Gimme S'mores

A weem-a-way a weem-a-way a weem-a-way - in the kitchen the mighty kitchen the cupcakes bake tonight...

We could go on but we will spare you and tell you about the s'mores cupcakes that came out of the campfire, errr oven tonight.  Here is a delicious treat that takes you back to your days of camping around the fire with your parents and if you've never gone camping then making some over your stove as a kid or maybe even just using a lighter a with a chocolate bar and a bag of marshmallows.  We aren't judging how it happened but everyone has had a s'mores experience.

This cupcake is a little taste of heaven, like a light fluffy chocolate graham cracker heaven.  The cupcake itself is a chocolate cupcake, the frosting is a vanilla buttercream with a few melted marshmallows mixed in (vegan of course), dusted in crushed graham crackers, drizzled in fresh chocolate and topped with a piece of marshmallow and a chunk of graham cracker.  If your mouth isn't watering yet you clearly skipped the last descriptive sentence.  Maybe you should look at it from the top view.

Cupcake


2 cups of soy milk
2 teaspoons of apple cider vinegar
1 1/2 cups of sugar (we tried sugar in the raw)
2/3 cup of oil (we used sunflower)
2 teaspoons of vanilla extract
1 teaspoon of almond extract
2 cups of flour (we used self rising flour this time)
2/3 cup of cocoa powder
1 1/2 teaspoons cinnamon
1 tablespoon brown sugar
pinch of salt

Preheat the oven 350 degrees.  Mix soy milk and vinegar together in a bowl and put aside.  Sift the flour, cinnamon, cocoa and salt together and put aside.  Mix the sugar, oil, extracts to the soy milk and beat until you it foams.  Mix in the dry ingredients in about a cup at a time until completely mixed.  Bake for about 18 minutes.

Fluffy Marshmallow Frosting


1/2 cup of vegan butter
1/2 cup of vegetable shortening
3 1/2 cups of confectioners sugar
1/4 cup of soy milk
1 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/3 cup of marshmallows (we melted them down first with about a tablespoon of soy milk and let cool for a few minutes)

mix the butter and shortening until creamy add the marshmallow and mix for about 1 minute, add sugar mix for a few minutes and finally add the vanilla and soy milk.

Graham cracker dust topper


1 hammer
1 zip-lock bag
1 hand towel
6 graham crackers

put graham crackers in bag, put bag under towel, beat into oblivion.

Chocolate Topping


2/3 cup of semi-sweet chocolate chips
1/3 cup of soy milk

simmer soy milk and dump over chocolate and mix until all the soy milk is incorporated.

To build this cupcake you need an degree in architecture.  Frost the cupcake, roll in the graham cracker dust, put marshmallow chunk on top, drizzle chocolate and finally place graham cracker beautifully on top.

It really did turn out deliciously fantastic.  It's going to make you want another one and make you want to go camping.  We took the music selection back to the old school and listed to "A Tribe Called Quest".  Good baking music and good camping music.  So pitch a tent and enjoy these cupcakes.

Tip of the day: don't do an arm workout and then wash ceramic measuring utensils.

Until next time sugar kisses and cupcake dreams.