Chocolate Peak Cupcakes

Chocolate fudge cupcakes featuring caramel and coffee, topped with a chocolate, marshmallow, cocoa, and coconut frosting.
Ingredients -

Butter for greasing pan
Flour for flouring pan
1 1/3 cups hot Water
2 tablespoons Instant Coffee Crystals
1 (18.3 ounces) box Chocolate Fudge Cake Mix
1/3 cup Vegetable Oil
3 Eggs
12 soft Caramel Candies, unwrapped

Frosting:
1 (16 ounces) container Chocolate Frosting
1 (7 ounces) jar Marshmallow Creme, refrigerated
1/4 cup Unsweetened Cocoa Powder
1/4 cup Sweetened Flaked Coconut, toasted

 
Preparation:

1. Preheat oven to 350 F.

2. Butter and flour 2 (6-cup) cupcake pans.

3. Dissolve coffee crystals in water. Add to large bowl. Cool.

4. Add chocolate fudge cake mix, vegetable oil and eggs to bowl with coffee.

5. Beat with hand mixer 2 minutes, until well blended.

6. Spoon batter into muffin cups until each cup is half full.

7. Place 1 caramel candy in center of batter. Spoon remaining batter over caramels.

8. Bake 12 minutes, until cakes have puffed.

9. Cool cupcakes on wire rack 15 minutes.

10. Remove cupcakes from tins and cool completely.

11. Cut tops off cupcakes. Reserve tops and bottoms.

12. Frost cupcake tops with chocolate frosting.

13. Spread 1-tablespoon marshmallow creme atop each cupcake bottom.

14. Dust tops with cocoa powder and sprinkle with coconut.

15. Place tops on bottoms.

 



Cooking Tip
Butter for Greasing Pan
You can also use a canola based no-stick cooking spray.

Cupcake Baking Tip
Decorating Cupcakes
Use your imagination when decorating cupcakes. Cupcake frostings have different consistencies, so experiment until you find the right frosting for your cupcake decorating ideas.
 

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