Star cupcakes!

I have been so busy lately traveling and all that kind of fun stuff. But I'm back now and I got something for you! Last tuesday was my little brother's 20th B-day and he had asked me a while ago to make him a cake with Fondant stars, I decided to go forth with it but instead of making the stars with fondant (lack of time) I made them out of white and semi-sweet chocolate. The cupcake was a recipe from Chockylit which on its own was light and fluffy, I added some cherry liquor to it because I wanted that taste from the black forest cake without having to go all the way and guess what? it worked! they were absolutely delicious everyone was raving about them and the frosting, oh my! that was the best part.

So here is the recipe straight from the Chockylit webpage and also a picture of the finished cupcake! I added the cherry liquour after the cupcakes where cooled a tablespoon worked fine and just pour it on top and let them soak up.

Devil’s Food Chocolate Cake
makes 24 cupcakes / 350 degree oven
2 cups flour
2 cups sugar
1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
1-1/2 teaspoons baking soda
1-1/2 cups milk
1/2 cup butter
2 teaspoons vanilla
2 eggs
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
1. Measure out everything but the eggs directly into your mixer bowl.
2. Mix on low speed just until incorporated.
3. Beat on high speed for 2 minutes.
4. Add eggs, beat on high speed again for 2 minutes.
Measure out into cupcake pan lined with cupcake papers. A 2″ ice cream scoop works great for this. Bake for about 15-20 minutes until a toothpick comes out clean. Let cool slightly in the pan then transfer to a rack to cool completely before frosting.
Chocolate Buttercream
enough to lightly frost 24 cupcakes
1 stick butter
1/2 cup cocoa
4 cups confectioner’s sugar
~1/4 cup milk
1. Beat butter on high for about 30 seconds until soft.
2. Add cocoa and 1 cup of sugar and beat until incorporated
3. Add half of the milk and the remainder of sugar and beat until incorporated.
4. Continue to add milk until you get to the consistency you want.
Assemble
There are many ways to go here, in this case, I simply piped the frosting onto the cupcakes with a large star tip.