This is one of my favourite, if not the BEST Baked Sunday Mornings, for reasons that have very little to do with the actual recipe we made. I’m still feeling all sorts of warm fuzzy feelings from this week’s trip to NYC where I got to meet many of the Baked Sunday Mornings crew. It was just the best. So much so that I would probably have passed on this week’s recipe, but I just didn’t want to miss out on visiting everyone’s blogs, now that I’ve met them in real life.
So I know, the mayonnaise. If you have issues with it, or it grosses you out, this is not the recipe for you. The mayo replaces the butter/oil in the recipe, and you can’t taste it at all in the baked cupcake. It was actually pretty soft and hydrated. I don’t think this is going to become my go-to chocolate cupcake recipe, but it’s good to know that in a pinch if I run out of butter, and have mayo in the fridge, I can still make a tasty treat.
Now the frosting is another story: I am obsessed with it. It’s not a cooked frosting like many of the Baked boys’ other recipes, but instead a simple mixture of butter, icing sugar, vanilla and lots of melted dark chocolate. It was heavenly. I brought these to work on Friday for my co-workers and everyone loved them. I think they’re slowly getting used to the fact that I will randomly show up with treats.
So that brings us to the end of the Chocolate section of Baked Elements! Here’s a little recap of what I made and my favourite recipe from this section:
- Recipes made: Chocolate Mayonnaise Cupcakes, Candy Bar Cookies, Chewy Chocolate Mint Cookies with Chocolate Chunks, Tunnel of Hazelnut Fudge Cake, Simple Chocolate Syrup
- Favourite Chocolate Recipe: Chewy Chocolate Mint Cookies with Chocolate Chunks
- Recipes I Didn’t Make: Mile-High Chocolate Cake with Vanilla Buttercream, Brooksters (the group made those before I caught up) and I passed on the Chocolate Chip Orange Panettone and Chocolate Velvet Walnut Fudge with Olive Oil and Fleur de Sel.
You can find the recipe for the Chocolate Mayonnaise Cupcakes here!
More Baked Sunday Mornings here!
Erin*
October 14, 2014 12:49 amHooray for sprinkles – these totally need color – so cute. Nice piping also. Glad you had an awesome time in NYC – I’m jealous of how close you are! It was so nice to meet you – I hope we can all do that again sometime soon. 🙂
Yael Even
October 13, 2014 7:12 amGorgeous cupcakes!!
Sheri
October 12, 2014 11:53 pmI’m pretty sure we use the same pastry tip! Your cupcakes are adorable. And it was so great to meet you last week!