cupcake test #2 PIP

HisCB · June 2010

so you may remember my cupcake flavor survey and cupcake test # 1 Strawberry cheese(cup)cake HERE well i tried the Almond Joy cupcakes tonight for my Fi's family reunion tomorrow.

i took a chocolate cake mix and added almond syrup (like used in coffee) and finely chopped almonds
and a white cake mix and made it with coconut milk and coconut extract.
i put some chocolate/almond batter in the cupcake cups first, then topped with the coconut batter.
on some, i swirled the cakes together, some had just a dollup of the coconut in the middle, i got lazy, its after midnight, dont judge me. (on the first batch, i overfilled them btw)

for the frosting, i mixed some almond extract into some store bought whipped chocolate frosting and lightly frosted the cupcakes (because i didnt think i would have enough frosting, i was wrong, had plenty.

after they were frosted, i rolled the edges in shredded coconut and then pressed a roasted almond in the center of each one.

my intention was to make half of them "Mounds" by omitting the almond in the batter in the first half of the cupcakes, and adding it for the 2nd half (same with the frosting) and then not put an almond on top. but i forgot.

here are the pics:

this one is pretending to be a Mounds Cupcake (for photograph purposes only)

the Almond Joy

and here is the inside

wdyt?

erollis · June 2010

I really like the way the Almond Joy cupcake looks. I would eat it. I would eat the Mounds one too but it doesn't have the same look appeal as the Almond Joy.

tidetravel · June 2010

I think you need to start a cupcake flavor blog. I may want to try some of these in the future - they sound yummy!

vanessa7889 · June 2010

I think the almond joy looks prettier lol, I would eat it. I would eat the mounds too because I love coconut, but I vote the almond joy.

jenn.daniel · June 2010

You're making me hungry, and I don't even like mounds or almond joys! (not a coconut or almond fan)!

You should write a cookbook.

HisCB · June 2010

thanks, i am going to compile a cookbook of all the flavors i try before the wedding and include it in gifts for some special people at the RD.

i agree about the mounds dont look as pretty. just like i dipped it in coconut (which i did)

everyone who i asked really liked the cupcakes today, said they were moist and tasty. one lady asked for my recipe, so must be good.

only thing i would change is more coconut extract.

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