Cupcakes for the Birthday Girl

Cookie Dough. Cupcakes. Frosting. Why not put all these things together? One of my closest friends celebrated her birthday today and in an attempt to satisfy her sweet tooth I decided to combine my love of cupcakes and cookie dough (thanks to a pic I saw somewhere on either Pinterest, Foodgawker...who knows) and guess what! The cupcakes were a success (surprise, surprise).


Vanilla Cake

Ingredients
1 Betty Crocker Cake Mix
3 eggs
1/3 cup vegetable oil
1/2 cup water

Make the cake batter according to the package directions

Cookie Dough (Joy of Baking Cookbook's recipe)

Ingredients

1/2 cup margarine or butter
1/2 cup white sugar
1/2 cup brown sugar
1 egg
1 cup + 2 tbsp flour
1 tsp vanilla extract
1/4 tsp salt
1/2 tsp baking soda
1 cup chocolate chips

In a bowl stir together the flour, salt and baking soda and set aside. In a larger bowl mix together the sugar and butter until creamy. Stir in the egg and vanilla. Add half of the flour mixture to the wet ingredients and stir well. Add the rest of the flour mixture and stir again. Finally, add the chocolate chips and stir until combined.

After preparing the cake mix and cookie dough you should be ready to get to work! Line a muffin try with paper cupcake wrappers and preheat the oven to 350F. Spoon in the cake mix until the cups are about half full. Roll some cooking dough into a ball and place it into the cupcake cup. Press the cookie down down with your finger and then add a spoonful of cake mix on top, making sure that the cookie dough is covered. Repeat until you run out of cake batter or dough. When I made them the recipe made 16 cupcakes, with a little cookie dough to spare. Bake the cupcakes for 20-22 mins and allow them to cool before frosting them.

Buttercream Frosting (Mama Evans' recipe)

Ingredients

2 cups confectioners' sugar

1/2 cup butter

1 tsp vanilla extract

1 1/2 tablespoons milk

Stir the ingredients together until the frosting is thick and smooth. If the frosting seems a little too liquid add a few more tbsp of confectioner's sugar. It should have quite a thick consistency. Using an frosting bag (or just a plain old knife if that's all you have) frost the cupcakes with a generous amount of frosting. I like to use my pampered chef decorator set. 


Sprinkle the cupcakes with sprinkles, or whatever else your heart desires (M&Ms, Reese's BP cups, the options are limitless!)

Finished product (finishing touch thanks to Instagram)

Happy Birthday TT!

Cupcake sandwich

Cookie dough makes everything better