It is Monday morning for everyone in the states while it is rounding out the end of the later evening here in Japan. In a few short hours it will be a brand new day and maybe another baking adventure! I finally was able to get a job here on base & while that makes me very happy, it will severely cut into all of my baking time! TGIF? I think so. But, right now it is only the very beginning of the week.
Landing this job was a really quick thing, in only a few short days I was hired and I worked all day today! It was a very longish yet fulfilling day. Since I am not working tomorrow I need to try to take advantage of now precious baking time and I am thinking a homemade garlic bread to go with our dinner tomorrow night.
If you have not noticed, I am in love with anything mini. Partially because they are just cute and secondly, minis feed a lot more people at a time and since I send them all into work with hubby, the more, the better! So mini it is! These were very tasty and even more delicious the next day.
- ~Toba’s Chocolate Fudge Cake Recipe~
- 2½ cups Flour
- 1¼ cups Sugar
- ¾ cups Dark Brown Sugar
- 1 cup Cocoa
- 2¼ teaspoons Baking Soda
- 1½ teaspoons Salt
- 2¼ cups Buttermilk
- 1 cup Unsalted Butter, room temperature
- 2 large Eggs
- 1½ teaspoon Vanilla Extract
- 6 oz. melted Semisweet Chocolate Chips
- 1 package Oreo Cookies
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- ~Oreo Crumb Buttercream Frosting~
- 1 cup Butter
- 1 cup Shortening
- 2 lbs. Powdered Sugar
- 1 envelope Dream Whip
- ½-1 cup finely ground Oreo Cookies
- 1 bag Mini Oreo Cookies
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- Measure and add all ingredients except the 6 oz. melted semisweet chocolate chips. mix until blended.
- Add melted chocolate and beat for 3 minutes.
- Spoon into mini muffin tins by 1 teaspoon.
- Bake 12-18 minutes or till a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
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- ~Oreo Crumb Buttercream Frosting~
- Cream butter and shortening till light and fluffy.
- Slowly mix in powdered sugar and dream whip.
- Beat until fluffy.
- Add in ground oreo cookies, till evenly blended.
- If to thick add one teaspoon of milk at a time.
- Add a mini oreo cookie to the tops of each mini cupcake.