Yay! This month Martha Stewart's Cupcake Club pick is mine! I am super excited about this (in case you couldn't tell) because, while I have enjoyed making all the different cupcakes, sometimes it is fun to make something I choose myself. And obviously, if I was going to choose something, it was going to be chocolate.
Anyway, enough about that. Welcome to the Baking Sisters if you are visiting us for the first time. We hope you'll stay, look around and read some posts by Sarah, who is really the funniest of the Baking Sisters. I also hope that, if you baked along with me, you enjoyed these cupcakes. I tried to pick something that would be delicious, but not to difficult to make. These cupcakes really fit the bill. They were light and fluffy (from the addition of whipped egg whites) and had little bursts of chocolate from the chips.
The only thing I didn't love about these was the frosting. Even though I reduced the butter, I still thought it was too buttery and heavy in comparison to the lightness of the cupcakes. I think I would either do these with a chocolate glaze or a lighter chocolate frosting.
You can find the recipe here, with chocolate chip frosting. Maybe I'll have to try that next time.
Thanks so much for baking along with me! I have had a fantastic time being part of this group and getting to see everyone's blogs and I look forward to making more yummy treats with all of you in the coming months.
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Great pick! They look super yummy.
ReplyDeleteI used a ganache glaze and it was a perfect match
ReplyDeleteThanks for the pick, Rebecca, they were the perfect selection for Valentine's Day. It was fun to see how everyone could use their creativity to personalize them!
ReplyDeleteThanks for the pick, it seems we both had issues but of a different kind. See ya next month!
ReplyDeleteIt's so interesting to have differing results- my cakes were on the dense side- glad yours were fluffy.
ReplyDeleteLobe the polka dot liners- thanks for a fun pick!
I love that you have all baked goods on your blog. We love whoopie pies too!
ReplyDeleteI couldn't believe the amount of butter in these-definitely not for the faint of heart-I loaded way too much frosting on mine I think,next time I'll use a lighter hand ! Love the picture-reminds me of good old fashioned yellow cake with chocolate frosting.
ReplyDeleteI wish I would have had time to make these! I just joined the club. These look so good and I am totally going to check out that Chocolate Chip frosting! Yummy!
ReplyDeleteI just made these and they were delicious! Like a light and fluffy chocolate chip cookie! I didn't frost them...they were perfect without it. :)
ReplyDeleteI just recently got the MS Cupcakes book and this was the first recipe for me to try. Yummy!