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DOMO KUN Peppermint Chocolate Chip Cupcakes

September 1st, 2008

Posted by : justJENN

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You know I LOVE the combo of peppermint and chocolate. So a peppermint chocolate cupcake sounded like the right way to go and I added some chocolate chips, you know, for good measure. The secret ingredient in this? CHOCOLATE MILK. Mmm. Makes a difference. A good ‘ol chocolatey difference.

Since the Kid and I have been sketching DOMO lately:

I thought that the brown chocolate frosting would make a great character cupcake. Just a little fondant and there you go – a tasty DOMO KUN!

ingredients:
2 sticks of butter, softened
2 cups sugar
4 eggs
1 Tablespoon peppermint extract (the good stuff. Don’t cheap out, you bastard)
2-1/2 cups flour
1/2 cup Valrhona cocoa powder (again, don’t cheap out)
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 cup chocolate milk
1/2 cup mini chocolate chips

Preheat your oven to 350 degrees. Prep a cupcake pan with liners.

In your mixer bowl cream the sugar and the butter until fluffy. Add the eggs one by one and finally add the peppermint extract.

In a separate bowl combine the flour, cocoa, baking soda and salt. Set aside.

Now pour yourself a cup of chocolate milk. If you don’t have chocolate milk you can make it with a mix or what have you, it’s all good.

To the butter mixture still in the mixture, on a low speed alternate the flour mixture and the chocolate milk, until well combined. Stir in the mini chips, and spoon into your prepared pan.

Bake for 20+ minutes depending on your oven, checking with a toothpick. Let cool on a wire rack.

Once cooled, frost the cupcakes. I used my peppermint frosting, but a plain chocolate will do, as long as it’s brown of course. Now for the DOMO mouths I just dyed some fondant red, cut squares, then cut white ‘teeth’.

Simple. Quick. Add some black frosting eyes and there you go – delicious, cakey – DOMOs!!!