Not Really Tuesday: Abby's Chocoholic's Choice Cupcake

For Christmas, my best friend in the whole wide world (Hi KW) was amazing enough to buy me the Big Top Cupcake mold. I've been absolutely dying to try it out but I haven't really fooled around too much with cake batter lately, as cookies are easier to distribute. However, my mother, who recently had foot surgery, asked if I'd be so kind as to make her a chocolate cake and I decided it was about time to break my giant cupcake out.

Abby's Chocoholic's Choice Cupcake

Ingredients:

Batter:

2 cups of sugar

1 3/4 cups of flour

3/4 cups of Hershey's cocoa powder

1 1/2 teaspoons of baking powder

1 1/2 teaspoons of baking soda

1 teaspoon of salt

2 eggs

1 cup of milk

1/2 cup of vegetable oil

2 teaspoons of vanilla extract

1 cup of boiling water

Frosting:
1/2 cup of butter
2/3 cups of cocoa powder
3 cups of powdered sugar
1/3 cup of milk
1 teaspoon of vanilla extract
Directions:
Batter:
1.) Heat oven to 350 degrees.
2.) Grease the top and bottom part of the cupcake mold.
3.) Stir together sugar, flour, cocoa, baking powder, baking soda and salt in a large bowl.
4.) Add in eggs, milk, oil and vanilla; beat on a medium speed for about two minutes.
5.) Add in boiling water and stir.
6.) Pour batter into prepared mold, bake for approximately 40 minutes.
Frosting:
1.) Melt the butter.
2.) Stir in the cocoa.
3.) Alternately add in the powdered sugar and milk, beating to spreading consistency. Add in small amounts of additional milk if needed.
4.) Add in vanilla, stir.
Notes: The frosting makes about 2 cups. Also, the batter will be super thin after adding in the water. Don't be concerned: it's supposed to be like that! The original recipe says that the proper bake time is 30-35 minutes, but with the Big Top Cupcake, I found that the bottom mold needs 40 minutes and the top mold needs about 45. This recipe was found here.

 

 

 

 

 

First of all, I'm well aware of how ugly the damn thing is, but it was just so heavy that it started it topple over! But that doesn't matter because it's so yummy. I can completely understand why Abby went so crazy over her damn cupcake in "Capitol Offense" if it tasted anything like this one.