Texas Marshmallow Cupcakes
*1 cup Water
*2 cubes of Butter
In a sauce pan put water and butter and put own medium to low heat and bring to a boil.
In bowl mix:
*2 cups Granulated Sugar
*1/4 cup Cocoa
Then add:
*2 and 1/4 cups Flour
*1/4 teaspoon Salt
Then add the above ingredients to the water and butter.
Beat in:
*2 eggs
*1 teaspoon Baking Soda
*1 teaspoon Vanilla
*1/2 cup Buttermilk
Pour batter into cupcake pans with cupcake liners and bake in a pre -heated oven at 400* F. for 20 minutes.
Marshmallow Chocolate Frosting
*1 cup Butter
*6 tablespoons Canned Milk or Cream
In sauce pan put milk or cream and butter and bring to a boil and cool slightly.
Add:
*1/4 cup cocoa
*1 lb. Powder Sugar (minus one cup) for thick frosting shown above add 3 more cups of powdered sugar
Mix well powder sugar and cocoa before adding to wet ingredients.
*2 teaspoons Vanilla
Beat together until smooth and then add 1 cup marshmallows.
This recipe is adapted from a Texas Cake recipe from my husbands mom, Helen.
Frosted cupcakes.
We made these cupcakes the night before we frosted them.
Frosting
The above picture is what frosting looks like with 1 pound of powder sugar.
These cupcakes were part of our nautical dinner.
Enjoy!
Jessica and Lindy
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