I finally made it to 1000 followers! I know many of you have a lot more, but I’m still very excited! I remember hoping to get to 100! So today, I’m celebrating. Thank you to all of my followers who enjoy what I create. I have been working so hard making recipes and photographing them for Peaches 2 Peaches.
I am also thankful for instagram and all of social media. I have made so many great connections with people I probably never would have if it wasn’t for social media, and for that I am very grateful, and I take nothing for granted.
So I made these are Mini Chocolate Cupcakes with Vanilla Buttercream Roses to celebrate. I used 1/2 of my chocolate cake recipe because you do not need as much when making mini cupcakes. After baking them, I piped roses on them using 3 different shades of purple buttercream frosting. I also used a “1” and “K” monogrammed boxes using Nina from Sophia Mya Cupcakes‘s method of cutting off the top layer of the boxes and putting the mini cupcakes inside.
The cupcakes look beautiful and are the perfect way to celebrate my 1000 milestone. Again, thank you for your follow!
Mini Chocolate Cupcakes with Vanilla Buttercream Roses
Ingredients
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 cup flour
- 1/2 cup cocoa powder
- 3/4 tsp baking powder
- 3/4 tsp baking soda
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1 egg
- 1/2 cup buttermilk
- 1/4 cup vegetable oil
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 1/2 cup boiling water
Frosting
- 1/2 cup butter, softened
- 2 tbsp shortning
- 2 1/2 cup powdered sugar
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 2 tbsp heavy cream
- purple food gel
Instructions
- Heat oven to 350°F. Place mini cupcake liners in mini cupcake pan.Stir together sugar, flour, cocoa, baking powder, baking soda and salt in large bowl.Add eggs, buttermilk, oil and vanilla; beat on medium speed of mixer 2 minutes.Stir in boiling water (batter will be thin). Scoop batter into the mini cupcake pan.Bake 15-20 minutes
Frosting
- Beat butter and shortening. Add powdered sugar, salt, and heavy cream and beat again. Divide frosting into 3 bowls. Add different amounts of purple food gel to get 3 shades of purple. Place frosting into 3 piping bags with piping tip 104 on each. If you only have one piping tip 104, then fill a bag with one color, pipe 1/3 of the cupcakes, then use the same tip for another bag and fill it with the next color. Pipe roses on the mini cupcakes using the 3 shades of purple.
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