I love Easter time...for two main reasons. #1, I LOVE pastels...and #2, I LOVE candy. My candy taste is equivalent to what a five year old would like. The thought of a cadbury creme cupcake is very exciting to me.
A few notes about this cupcake though, it is HEAVY, messy and definitely not the prettiest cupcake I have ever made, HOWEVER, they are amazingly delicious(obviously if you even like cadbury creme eggs to begin with).
I bought 12 cadbury creme treats..The batter recipe makes around 18, so you can either buy more eggs, or just have a few extra plain cupcakes..that's what I did.
And the ganache frosting, seriously, it's amazing. I made the ganache frosting before I even started the cupcakes, because I chose to use a whipped ganache, which has to be chilled before using.
Ganache Frosting Ingredients:
- 16 ounces chocolate, chopped into small pieces
-2 cups heavy cream
- Place chocolate in bowl
- Heat heavy cream on stove on medium to high until it boils
- Remove and pour over chocolate, stir
- Cover with foil for 5 minutes
- Uncover, stir well, cover with plastic wrap, and put in fridge for an hour
- After an hour, mix until peaks form, and then decorate!
Cake Ingredients:
1 1/2 sticks unsalted butter
1 1/2 cup sugar
2 eggs
2 tsp vanilla extract
2 1/2 tsp baking powder
1/4 tsp salt
2 1/2 cup flour
1 1/4 cup milk
Cadbury Eggs (frozen overnight)
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- Mix butter until pretty smooth
- Add sugar and beat well
- Add eggs
- Mix in all other ingredients.
Add a little batter to the cupcake liners, then place egg in the middle. Pour more batter on until egg is almost covered.
Bake for 20-25 minutes...I only baked for 20 but, honestly, they could have used a few more minutes.
Take out and let cool them cool completely before adding icing.
Again, not the prettiest, but worth making for sure!
Enjoy!
wanna know something? As a graphic designer, I worked on that Cadbury Egg box design in your first pic! I did a ton of work for Hershey in my 1st design job!!! Your blog here is so "sweet." Pun intended ;) Love it!
ReplyDeleteThat's awesome!!!!!
ReplyDeleteIn the process of making these right now ;) I'm excited to try them!
ReplyDeletehope they were good!!!!!
ReplyDeleteI made them. They blow my mind they are so good. One thing was I couldn't get the icing to ever get harder.
ReplyDeletereally?? Bc I thought mine was too dry/hard??? Did you put it in the fridge and then whip it????
ReplyDeleteI didn't who it because it was still so liquidy after a few hours. Do you think freezing it for a little bit would help? Even though I'm sure by the time I get back home my family will have eaten them all and ill have none to ice.
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