Cream Filled Cupcakes


Photo: Cathy Wiechert
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Ingredients

FILLING INGREDIENTS:
4 tablespoons flour
1 cup milk
1 cup unsalted butter, softened
1 cup sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla
CUPCAKE INGREDIENTS:
2/3 cup vegetable oil
2 cups water
2 tablespoons vinegar
2 teaspoons baking soda
1 teaspoon salt
2 teaspoons vanilla
3 cups flour
2 cups sugar
1/2 cup cocoa
CHOCOLATE GLAZE INGREDIENTS:
1 cup chocolate chips
1/4 cup unsalted butter

Preparation

1
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
2
Line (2) 12 cup cupcake pans with cupcake liners.
3
In large bowl, combine all of the cupcake ingredients and mix until well-blended. Fill each cupcake liner ¾ full and bake for 18 to 20 minutes or until cupcakes spring back to touch. Remove cupcakes from pans and allow to cool on wire racks.
4
In small pan, whisk 4 tablespoons flour with 1 cup milk. Heat over medium heat, whisking constantly, until mixture is thick. Remove from heat and allow to cool to room temperature.
5
Combine 1 cup butter and 1 cup sugar in large mixing bowl. Fit mixer with paddle and beat butter and sugar several minutes until fluffy. Add cooled flour/milk mixture and continue to beat until mixture is creamy. Add vanilla and mix until just combined.
6
Fit a pastry bag with a long narrow tip and fill with buttercream filling. Insert tip about 1/2 inch deep into the top of each cupcake and fill cupcake with buttercream. Set aside any unused filling.
7
In small saucepan, combine chocolate chips and ¼ cup butter. Over low heat, melt chocolate and butter, mixing together until melted and smooth.
8
Swirl the top of each cupcake into chocolate glaze, coating the top of each cake. Let the glaze harden for a few minutes (you can chill them, if desired), then, using leftover filling, pipe a swirl of buttercream on top of each cupcake.
9
Any leftover filling is good on graham crackers!

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My father was a baker. As a child, I wasn't allowed to eat commercially made treats such as a Hostess Cupcake---I had to secretly eat them. Now that I'm an adult, I just make my own....they are so much better!

Yield:

30.0 cupcakes

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Tuesday, December 1, 2009 - 1:10am

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