Mini chocolate-chocolate cupcakes with raspberry and caramel filling

Friday, April 25, 2008

Mini chocolate-chocolate cupcakes with raspberry and caramel filling

Holly over at PheMomenon is hosting a Blogging For Babies event called Little Wonders. Holly is raising money for the March of Dimes March for Babies in honor of her son Cole. Read all about her story on her blog.

The requirements of the event are simply to make something small. Since you all know I love making cupcakes, I thought mini-cupcakes would be perfect. The truth is, I have supported March of Dimes for quite some time myself. My 13 year old sister was also born premature. I was 14 at the time and remember being very scared. I was so scared in fact, that when the entire family went to see her for the first time in the NICU, I refused to go.

My sister has grown into a wonderful teenager girl (is that even possible?) She’s very intellegent and likes to bake just like me. We enjoy baking together when I see her, which unfortunately, isn’t often enough. Here is the most recent picture of us taken last Christmas. Yes, she’s a tall one.

Back to the cupcakes. I used my favorite chocolate cupcake recipe with my favorite chocolate cream cheese frosting recipe (without the chili powder). I made both recipes dairy free (the caramel was not dairy free).

I usually use the cone method to fill cupcakes. I knew this wouldn’t work very well with mini-cupcakes. Instead I used a special cupcake filling tip that came with my piping bag set. It took a while to get the hang of it, but in the end it worked out fine. I filled some with leftover caramel I had and the rest with some leftover raspberry preserves. Both tasted amazing.

Definitely be sure to check out Holly’s story and support her team for the March of Babies.

Cupcakes, Dessert

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14 Responses to “Boston Cream Pie Cheesecake”

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Steph — November 28, 2012 at 7:39 am

This is heavenly!!!
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Eva @ Eva Bakes — November 28, 2012 at 8:42 am

This looks amazing!
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Bee — November 28, 2012 at 12:04 pm

I LOVE Boston Cream pie, and I do love the custard filling but… I never turn down a good cheesecake! This is lovely.
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Ana Fleischmann — November 28, 2012 at 12:14 pm

OMG, it looks SO scrumptious! Trying it very soon!!
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Mal — November 28, 2012 at 1:03 pm

Yum! I’d love a slice of this right now

Mal @ The Chic Geek
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Rachel @ Baked by Rachel — November 28, 2012 at 4:35 pm
Yours looks fantastic! So funny we both had a similar idea.
- beantownbaker — November 28th, 2012 @ 9:34 pm
  
  I know! It’s always crazy when stuff like that happens.
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Tim — November 29, 2012 at 6:59 am

Being from Boston, I appreciate this Boston Cream Pie Cheesecake!
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Shannon G — November 29, 2012 at 10:51 am

such a great-looking dessert! great minds 😉
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Megan — November 29, 2012 at 6:09 pm
That looks amazing. I love pastry cream and am kind of surprised you don’t like it… even really good pastry cream? (There’s a lot of bad pastry cream out there.)
- beantownbaker — November 30th, 2012 @ 10:38 am
  
  Yea, it’s really a texture thing for me. I don’t like yogurt for the same reason. Although, maybe I’ve just never had good pastry cream…
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Tracy — December 3, 2012 at 5:34 pm

I love the look of this pie/cake! Seeing the sponge layers and the cheesecake layer makes for an impressive looking cake!
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zahraa saab — May 13, 2014 at 3:18 pm
Hi there ! I was wondering after refrigerating the cheesecake overnight, how much do i have to freeze it for ??? Thank u ! 🙂
- beantownbaker — May 17th, 2014 @ 6:10 pm
  
  Just for a couple hours. It is just to make it more firm.