Copycat Hostess Cupcakes
MagicalButter
18
Ingredients
- ½ Cup Unsweetened Cocoa Powder
- 1½ Cups All-purpose Flour
- ½ teaspoon Baking Powder
- ½ teaspoon Baking Soda
- ¾ Cup Sugar
- ½ teaspoon Salt
- ½ Cup Light Brown Sugar (packed)
- 1 Cup Hot Instant coffee
- 2 teaspoons Vanilla
- 2 Large Eggs (room temp)
- ½ Cup Magical Coconut Oil - ½ cup
- Marshmallow Fluff (for filling)
- Chocolate Ganache (dark or milk chocolate)
- White Decorative Icing
- MagicalButter Machine
Directions
- Preheat the oven to 350 Fahrenheit and prepare a cupcake tin.
- Whisk together the flour, salt, baking powder, and baking soda in a medium bowl. Set aside.
- In a separate bowl combine the brown sugar, cocoa powder, and hot instant coffee.
- Using your mixer, mix your sugar and coconut oil until well combined. Add vanilla and mix again.
- Add your eggs one at a time alternating between the egg and adding your flour mixture. Add one egg, mix, add half of the flour mixture, mix, and repeat.
- After mixing in the last bit of flour add the cocoa coffee mixture. Mix for about 1 minute or until completely combined.
- Divide your batter into your cupcake tin.
- Bake for 20 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into the middle of a cupcake comes out clean.
- Allow cupcakes to cool before moving on to next step.
- Remove the middle of each cupcake and save the scraps in a small bowl.
- Pipe marshmallow fluff into the center of each cupcake and close the hole using the cupcake scraps
- Use chocolate ganache to cover the tops of the cupcakes. If the ganache is thin enough you can dip the cupcakes in, otherwise spread the ganache on.
- Add the classic cupcake swirl using white decorative icing. Serve and enjoy!
- These cupcakes will last for up to 7 days using an airtight container in the fridge. Freeze for up to 3 months and defrost before eating.