Brownie Cupcakes with Cookie Dough Frosting

I saw these on a few cooking websites so thought I’d try these for myself and maybe give them a little twist.

These are pretty easy to make and I’l go through in a step by step basis.

Brownie Cupcakes

Now I’ve made 2 types of these. Chocolate brownie cupcakes and White Chocolate Brownie cupcakes. The ingredients are exactly the same except you substitute cocoa powder with white chocolate powder (I used hot chocolate mix which actually worked really well!)

Ingredients

• 1 1/4 cups self-raising flour
• 1/4 tsp salt
• 1 cup granulated sugar
• 1/2 cup packed light-brown sugar
• 1/2 cup + 2 Tbsp cocoa powder
• 3/4 cup butter, melted
• 2 large eggs
• 1 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
• 2 Tbsp milk

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 350 Degrees and line the muffin tins with paper cups.
2. Melt the butter in the microwave (make sure the bowl is microwave safe).
3. Mix in the sugar into the butter until smooth and microwave for about a minute.
4. Stir the mixture until smooth again.
5. Whisk in the Vanilla and Eggs.
6. In another bowl, add salt, cocoa powder OR white chocolate powder and flour. Whisk until mixed.
7. Slowly add the wet ingredients and stir until combined.
8. Fill muffins about 2/3 full.
9. Bake for about 8 – 10 mins and allow to cool completely before frosting.

 

Cookie Dough Frosting

1. 1/2 cup of softened unsalted butter
2. 3/4 cup light brown sugar
3. 1 tsp vanilla extract
4. 1 1/4 cup flour
5. 4 tbsp milk
6. 1 cup mini chocolate chips

Directions

1. With an electric mixer, cream together the butter and sugar at medium speed.
2. Add the Vanilla and beat well
3. Stir in flour and salt until doughy.
4. Add in the milk and beat until fluffy
5. Frost cooled cupcakes 
6. Add the chocolate chips to the top of the cakes

Pillow Cakes

Now these cookies are absolutely delicious and have a surprise inside! They aren’t actually cookies but cakes because they’ve got a brownie inside…. yes that’s right I just said there’s a brownie inside!

So you start by making a brownie. Normally I like to make a nice and fudgy so they are a real gooey inside.

Ingredients:150 gm (4 ounces) of Unsalted Butter, at room temperature
200 gm (about 7 ounces) of Bittersweet Chocolate, melted
1 Cup of Sugar
2 tsp of Vanilla Extract
¼ tsp of Salt
1 Tbsp Cocoa Powder
2 Large Eggs
2 Tbsp of warm Water
2/3 Cup of All Purpose Flour

1) Preheat your oven to 180 c/ 350 F. Spray an 8 by 8 inch square pan with non stick cooking spray and lay the bottom with parchment paper.
2) Chip your chocolate and melt it in a microwave
3) mix the butter and sugar together and stir in the eggs one egg at a time.
4) Add Vanilla and mix
5) Add the Chocolate to the butter and sugar mix
6) In a different bowl, mix the flour and Cocoa Powder together
7) Add the flour and Cocoa powder into the other bowl.
8) Stir until completely combined and then you have your amazing batter!
9) Pour the batter into the prepared pan and cook for about 40 – 45 mins.

Now comes the fun part!

Cut the brownies into 1 inch squares, you should be able to make quite a few of them!

Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough

1) Beat the butter with a mixer until creamy.
2) Add the brown sugar and continue beating with the mixer until smooth.
3) Then start to add the eggs and Vanilla. Once again beat until smooth.
4) Combine flour, baking powder, soda and salt in a medium bowl and stir together with a whisk.
5) Add flour to the butter mixture and beat until combined.
6) Stir in the mini chips.

Make sure the dough is covered and chilled in the refrigerator for at least an hour

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

Combining the two!
Now you are going to need about 1/2 a cup of cookie dough for one cookie…. That’s right… 1/2 cup for one!!

Then put them on some parchment paper and then create a dip in the middle with your thumb so you can put the brownie inside. Move the dough so it wraps around the whole brownie.

Once you’ve done this for each one stick them in the preheated oven for about 18 minutes.

Leave to cool and then you’ve created these babies!