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Sweets and holidays go together like jingle and bells. These mouth-water-
ing morsels suit any occasion, from sit-down dinners to cocktail parties.
Minty cupcakes aren’t reserved for ‘after eight’ if you make them right.
Mint Chocolate Cupcakes
Cupcakes: For cupcakes:
2 cups sugar 2 eggs Place all ingredients in mixer or
mixing bowl in the listed order.
1 cup sour cream 3 / 4 cup cocoa 1 cup butter (room
temperature) 2 tsp baking soda 1 1 / 2 tsp vanilla 1 / 4 tsp salt 3 cups all-purpose flour 1 cup prepared strong
coffee or espresso
Icing:
4 cups icing sugar
2 / 3 cup softened butter
/ 4 cup milk
1
peppermint extract, to taste
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Mix for one minute.
Divide batter into 24 lined cup-
cake tins.
Bake at 350 F for 18 minutes or
until a toothpick inserted into
dough comes out clean.
For icing:
Beat butter and sugar together
in electric mixer with the paddle
attachment on medium speed
until well mixed.
Switch to slow speed and
gradually add milk and extract.
combine until liquid is incorpo-
rated. With mixer on high speed,
continue beating until frosting
is light and fluffy. carefully ice
each cupcake. Garnish with
candy cane.
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