! I found Nigella's Chocolate Cherry Cupcakes/Queencakes/Fairycakes - they use real chocolate as well as cherry jam (sounds strange but it really works) - are easy and delicious. There's a recipe here:
http://www.bibliocook.com/archives/2005/05/queencake_centr.html
10/11/2005 01:54:00 PM
hi everyone! thanks for the lovely comments, and thank you caroline for the recipe. i don't have much faith in mrs. saatchi's recipes, but i'll give it a go.
10/12/2005 05:25:00 AM
sooo cute. looks like a hedgehog.
10/12/2005 11:01:00 PM
you're so right!
2/11/2006 01:28:00 PM
Debbi's (Mrs Fields) Devil's Food Cake uses both cocoa & chocolate and makes a mean cake.
8/01/2006 12:34:00 PM
any day now!
9/02/2006 01:52:00 AM
Is the movie Al Capone in "Scarface"?
8/25/2010 10:09:00 AM
glad I found this recipe -- am making the icing tonight!
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