Mini Dark Chocolate Cupcakes with Candied Roses Recipe
- Prep Time: 20 minutes
- Cook Time: 15 minutes
- Total Time: 60 minutes
- Yield: 50 mini or 24 standard 1x
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Ingredients
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1–18.25 ounce package dark chocolate fudge cake mix
1–3ounce package chocolate instant pudding and pie mix-dry
1 1/3 cup water
1/2 cup vegetable oil
3 large eggs
1/2 cup mini chocolate morsels
1-teaspoon vanilla
Garnish:
2 cups dark chocolate butter cream frosting*purchased
1/4 cup dark cocoa for dusting-optional
Pre-made tiny rose Icing Decorations-tested Wilton
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 F. Prepare cupcake pan with liners. Combine all cake batter ingredients. Beat batter for 2 minutes to blend.
- Fill plastic zip lock bag with batter, clip end of bag to ¼ “. Pipe batter into mini cupcake liners.
- Bake cakes 20-25 minutes. Remove from oven.
- Frost cooled cupcakes with dark chocolate butter cream frosting. Using a disposable piping bag fitted with small round tip # 5. Pipe frosting on top of mini cupcake. Dust cupcakes with dark cocoa powder in a small sieve if desired.
- Garnish with tiny rose icing decoration to center of each cupcake. Serve the mini cakes in a decorative regular sized cupcake liner for presentation. Do not remove mini cupcake liner from baked cakes.
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