Comments | vegancooking: chocolate-peppermint

boyknife in vegancooking

chocolate-peppermint

Nov 16, 2006 09:59

has anyone ever made chocolate-peppermint cupcakes? i usually use this recipe as cupcakes, and i wonder if i could just replace the vanilla with peppermint extract, or just add in a teaspoon or so to the mix. i've never used peppermint extract so i'm not sure how strong it is or how much to use, or if i should just skip it in the cupcakes ( Read more... )

desserts-cupcakes, extracts-peppermint

Comments 13

boyknife November 16 2006, 17:25:02 UTC

thanks, everyone! i'll probably try a couple of these suggestions (i'll be making a lot of cupcakes..) and will post with the results. :)

zeza3 November 16 2006, 19:56:08 UTC

Thanks!

nymphatacita November 16 2006, 18:43:14 UTC

How about chocolate cuppy cakes with peppermint icing?
you can just keep adding peppermint to the icing until it's good.

studiouspilgrim November 16 2006, 20:55:39 UTC

also, BUY GOOD MINT EXTRACT!! Seriously, the mcormick stuff you find in the supermarket just makes things taste like toothpaste. I bought better stuff that was about 4 dollars fom my local co-op (can't remember the name and the stuff is at my boyfriends) and the difference was astounding.
For my b-day I made a mint chocolate chip cake (one of 4 cakes I made cuz i'm crazy). The cake itself was a basic white cake, and I added in both the vanilla and the mint extract (vanilla is never a bad idea). I think i added in 4 teaspoons of vanilla, and 1 teaspoon of mint. However, if your worried this is too strong add in a half teaspoon taste the batter, and then add a half teaspoon more. I then coated a cup of chocolate chips with a dusting of flour (aparently keeps them from sinking to the bottom, i didn't eat enough of the cake sober to see if this was true or not) and mixed those through. Made a chocomint "butter"cream filling, and frosted with plain "butter" cream.
Yummy!

studiouspilgrim November 16 2006, 20:57:21 UTC

oh, also, liberal amounts of green food coloring, the wilton stuff, is a nesacity when making mint cake. Who wants white mint chocolate chip anything, heh, or atleast my childhood side says so...

screamingpuddle November 17 2006, 05:23:14 UTC

Ugh, agreed. That crappy extract is so gross...

boyknife November 18 2006, 01:18:25 UTC

oh, my god. that sounds amazing.

i'm so excited to bake now.. i don't want to wait until after thanksgiving!! :(