Last week I told you about inviting my dad over for a Western movie night. This weekend we celebrated Father’s Day of course and I made S’mores Cupcakes. I wanted to create a cupcake that would remind of days when I was younger. We did a lot of camping and you can’t go camping without Smore’s!
S’mores Cowboy Cupcakes:
Ingredients for cake:
2 cups of flour (sifted)
1 cup of granulated sugar
2 eggs
1/4 cup butter (r0om temp)
3/4 cup buttermilk
1 individual unsweetened applesauce
1 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp baking powder
1/4 tsp of salt
1.5 tsp of Vanilla (BTW I used my homemade Vanilla for the first time and YUM)
1 tsp of cinnamon
Inside:
Marshmallows (small)
Hershey’s Chocolate Bar (I used a large Hershey’s bar for the entire cupcake). Melt approx 1/2 cup of the chocolate.
Frosting:
1 cup of unsalted butter at room temp
1.5 cups of powdered sugar
1 small tub of marshmallow cream tub
1/2 tsp of Vanilla
Graham Cracker Crust
8 Chocolate Graham Cracker “sheets” (ground up by a food processor)
3 Tablespoons of unsalted butter, melted
3 Tablespoons of granulated sugar
Directions: Heat oven to 350 degrees.
Crust: Mix ingredients together and press into bottom of cupcake liners. Approx 1/8th to 1/4 inch high.
Batter: Cream butter, eggs and sugar. Add buttermilk. Stir in dry ingredients finishing with folding in vanilla and applesauce. Pour enough just to layer over the graham cracker crust.
Add a spoonful of melted chocolate and a couple of small marshmallows. Top with remaining batter finishing at about 2/3 full.
Bake for approx 18-20 minutes.
After cooled, prepare frosting:
Mix butter until fluffy, then slowly add the powdered sugar and then the marshmallow cream and vanilla. Decorate cupcakes with frosting, then garnish with a piece of the chocolate bar, marshmallows and cinnamon.
Here are my thought son the Duff Cake Tattoo Sheets:
Way overpriced. I bought this actually for $2 on clearance and that was an acceptable price. These retail between 12 and $15. It just comes with two sheets, doesn’t taste too great and you have to cut out the decals yourself. I will tell you right now, I cut like a 5 year old.
~ Linked up at the delicious Cupcake Tuesday at HoosierHomemade.com!
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