Chocolate Butterscotch Cupcakes Recipes

FUDGY CHOCOLATE BUTTERSCOTCH CUPCAKES

Steps:

• Fill cupcake tin with cupcake liners. Preheat over to 350°F.
• Mix apple sauce, sugars, vanilla, beat in egg.
• In a separate bowl mix flour, cocoa, baking powder, baking soda, salt, cinnamon.
• Add flour mixture to wet mixture a little at a time, stir in butterscotch chips.
• Spoon batter into cupcake liners.
• Bake for about 20 minutes or until tops are firm to touch.
• Dust with powdered sugar if desired.

CHOCOLATE CUPCAKES WITH BUTTERSCOTCH ICING

Steps:

• In a small bowl whisk together the cocoa powder and the water until the cocoa powder is dissolved and let the mixture cool to room temperature. In a bowl whisk together the flour, the baking soda, and a pinch of salt. In another bowl with an electric mixer cream together the butter and the sugar and beat in the whole egg and the egg yolk, beating until the mixture is combined well. Beat in the cocoa mixture alternately with the flour mixture, beating well after each addition, divide the batter among 12 paper-lined 1/2-cup muffin tins, and bake the cupcakes, in the middle of a preheated 350°F. oven for 25 to 30 minutes, or until a tester comes out clean. Turn the cupcakes out onto a rack and let them cool completely.
• In another bowl combine the butterscotch chips and the cream, scalded, let the chips soften, and whisk the mixture until it is smooth. Let the icing cool completely, whisk it until it is fluffy, and spread it on the cupcakes.

BUTTERSCOTCH CUPCAKES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375°F Lightly Butter nonstick muffin pan or line with paper baking cups.
• In large bowl, whisk egg. Whisk in brown sugar, Milk, Butter, corn syrup and vanilla. Sprinkle with flour, baking powder and salt and whisk until blended and smooth.
• Spoon into prepared muffin pan. Bake for 15 to 20 min or until cake tester inserted into centre cupcake comes out clean.
• Let cool in pan on rack for 10 minute Transfer to rack to cool completely.
• Icing: In bowl, using electric mixer, beat 2 tbsp of the butterscotch sauce with Butter until blended. Sift icing sugar into bowl and beat until smooth, adding as much of remaining butterscotch a little at a time as necessary to make icing smooth and spreadable. Spread over cooled cupcakes.
• Tips: If you don't have dark brown sugar, use light brown sugar and add 2 tsp (10 mL) fancy molasses.