As a rule, I try to cook as much as I can from scratch rather than from a box. So, in celebration of my mother's 50th birthday, I decided to try and bake some delicious German Chocolate Cupcakes from scratch. I've never tried to bake a cake from scratch, so I figured cupcakes were a good place to start.
The recipe I used is from The Cupcake Project. This fun blog by Stef is filled with incredible cupcake recipes, featuring a new one each week. She also has a great "Stef's answers" section that gives detailed answers to some of a new baker's biggest questions. Totally recommend checking it out!
I followed the recipe, with the exception of using 100% Ghirardelli Premium Baking Chocolate. I figured an extra dark chocolate would help to balance the sweetness of the cake AND the frosting.
I was especially excited to use my homemade vanilla for the first time in this recipe! {for sale in my etsy shop}
I made these the day before, which turned out to be necessary as the frosting needed to sit overnight to thicken.
Such a hit with the family! Definitely going to have to do these again sometime soon.
ps. this recipe makes A LOT of cupcakes...I got 39 out of it!