Brownie Cupcakes w/ M&M Frosting!

This idea came to me as I was trying to sleep. Sure, brownie cupcakes are pretty standard but M&M frosting? Not so much. 

And these are perfect for Valentine's Day. Especially if you use these:

Who can say no to that suave guy?

This recipe is simple and delicious! I'm not the only one who thought so; I shared these with my roommate and she definitely agrees. 

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Brownie Cupcakes

About 24 cupcakes

Ingredients:

1 box of brownie mix

3 large eggs

1/4 cup water

1/2 vegetable oil

1/2 12.6 oz bag of M&Ms (big bag)

1. Heat oven to 350° F. In each muffin cup, place a cupcake liner (approximately 24.) 

2. In a large bowl, mix brownie mix, 3 large eggs, 1/4 cup water, and 1/2 cup vegetable oil together. Once mixed, fold in half a bag of M&Ms.

3. Fill the liners 3/4 of the way full. Bake for 18-24 minutes (I baked mine for approx. 24 minutes) or until a toothpick inserted in the center of the cupcake comes out clean (or almost clean.) Let cool in pan. Frost with icing/frosting.

M&Ms Frosting

Ingredients:

1/2 12.6 oz bag of M&Ms (big bag)

1 cup butter (room temperature)

2 to 2 1/2 cup powdered sugar

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

1-3 tablespoons milk (as desired)

1/4 teaspoon shortening (optional)

1. Cream butter in large bowl until fluffy. Mix in 1/2 cup powdered sugar.

2. Add vanilla extract. Mix in rest of powdered sugar 1/2 cup at a time.

3. In a microwaveable bowl, pour 1/2 bag of M&Ms (what would be left over from brownies.) Microwave on high for 1 minute. Remove bowl from microwave and stir with metal spoon, crushing the M&M shells as you mix. Microwave for 30 seconds. Mix again. Continue until chocolate is melted, adding in 1/4 teaspoon shortening if chocolate gets more clumpy than melty (I added in the shortening.) 

4. Once M&Ms are melted, mix in with the rest of the ingredients until well combined. Add in milk 1 tablespoon at a time to reach desired consistency.

5. Once finished, frost cooled cupcakes.

Pineapple Cake w/ Pineapple Frosting

I hate pineapple. 

I'm sure that's not how you imagined the beginning of this post but I really do, I hate pineapple. So what would prompt me to make a pineapple cake (with PINEAPPLE frosting?!) 

My boyfriend loves pineapple.

Essentially, he is the sole taste tester of everything I make so I felt that I should make a treat catering to his love of pineapple. My hatred of pineapple did not make this quest any easier. No inspiration was popping into my head on what to make incorporating as much pineapple (or pineapple flavor) as I could. Of course, I could have went with the standard pineapple upside-down cake but I wasn't feeling it. 

Eventually, I settled on pineapple cake with pineapple frosting:

that I so lovingly prepared for him.

This recipe wasn't really hard, especially since I used a shortcut (aka boxed cake mix.) The worst part of the entire recipe was gagging on the smell of pineapple (yes, I hate it that much.)

Anyway, I used a boxed pineapple cake mix. I'm unsure of what brand specifically but I'm sure any boxed mix will work. I followed the directions as stated on the back of the box EXCEPT for the water ingredient. I substituted part water and part pineapple juice (for a little more pineapple flavor.) I can't give you the specifics because I eyeballed it but you can choose to do strictly water or mix it up with some pineapple juice as well.

Once the cake was cooled, I smothered it in pineapple frosting. The pineapple frosting was just a basic frosting recipe with 1/2 cup of pineapple juice. 

See? I told you this cake was simple. 

Welcome!

My name is Kristin. I am currently in college and LOVE TO BAKE. I plan to utilize this blog by combining the two factors which means I'm required to write this blog for a class but the baking is all by my own choice. 

I hope you enjoy and maybe get a bit of sweet tooth!