Recipe #288
I’m out of town this week at a conference in San Diego. I made this week’s Tuesdays with Dorie recipe, Chocolate-Chocolate Cupcakes last week. It was chosen by Clara of I Heart Food4Thought. You can find the recipe on her blog.
I decided to make mock-Hostess Cupcakes. Although I haven’t had a real one in ages, I do remember them being quite tasty. Ignorance is bliss and now that I know better, their ingredient list scares me off. There are a bunch of mock-Hostess Cupcake recipes on the internet and I probably should have read them before I made mine. It certainly would have been easier. Most of the recipes say to place the filling in a pastry bag and squirt it into the bottom of the cupcake. Instead, I used an apple-corer to take out a nub from the top of the cupcake and spooned the filling into the cupcake and then replaced the nub to seal up the hole. Not the prettiest looking thing.
These cupcakes were quite tasty, both plain and after I utterly destroyed them.
Ciao ! I was intimidated too putting a filling in a full thing so I left them plain, but I bet yours were great tasting !
oh no you didn’t destroy them! I’m sure they tasted fabulous!
Wow! Those look amazing! Better than the real thing! Nice job!
Have a great time in San Diego. I love those Hostess knock offs-especially since they would be delicious.
Fun..fun..fun!!
Those look so cute! I filled mine too, but left off the swirls in lieu of Halloween decor!
Pink Stripes did it again! Marvelous, darling! Great pics . . . I love the white swirls. Happy Halloween!
Sounds like something I would do! But still delicious.
your filling looks yummy! I think you did a great job!
Holy moly — I want the homemade Hostess cupcake! I see nothing resembling destruction. I think you nailed it! Too fun!
I love hostess cupcakes….but I think I would like yours better!
They look better than the real thing! Now you need to make Dolly Madison Zingers and Ho-ho’s…
These look wonderful. Great job and I hope you are having fun in San Diego!
Those are great! What an awesome idea, I’m sure they were delicious!
I love the Hostess decoration!! What a great idea!
Very nice…fun to see those famous swirls on your cupcakes…great job.
Nice job on the cupcakes! I love the swirly decoration.
What a great idea, girl!! I love them!!
Have fun in San Diego! I hope you were able to eat all of those awesome hostess cupcakes before you went!
Your “Hostess” cupcakes look like the real thing….only better. Homemade!!
Bake-on.
AmyRuth
Great minds think alike. Yours are too cute with the white Hostess swirly loops on the top!