The Cupcake

These are the S'mores cupcakes I made for Zack's birthday. They were delicious & not to mention...cute. The chocolate cupcake recipe is from Martha Stewart & the frosting/idea came from a random blog that I can't even remember where I found. Anyway, here are the recipes:

One-Bowl Chocolate Cupcakes

3/4 C unsweetened cocoa powder
1 1/2 C flour
1 1/2 C sugar
1 1/2 t baking soda
3/4 t baking powder
3/4 t salt
2 large eggs
3/4 C warm water
3/4 C buttermilk
3 TB vegetable oil
1 t vanilla

Mix dry ingredients first, then add wet. Mix batter until smooth. Bake at 350 for 20 minutes.

Marshmallow Frosting

2 or 3 sticks butter (I did 2 1/2)
2 C sugar
1/2 t vanilla
16 oz marshmallow cream

Cream the butter on high until it is light & fluffy. Add the sugar 1/4 C at a time, and beat until fluffy eat time. Beat in the vanilla until incorporated. The add the marshmallow cream and mix until creamy.

**Be sure and add the sugar 1/4 C at a time & beat until fluffy. I did this, but probably didn't beat it quite long enough between each 1/4 C because the frosting was a slightly grainy. It still tasted good, but next time I would like it to be smooth.

Transfer to a pastry bag & pipe onto cupcakes -- I just used a Ziploc with the corner cut off.

The tops are dusted with graham cracker crumbs and each cupcake has a square of Hershey's chocolate in it -- this was Zack favorite part!