Kiss The Frog Chocolate Cupcakes
Course
Dessert
Cuisine
North American
Servings
Prep Time
10 – 12
servings
1
hour
Cook Time
25
minutes
Servings
Prep Time
10 – 12
servings
1
hour
Cook Time
25
minutes
Ingredients
Chocolate Cupcakes
2
cups
Sugar
1 3/4
cups
Flour
3/4
cup
Cocoa
1
tsp
Baking Powder
1
tsp
Baking Soda
1
tsp
Salt
2
Eggs
room temperature
1
cup
Whole Milk
room temperature
1/2
cup
Canola Oil
2
tsp
Vanilla
1
cup
Boiling Water
Green Vanilla Frosting Ingredient
1
cup
Unsalted Sweet Cream Butter
softened
3 + 1/2
cups
Powdered Sugar
2
tsp
Vanilla
3 – 5
tbsp
Heavy Whipping Cream
Leaf Green Gel Color
Vanilla Royal Icing for Eyes
3
Egg Whites
1/4
tsp
Cream of Tarter
3 + 1/2
cups
Powdered Sugar
1/2 cup on stand by
1
tsp
Vanilla
Blue Gel Icing
Purple Gel Icing
24
White Chocolate Wafers
for eyes
3
#2 tips
for eyes
3
bags
Disposable Piping Bags
for eyes
12
Red M&M's
for mouth
Instructions
Chocolate Cupcake Instructions
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Line cupcake tins with paper liners.
Whisk the sugar, flour, cocoa, baking powder, baking soda and salt in a mixing bowl.
Combine the eggs, milk, oil and vanilla in a bowl. Add this to the dry ingredients beating on medium until the batter is smooth.
Gradually add the boiling water, milk and oil and blend together until the batter is smooth.
Using a medium scoop fill the paper lined cupcake tins with the prepared batter.
Bake at 350 degrees for 20-25 minutes until an inserted toothpick comes out clean. Allow to slightly cool before transferring to wire racks.
Green Vanilla Frosting Directions
Beat powder sugar, butter and vanilla in a bowl.
Add in the heavy whipping cream and color and continue to mix until stiff peaks form.
Scoop the frosting into a pastry bag with a large round tip.
Twist the open end of the pastry bag to push the frosting to the tip.
Starting around the edge pipe a circle and pipe it in to the center creating a peak. Set aside.
Vanilla Royal Icing for Eyes
Combine all ingredients into a standing mixer and beat until stiff peaks form.
Add the extra half cup of powder sugar if the royal icing looks like soup. Once stiff peaks form split into 3 bowls.
Add the colors into the bowls, mix until you have your desired color, leaving one bowl white.
Scoop colors into piping bags with the #2 tips on them.
For the Eyes
Using the white wafers, and one of the blue or purple piping bags, pipe a circle into the middle of the wafer.
Using the white piping bag, pipe in two white dots. Set aside to dry for 20 minutes.
Directions to Set Up
Take the “eyes” you created and place them in the edge of the cupcake for “Eyes”
Place a red M&M in the center for the mouth.