Fancy Chocolate Cupcakes From Cake Mix
Delicious Death by Chocolate Cupcakes: Transform Box Cake Mix into a Decadent Dessert
Equipment
- 2 Muffin pan
Ingredients
Cupcakes
- 3 eggs
- 1 cup Milk
- 1 box Devil's Food cake mix
- ½ cup unsalted butter melted and cooled
- Cooking spray oil
Caramel filling
- 1 jar caramel sauce
Buttercream frosting
- 2 cans Chocolate Fudge frosting
Garnish
Packaging
Instructions
Cupcakes
- Measure all ingredients. Preheat oven to 350°F.
- Break eggs into a medium mixing bowl, whisk them.
- Add milk into the mixture, set aside.
- Transfer cake mix into a large mixing bowl. Whisk it with a clean whisk to break any lumps.
- Add melted butter into the cake mix, whisk it.
- Add egg mixture into the flour mixture.
- Mix everything together until fully combined, don't overmix.
- Line muffin pans with cupcake liners.
- Spray lightly with cooking oil.
- Bake for 18-21 minutes.
Caramel Filling
- Transfer caramel sauce into a piping bag.
Buttercream Frosting
- Transfer buttercream frosting into a large mixing bowl.
- Whisk it with an electric hand mixer until it is fluffy and forms peaks, about 5 minutes.
- Transfer buttercream frosting into a large piping bag with a jumbo piping tip.
Putting everything together
- Check cupcakes with a toothpick if they are ready. Remove cupcakes from oven and let them cool to the touch for 10 minutes.
- Remove cupcakes from muffin pans and let them cool completely, about 30 minutes.
- Cut out the middle of the cupcakes with an apple corer, set removed middle pieces aside, you will need them.
- Fill cupcakes with caramel sauce.
- Cover filling with middle cupcake pieces that you set aside.
- Pipe buttercream frosting on top of cupcakes. You can decorate with sprinkles. Do this right away before buttercream sets for sprinkles to adhere.
Packaging
- Set up paper cupcake boxes.
- Transfer cupcakes into the boxes.
- Ready for transportation and gifting.
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