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Black-And-White Cupcakes

Courses: Dessert
Serves: 12 people

Recipe Ingredients

  Chocolate Icing
1/4 cup 59mlWhipping cream
1 tablespoon 15mlLight corn syrup
4 oz 113gBittersweet or semisweet chocolate - chopped
  = (do not use unsweetened)
1/2 teaspoon 2.5mlVanilla extract
  White Icing
1 cup 198g / 7ozPowdered sugar
2 tablespoons 30mlWhipping cream
2 teaspoons 10mlFresh lemon juice
  Cupcakes
3   Eggs - room temperature (large)
1 teaspoon 5mlVanilla extract
1 teaspoon 5mlGrated lemon peel
1 1/2 cups 93g / 3.3ozCake flour
3/4 teaspoon 3.8mlBaking powder
1/4 teaspoon 1.3mlSalt
1 1/4 cups 247g / 8.7ozSugar
3/4 cup 148g / 5.2ozUnsalted butter - (1 1/2 sticks) - room temperature
1/3 cup 78mlButtermilk

Recipe Instructions

For Chocolate Icing: Bring cream and corn syrup just to simmer in heavy small saucepan over medium heat. Remove from heat. Add chocolate and vanilla; whisk until melted and smooth.

For White Icing: Whisk all ingredients in small bowl to blend. Let both icings stand 1 1/2 hours at room temperature to thicken.

For Cupcakes: Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Line 12-cup muffin tin with paper liners. Whisk eggs, vanilla, and lemon peel in medium bowl to blend. Mix cake flour, baking powder, and salt in another medium bowl. Using electric mixer, beat sugar and butter in large bowl until well blended, stopping occasionally to scrape down sides of bowl. Gradually beat in egg mixture. Beat in dry ingredients alternately with buttermilk in 2 additions each.

Divide batter among cups. Bake until tester inserted into centers comes out clean, about 25 minutes. Cool cupcakes in pan on rack 5 minutes. Remove cupcakes from pan and cool completely.

Spread chocolate icing over half of each cupcake. Spread white icing on second half of each cupcake. Let stand until set, about 1 hour. (Can be made 1 day ahead. Store in single layer in airtight container at room temperature.)

This recipe yields 12 cupcakes.

Description:

"Inspired by the oversize black-and-white cookies that are practically an institution in delis all over the country."

Source:
Bon Appetit, July 2003

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