Not Your Hostess Cupcakes

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  • Prep Time

    45 mins

  • Cook Time

    18 mins

  • Total Time

    1 hr 3 mins

  • Servings

    12

  • Calories

    386 kcal

  • Course

    Dessert

  • Cuisine

    International

Not Your Hostess Cupcakes

These cupcakes may look like the boxed version, but they taste nothing alike. Homemade is immeasurably better, hands down. Richly chocolatey, tender, and super moist. The marshmallow creme center is fantastic.

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Ingredients

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CUPCAKES:

  • 1 cup all-purpose flour
  • ½ tsp baking soda
  • ¼ tsp salt
  • ½ cup water boiling
  • cup cocoa powder
  • cup mini semisweet chocolate chips minis melt better
  • 1 TB instant espresso powder or instant coffee powder
  • ¾ cup granulated sugar
  • ½ cup sour cream whole
  • ½ cup vegetable oil
  • 2 egg lightly beaten, large
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract

FILLING:

  • 3 TB water
  • ¾ tsp gelatin unflavored
  • 4 TB butter softened
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract
  • pinch salt
  • 1 ¼ cups marshmallow creme

GLAZE:

  • ½ cup semisweet chocolate chips
  • 3 TB butter

Instructions

  1. BATTER: Adjust oven rack to lower middle position and preheat to 325F. Line a 12-cup muffin tin with your favorite liners. In a bowl, whisk together flour, baking soda, and salt. In another bowl, whisk together boiling water, cocoa, mini chocolate chips, and coffee powder until smooth. Add sugar, sour cream, oil, eggs, and vanilla, mixing until combined. Gently fold in dry ingredients with the wet ingredients, just until combined - do not over mix. Divide bater evenly among muffin cups. Bake until toothpick inserted into center of cupcakes comes out with a few tender crumbs attached, about 18 min. Cool cupcakes in tin for 10 min. Transfer to wire rack and cool completely.
  2. FILLING: Combine water and gelatin in a large bowl and let sit until gelatin soaks up the water, 1 min. Microwave for 10 seconds at a time, until mixture starts bubbling around edges and gelatin is dissolved. Stir in butter, vanilla, and salt until combined. Let mixture cool until just warm to the touch. Whisk in marshmallow creme until smooth. Chill about 30 minutes or until set. Transfer 1/3 cup or the filling to a pastry bag or ziploc bag with a tiny hole cut off the corner. Set aside remaining filling.
  3. ASSEMBLE: In a bowl, microwave chocolate chips and butter until smooth, stirring occasionally, 30 seconds. Let glaze cool to room temp; should be very glossy and thick syrup-like consistency. Hold a sharp knife at a 45 degree angle about 1/4 inch from edge of cupcake top. Cut out a cone shape from each cupcake. Fill cupcakes with just enough filling to leave a 1 cm margin from the top. Replace the tops and frost with a generous layer of chocolate glaze. Let cool. Using the marshmallow-filled pastry bag, pipe design across tops of glazed cupcakes. Serve.
  4. (Note: Finished cupcakes can be stored in an airtight container at a moderate room temp for 1-2 days.)

Nutrition Information

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Calories 386kcal (19%) Carbohydrates 41g (14%) Protein 4g (8%) Fat 24g (37%) Saturated Fat 10g (50%) Polyunsaturated Fat 6g (35%) Monounsaturated Fat 6g (30%) Trans Fat 0.3g (15%) Cholesterol 51mg (17%) Sodium 163mg (7%) Potassium 167mg (4%) Fiber 2g (8%) Sugar 26g (52%) Vitamin A 311IU (6%) Vitamin C 0.1mg (0%) Calcium 30mg (3%) Iron 2mg (11%)

Nutrition Facts

Serving: 12Serving

Amount Per Serving

Calories 386 kcal

% Daily Value*

Calories 386kcal 19%
Carbohydrates 41g 14%
Protein 4g 8%
Fat 24g 37%
Saturated Fat 10g 50%
Polyunsaturated Fat 6g 35%
Monounsaturated Fat 6g 30%
Trans Fat 0.3g 15%
Cholesterol 51mg 17%
Sodium 163mg 7%
Potassium 167mg 4%
Fiber 2g 8%
Sugar 26g 52%
Vitamin A 311IU 6%
Vitamin C 0.1mg 0%
Calcium 30mg 3%
Iron 2mg 11%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.

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