Just a quick one today as this is quite similar to the previous chocolate cupcakes I did. These were a different recipe though. Please ignore the recipe of chocolate cupcakes in the other entry! I made them from that once again and they came out very dry, I think I got one of the quantities wrong. Very sorry! The recipe for chocolate cupcakes 2 was very good though (link below), don't be tempted to add extra baking powder, they don't need it! Although the recipe only makes 8 cakes rather than 12.I adapted it to have less frosting with a small piped dollop of marshmallow on top, in a similar style to the previous ones. To make it, I used 2 egg whites and 100g sugar. Whisk over simmering water until it forms stiff peaks (takes ages, about 8-10 minutes)and then carry on whisking off the heat until it reaches room temperature. They were supposed to have a chocolate star on top as well but I had trouble with the make-shift baking parchment icing bag so they all looked like a bit of a pigs ear!
I also used a cake plunger to pull out some of the centre of the cupcake and fill that with marshmallow too. Yummy! The light, creamy filling really works well in these!It took me a couple of goes to get the hang of the cake plunger. Press it in quite deep, most of the way down, and you have to twist it before pulling it out again for it to work. Then cut the very top of the removed part off to place back over the filling. The buttercream is fairly standard but make sure it's not too thick so that bits of cake don't get caught when trying to spread it.
All in all, putting marshmallow in chocolate cupcakes is a good idea!
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