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German Chocolate Cupcakes with Cream Cheese Frosting

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German Chocolate Cupcakes with Cream Cheese Frosting
On Sunday afternoon while my husband was out doing some shopping for what he said was “something I didn’t need to know about yet” I decided to make something sweet for him to have when he got home. Since it’s getting close to Valentine’s Day, I decided to make a Valentine’s treat. After looking through the pantry, I had a collection of ingredients and I wasn’t sure what I wanted to make. I knew it should be chocolate-his favorite-but beyond that I didn’t know where I was going with this. When I spotted some cup cake liners and various kinds of sprinkles, that’s when I decided it would be chocolate cupcakes with cream cheese frosting. And sprinkles. Lots of sprinkles! Perfect for Valentine’s Day or a few days before!

I had a package of Baker’s German Chocolate, so I knew I would use that for the chocolate. Searching through my family’s old cook book, I found my sister’s recipe for German Chocolate Cake. Usually, this is topped with a delicious coconut and pecan frosting, but my husband doesn’t like coconut, so cream cheese it is.
 
German Chocolate Cupcakes with Cream Cheese Frosting

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This makes 24 cupcakes or two 9 inch layers

Cake Ingredients

4 ounces German Sweet Chocolate
1/2 cup boiling water
2 cups sugar
1 tsp vanilla
1 cup buttermilk
1 cup butter
4 egg yolks
2 1/2 cups, self rising flour, sifted
4 egg whites, stiffly beaten

Directions~

Add cupcake liners to pan
Bring 1/2 cup water to boil
Add chocolate to boiling water, stir until melted
Allow to cool
Sift flour and set aside
Cream butter and sugar until fluffy
Add egg yolks, one at a time and beat well after adding each one
Add melted chocolate and vanilla and mix well
Alternate adding flour and buttermilk to mixture, mixing well after each addition
Continue beating until smooth
Beat egg whites until stiff
Fold in egg whites to the batter

Pour batter evenly into each cup

Bake for 18 to 20 minutes or until toothpick in center comes out clean.

Remove from pan and allow to cool completely before frosting.

Frosting Ingredients

1/2 cup butter, softened
1 8 oz package of cream cheese, softened
1 box of powdered sugar
1/2 vanilla extract

Directions

Cream butter and cream cheese
Add sugar 1/2 cup at a time and continue to beat on medium
Add vanilla and mix well

If the consistency is not what you want, add one TBS of milk and mix well. This frosting does not lend itself to piping well. So, you’re not going to get pretty swirling, stiff peaks with this. 

Spread frosting on each cupcake and add pretty Valentine’s Sprinkles.

 
German Chocolate Cupcakes with Cream Cheese Frosting

Not bad for an impromptu Sunday afternoon surprise! Now, though, we have way too many cupcakes to eat! There are worse problems to have. 

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German Chocolate Cupcakes With Cream Cheese Frosting

We’ll be sharing at lots of these great parties.

 

 

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    • Thanks! I started with just the pearls, then I decided to add the pink/chocolate mix. They looked like they still needed something, so on went the heart sprinkles! I’m not sure why I had so many different kinds of Valentine’s sprinkles, but this was a perfect use for them. He did enjoy it!

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  2. Thank you! German Chocolate is one of my favorites. I do usually like it with the coconut and pecan frosting, but since my husband isn’t a fan of coconut, I tried it with the cream cheese frosting. It was tasty!

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  3. MMM. Chocolate and cream cheese frosting. And you made them look so pretty and festive. Thanks for sharing the recipe and craving. Best wishes, Darlene

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  5. Oh my goodness, german chocolate, cream cheese, and Valentine’s — three of my favorite things! These look amazing! And I’m so impressed; usually if I go to my pantry and there is no cake mix, I give up. You see the ingredients you have and go with it! I definitely need to take a few pointers from you. 🙂

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    • Mine, too! Oh, I’m guilty of that, too. Lots of times, I’m all about the shortcuts. Special occasions bring out the need to make things from scratch.

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  6. These are some beautiful cupcakes and sound insanely good! I love all the decorations, too! Thanks for sharing this with us on Throwback Thursday – I can’t wait to see what you’ll bring next time!

    Mollie

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  7. Hi Beverly, Your cupcakes look so pretty and I bet taste delicious.
    Thanks for sharing this recipe to make them at Cooking and Crafting with J & J!!
    Have a Happy Valentines Day!
    Julie xo

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