I’ve been wicked sick the past few days, and I haven’t had the fortitude to bake. But tonight I decided to make this recipe, mainly because I had mini-chocolate chips and cocoa and didn’t wanna make plain old chocolate chocolate chip cupcakes. See how gangsta I look in that picture? Damn straight. Irish cupcake gangstas unite!
This recipe is from 500 Cupcakes: The Only Cupcake Compendium You’ll Ever Need by Fergal Connolly, a lovely Irish boy (and perhaps… an Irish cupcake gangsta?). Well I don’t know if hes lovely, but he is indeed Irish, and in the spirit of St. Patty’s Day which is rapidly coming up, a cupcake recipe by an Irishman which involves mint and green coloring seemed somewhat appropriate. I’ve never used any recipe from this book before, I have heard some sketchy things (too dry, too muffin-like, blah blah..) but I figured why the hell not. Happy friggin’ March!
So anyway on we go to the dirt on the ‘cakes…
This recipe is supposed to make 18, but I got 20. The batter was very much like cookie dough batter, unless I did something wrong. So it was a bit hard to fill the cupcake liners. I didn’t use self-rising flour, I did the old baking powder + salt cheat but I doubt that would make a difference. I’ve done it on many different cupcakes and it never caused dryness before, so I can’t imagine why it would with this. I do suspect that the baking powder may have something to do with it. I didn’t use superfine sugar either, I just double sifted regular granulated sugar. And I also didn’t much care for the frosting recipe, it was too dry, so I added some milk and it was perfect. Unfortunately I can’t remember how much milk, but if you agree with me… and want to add it yourself, just start off with a tablespoon and go from there. In turn, I added an extra half cup confectioners sugar. And.. last but not least, the final change to the recipe that I made… I used mini-chocolate chips instead of regular. The recipe I list below is the original, without my changes. If you’re lazy, and don’t wanna bother to add my changes to it yourself to make a complete faked-up recipe, just ask me and I’ll gladly do it for you. I have nothing better to do. 🙂
That said, the cupcakes came out a bit dry. Not so dry they fell apart when eating them but drier than most. They were very tasty, however. Reminded me of mint chocolate chip ice cream. Except not cold and melty. Would I make them again? Probably.
Mint Chocolate Chip Cupcakes
For the cupcakes:
- 1 ½ cups self-rising flour
- 4 tablespoons Dutch-process cocoa powder
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 1 cup superfine sugar
- 1 cup unsalted sweet cream butter, softened
- 4 eggs
- 1 tsp mint extract
- ½ cup semisweet chocolate chip
For the frosting:
- ½ cup unsalted butter, softened
- 2 cups confectioner’s sugar, sifted
- 1 tsp mint extract
- green food coloring
- ½ cup chocolate chips for decorating
Then you:
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Place paper baking cups in muffin pans.
Ina medium bowl, sift together the flour, cocoa, and baking powder. Set aside. Beat the sugar and butter together in a large bowl until smooth. Add the eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition. Add the flour mixture gradually, stirring until well combined. Stir in the mint extract and chocolate chips.
Spoon the mixture into the cups. Bake for 20 minutes. Remove the pans from the oven and cool for 5 minutes. Then remove the cupcakes and cool on rack.
To make the frosting, beat the butter and confectioner’s sugar in a small bowl until smooth and creamy. Stir in the mint extract and just enough food coloring to turn the frosting green. Frost the cupcakes and decorate with chocolate chips.
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I'm Marilla. A 30-something artist, hobby baker, home canning enthusiast, gardener, DIY-er, wife, mommy of a baby boy and dog mom (to another baby boy) from New York. 
I VISIT AROUND TEN TIMES A DAY IN HOPES YOU HAVE SOMETHING NEW HA HA HA
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THESE BECAUSE THEY ARE GOING TO BE MY ST. PATRICK’S DAY CUPCAKES AND DID I MENTION I MADE THE FRENCH TOAST ONE’S THAT YOU POSTED A WHILE BACK??? BEST THING ON EARTH LET ME TELL YOU HA HA.
Yeah I’ve been slacking, I spent the last almost week in bed, but I’m feeling better now so I’m gonna try to get back to baking more often again.
I’m SO GLAD you like the French Toast cupcakes! They’re Jay’s favorite too! 😀 He requests them everytime I ask him if he wants cupcakes haha.
I have something special up my sleeve for St. Patricks Day 😉 Quite possibly two special treats… *wiggles eyebrows*
Hi there! I have the 500 cupcake book too and all 3 recipes I’ve made seem very dry. I thought maybe b/c of my self-rising flour substitute? I never do the superfine sugar either. *shrugs. Glad to hear your review is similar to mine. I was starting to think that I just sucked! haha.
-Clara
http://iheartcuppycakes.com
No you’re definitely right. I think next time I may just try it straight flour + the baking powder, and forget that it says self-rising. I never have superfine sugar in the house either so I’ll probably never try it with that but I don’t think thats it. Its a puzzlement. It must be the flour. Hm.
Everyone who ate them liked them but I just felt they would’ve been better if they were moist-er. I’m hesitant to try another recipe from it, even though some of them sound so good!
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Thanks! I still have that other one I made for you if you wanna switch it up.
Sorry to hear you haven’t been well. At least when you’re making cupcakes you know you’re on the mend! Chocolate and mint make such a great combination – they look really tasty.
Thank you, I’m feeling much better.. 🙂
They are very tasty, I just wish they were less.. “muffin”-like. :/ But the taste makes up for the dryness, and they are a bit better the next day.
I made these cupcakes today. And everybody found them delicious. The cupcakes got a very strange shape and were hollow, but i just filled them up with the tasty icing. They really tasted very after eight like. 😀
They were really delicious, it’s a shame they were on the dry side (for me anyway)… but I’m glad you enjoyed them!
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