Rolo Cupcakes

Cupcakes + Rolos = Ahh-mazing

Yesterday on my personal Facebook account I posted that I wanted to make some cupcakes with Rolos.  Luckily, my professional cupcake maker friend, Yuri, shared her chocolate cupcake and caramel frosting recipe with me.  Drooling yet?  Now I want to share this with you.

Chocolate cupcake recipe:

3 ounces bittersweet chocolate, chopped fine
1/3 cup Dutch-processed cocoa
3/4 cup hot, strong-brewed coffee
3/4 cup bread flour
3/4 cup granulated sugar
1/2 teaspoon table salt
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
6 tablespoons vegetable oil
2 large eggs
2 teaspoons white vinegar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Use hot coffee to melt chocolate and cocoa in a large bowl and mix until smooth, either let cool or put in refrigerator but it does need to be completely cooled. 

mix the rest of dry ingredients in a separate bowl.
mix liquids and eggs into the cooled chocolate coffee mixture.
add dry ingredients to liquids and whisk until you have a smooth batter. 

Fill each cupcake lined pan 3/4 of a way and if you want to insert a rolo in each one, you can do so now. Bake in 350 degree oven for 15-20 minutes, until cupcakes are firm. 

Cool completely.

To make the caramel sauce, I used this recipe.

Caramel Frosting:

1 1/2 stick unsalted butter
1 TBS vegetable shortening 
1 3/4 cup powdered sugar
1 TS vanilla extract
1/4 cup caramel

Beat butter and shortening until smooth
gradually add powdered sugar on low speed
add vanilla and caramel mix until fully incorporated.

*If you want to try salted caramel frosting use 1 stick of salted butter and 1/2 unsulted than sprinkle with coarse sea salt.

After the cupcakes cooled, I put the frosting on then drizzled the rest of the caramel sauce onto the frosting.

We also can't forget the secret ingredient.

The little Rolo I put in the center before baking.

The last step is find an honest person who can be your taste tester. It's a very important job.

I think Cooper approves.

Thanks to Yuri for sharing her recipe.

Thanks to Coop for being such a cute taste tester.

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