MNO stands for Mother’s Night Out. It is a monthly event of the homeschool support group of which I’m a member. The ladies are going to be my guinea pigs so I’m making more cupcakes today. <G> I don’t think they’ll object. I haven’t liked the vanilla cake recipe I have & have found a new one. So vanilla cupcakes are on the agenda for the day. Billy’s Vanilla, Vanilla Cupcakes is the recipe I’m using.
The batter mixes up easily & smells good. A quick taste of the batter has me convinced before they’re baked that I’m going to like this recipe much better. In no time, the vanilla cupcakes are baked & sitting on the racks cooling. At this point, I’m pleased with progress & ready to start filling the cupcakes. Ice the cupcakes & run to get dressed.
I take a big box of a mixture of cupcakes. Need a bunch as we’ll sit & sample & dissect the cupcakes. I make a point of taking a lot more than we’ll need. The leftovers will be for Kay’s family. That’s my treat to her family for providing the spot for this month’s MNO. The cupcakes were a huge hit. The banana cupcakes were voted as the best ones of the bunch.
Uniced chocolate cupcakes with marshmallow filling.
But no, the more I look at the assortment, the more I think it’s missing something. Chocolate cupcakes!! Ok, that’s it, I have to try the new chocolate recipe I found. Get them mixed up & baking. The kitchen smells really good. It’s also getting a lot of attention from the family. They’re circling the table keeping an eye out for when the cupcakes will be ready to eat.
Vanilla cupcakes filled with chocolate ganache.
While the chocolate cupcakes bake, I decide what to do with the vanilla cupcakes. The decision was made to fill half of them with some of the leftover chocolate ganache from yesterday’s Peanut Butter Brownie Cupcakes. I learned my lesson yesterday, so I immediately fill a decorating bag with some barely warm chocolate ganache. Using a tip & a decorating bag, filling cupcakes is an easy job. In just a few minutes, I have filled the ones I want to have the ganche filling.
The recipe for the chocolate cupcakes came with a recipe for marshmallow filling so I make that. It looks good, but I just have a hard time thinking marshmallow filling is a good idea for vanilla cupcakes. I keep looking at the ganache. Beginning to think that maybe I ought to fill all of them with it, when it hits me that if I take part of the marshmallow filling & mix it with the ganache, I’ll have chocolate marshmallow filling. THAT sounds good in vanilla cupcakes! In a short time, I have two bowls of marshmallow filling. One is plain & the other one is chocolate.
The remaining vanilla cupcakes get filled with chocolate mashmallow filling. I have quite a bit left so I divide the chocolate cupcakes. Half of them get the plain marshmallow filling & half of them get the chocolate marshmallow filling. I might be prejuidiced, but the chocolate marshmallow filling tastes very good.
The finished cupcakes--chocolate cake with marshmallow filling & vanilla icing.
The finished vanilla cupcakes.
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