And the winners are…

Saturday, October 18, 2008

First for the throwdown – chocolate cupcake style. AND on National Chocolate Cupcake Day! How fitting. I made a half batch of the chocolate cake (I got 15 cupcakes) out of Confetti Cakes for Kids by Elisa Strauss. The recipe is definitely “fussier” than my go-to chocolate cupcake recipe. This one has sour cream and coffee in it. Neither of which are staples in my kitchen. I paired it with the Brown Sugar frosting because I was intrigued by that idea…

The batter came together quite nicely. It does take 3 bowls and like I mentioned, has some ingredients that I had to send hubby out to grab for me… It does have some great flavor combinations going on. It’s got almond extract as well as vanilla and includes coffee. Both almond and coffee go great with chocolate. The batter was quite thick and very tasty. Hubby really enjoyed licking the beater 🙂 And this frosting is AMAZING. We both agreed, it’s one of the best I’ve ever made. Think of a caramel Swiss-meringue buttercream. It paired perfectly with the chocolate cupcake.

Now to the Throw-down results. I’m basing this on 3 categories: Overall Taste, Ease of making, Moistness

Overall Taste – hands down goes to the Confetti cupcake. It is amazing.

Ease of making – definitely goes to my go-to cupcake. So much easier and I always have everything on hand.

Moistness – this is a tie. Both of these recipes yield very moist cupcakes. It’s because of the oil in one and sour cream in the other.

So it’s a TIE!?! I’ll definitely keep my go-to chocolate cupcake for when I just want to whip something up. It’s quick and easy and the results are great. But when I want to go the extra mile, I’ll make the Confetti cupcakes. It does take more effort, but the results are worth it. I’m not going to post the recipe here, but definitely I definitely recommend checking out Confetti Cakes for Kids by Elisa Strauss.

Now on to the GIVEAWAY!! I almost forgot about it after these amazing cupcakes. Thanks to everyone who participated! Using Random.org, I chose 5 random numbers from 1-79 and the lucky winners are…

Megan – who’s email begins with mybakingadventures
Chrissy – who’s email begins with chrissyblogs
Grifam93 – who’s email begins with aseminara
Jared – who’s email begins with jared
MoonFreckle – who’s email begins with angelaj

Congratulations to the winners!

Thanks to everyone who participated. If you won, send me an email at beantownbaker[at]gmail[dot]com with your address and your book will be at your house in no time. I hope you enjoy the book as much as I already have!

Cupcakes, Dessert

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21 Responses to “Layered Marshmallow Brownies”

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Xiaolu — March 3, 2010 at 1:24 pm

Oh these look so yummy! Love the crackly looking top.
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yumventures — March 3, 2010 at 1:59 pm

They look soooo good! Thanks for the tip about the sweetness factor…I love having a little bite of something completely decadent!
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KRISTINA CIPOLLA PHOTOGRAPHY — March 3, 2010 at 3:15 pm

AH…these look heavenly….mmm…thanks for sharing! 🙂
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bakingblonde — March 3, 2010 at 3:18 pm

Wow, those look great! I love those
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KV — March 3, 2010 at 4:42 pm

I’m not sure it is possible to be “too sweet” but these look very good!
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Miss Yunks — March 3, 2010 at 6:18 pm

These looks so good! Can’t wait to try!
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Memória — March 3, 2010 at 6:26 pm

I’m not crazy about marshmallows, but these brownies look amazing!!
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Justin — March 3, 2010 at 6:26 pm

“nice and thick”… wow, you aren’t kidding. that was a bold move switching the pan though. glad it worked out in the end.
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Kristen — March 3, 2010 at 10:20 pm

MMMMMMM those sound awesome!!
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Candi — March 3, 2010 at 10:26 pm

oh my word! those look delicious!
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CB — March 3, 2010 at 10:38 pm

I can’t stop looking at your picture. I think that means I need to make these brownies. I’m not sure if I should thank you for shake my fist at you 😛
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Brisbane Baker — March 4, 2010 at 12:14 am

Blaspemy!! Nothing is TOO sweet 🙂

I love these! Might give em a go when a occasion comes up 😀
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Brisbane Baker — March 4, 2010 at 12:17 am

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nutmegnanny — March 4, 2010 at 9:44 pm

These look awesome! I would love to have one of these sitting in my kitchen right now 🙂
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Ashley — March 4, 2010 at 11:08 pm

These look AMAZING! I feel like I need to go to the gym just looking at them. 🙂
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Erin — March 5, 2010 at 2:57 am

These look delicious! I love anything with marshmallows!
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Kat — March 5, 2010 at 3:39 am

I wish I could reach through the computer and grab these! They look awesome!!
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Ingrid — March 6, 2010 at 6:52 pm

I make something similar but cheat and use a boxed brownie mix. The frosting I use doesn’t have marshmallows in it which helps with the sweet factor.

That’s a great idea baking these in a smaller pan. I would prefer the brownie part a bit thicker.
~ingrid
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Jes — March 11, 2010 at 5:50 am

Um…I guess I didn’t let my icing cool enough and it melted the marshmallow completely…it looked like Mt. Vesuvius erupted on my counter ha ha! I wish I could post a picture! They still tasted yummy though =)
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Caryn — April 17, 2013 at 7:28 pm
I made these, but the chocolate topping turned out not great, not dissolved and gritty. – I think you mean “icing sugar” don’t you, when you say sugar for the frosting?
- beantownbaker — April 18th, 2013 @ 11:28 am
  
  I used granulated sugar for the frosting. When it is cooking on the stove, it should completely dissolve the sugar.