S'mores Cupcakes

We were having friends over for a grill out and fire.  I decided to make these for dessert.  They were better than the traditional s'more.  At least in my opinion.  I love to experiment with cupcakes because that's what I like to bake the most.  I'm not sure why, but I always feel great after making some for other people.  The original recipe had a lot of frosting on the cupcake, and honestly that would have been great.  I didn't put that much on because there wouldn't have been enough frosting to go around for all the cupcakes.  The original recipe also called for only 1/2 cup marshmallow cream, but I didn't feel like it was enough marshmallow taste.

S'more Cupcakes

Chocolate Cakes

1 ¾ cup sugar

¼ cup brown sugar

1/2 cup vegetable oil

1 cup sour cream

2 teaspoons vanilla extract

2 eggs

2 cups flour

1 cup cocoa

1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder

1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda

1 teaspoon salt

¾ cup boiling water

Graham cracker crumbs (fine crumbs)

Marshmallow Cream Centers

4 oz cream cheese

1 container marshmallow cream

1 ½-2 cups powdered sugar

Graham Cracker Buttercream

8 oz cream cheese

½ cup butter, softened

4 cups powdered sugar

¾ cup graham cracker crumbs (fine crumbs)

1 teaspoon vanilla

2-3 tablespoons whipping cream or milk

mini marshmallows and chocolate for decoration

Directions:

1.    Preheat oven to 360 degrees and line cupcake pans with liners (24).

2.    Mix sugar, brown sugar and oil for 3 minutes until smooth.

3.    Add sour cream and vanilla extract stir well.

4.    Add eggs one at a time and mix only until incorporated.

5.    In a separate bowl, sift together flour, cocoa, baking powder, baking soda and salt.

6.   Add dry ingredients and boiling water to sugar mixture alternating between the two.

7.    Spoon ¾ teaspoon of graham cracker crumbs into the bottom of each cupcake liner. (I mixed some melted butter with the graham cracker crumbs, so it would be sturdier)  Shake pan to spread evenly.

8.   Fill liners ¾ full and bake for 18-22 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean.

9.   Mashmallow Cream Centers: Beat cream cheese, marshmallow cream and powdered sugar.  Add more powdered sugar to taste.  

10.When cupcakes are cooled, cut out a small area from the top of the cake and pipe marshmallow cream into each cupcake.

11.   Graham Cracker Buttercream: Beat cream cheese and butter until light and creamy.  Add powdered sugar, vanilla and graham cracker crumbs.  At this point, the buttercream will look like cookie dough.  Add heavy cream a little bit at a time until buttercream consistency is reached.

12.  Pipe onto cooled, marshmallow filled cupcakes and top with mini marshmallows and melted chocolate.

Adapted from Your Cup of Cake