Chocolate Peppermint Cupcakes Today we are kicking off a month long Bake Craft Sew and this year we added Decorate. Through all of November in addition to my post 4-5 days a week there will be a post each day from some of my favorite blogging friends. Get ready for two posts a day and so many amazing ideas of fun things to bake for your friends and family for the upcoming holidays! In addition to all the Bake ideas here on the blog my friends Mique will be sharing Craft ideas and Cindy will be sharing Sew ideas! Exciting right!? Be sure to check out all the ideas they are sharing each day as part of Bake Craft Sew Today we’ve got Liz from Hoosier Homemade to start things off for us with some amazing cupcakes!! Liz is pretty amazing herself and has been such a help and mentor to me with all things blogging! Please welcome Liz! These Chocolate Peppermint Cupcakes are bursting with flavor! A simple chocolate cake mix is turned into a luscious holiday treat. And then if that’s not enough, topped with Buttercream Peppermint Frosting. Hello friends! I’m so excited to be here for the Bake Craft Sew 2015. I’m Liz from Hoosier Homemade, a national baking and lifestyle website devoted to helping the everyday Mom spend less time in the kitchen and more time with her family with our with simple, easy and creative recipes and projects. By providing easy to understand recipes and step-by-step DIY craft and party-planning ideas, Liz and Doug help the everyday mom to be heroes to their family. Nothing beats a chocolate cupcake…except maybe one with peppermint. I love the cool creamy flavors of chocolate and peppermint together. Somehow it just screams the holidays to me. So let’s get this party started… These Chocolate Peppermint Cupcakes are perfect for any occasion really. But would make your Christmas Dessert Table shine! They are super easy to make too. The cupcakes start with a simple chocolate cake mix, I used Devil’s Food. Then I like to add ingredients to make the mix taste homemade – milk instead of water, and 4 eggs instead of 3. And for these Chocolate Peppermint Cupcakes, I added 2 teaspoons peppermint extract. You can add a little more if you like your flavor stronger. After they are baked and cooled, I added Buttercream Peppermint Frosting, similar to my favorite Buttercream Frosting but instead of all butter, I substituted half with shortening to get the bright white color, and I added peppermint extract instead of vanilla. Often times vanilla can color frosting, unless you use white vanilla extract. To frost the cupcakes, I filled a decorator bag fitted with a 2A decorator tip, and swirled on the frosting. Some of the cupcakes I added blue crystallized sprinkles and then a mini York Peppermint Pattie. If you love cupcakes as much as I do, you can find over 350 decorated and special flavor cupcakes on our Cupcake Heaven page. Here are some of my favorite Christmas Cupcakes… Reindeer Cupcakes | Chocolate Peppermint Truffle | Gingerbread Boys and Girls I’d love for you to follow along with us! Hoosier Homemade on Pinterest, Instagram, Facebook and Twitter And you can find more great holiday inspiration during our 100 Days of Homemade Holiday Inspiration Chocolate Peppermint Cupcakes Print Prep time 10 mins Cook time 12 mins Total time 22 mins These Chocolate Peppermint Cupcakes are bursting with flavor! A simple chocolate cake mix is turned into a luscious holiday treat. And then if that's not enough, topped with Buttercream Peppermint Frosting. Author: HoosierHomemade.com Recipe type: Cupcakes Serves: 18-20 cupcakes Ingredients Cupcakes 1 box chocolate cake mix 1 cup milk 4 eggs, room temperature ⅓ cup oil, canola or vegetable 1-2 teaspoons peppermint extract - depending on how strong you like the flavor Frosting ½ cup butter, softened ½ cup vegetable shortening 4 cups powdered sugar 2-3 tablespoons milk - depending on consistency 1-2 teaspoons peppermint extract Garnish Blue Sprinkles Mini York Peppermint Pattie Candy Instructions Preheat oven to 350 degrees and place cupcake liners in pans In a large bowl, combine cupcake ingredients and beat until smooth, about 5 minutes on medium speed Fill cupcake liners using a cookie dough scoop Bake at 350 degrees for 12-15 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean Frosting Whip butter and shortening until creamy Gradually add powdered sugar alternating with milk Beat in peppermint extract Decorate Fill a decorator bag fitted with a #2A tip with frosting Swirl on frosting Add sprinkles and candy if desired 3.3.3077 Author information Leigh Anne Hi – I’m Leigh Anne! I have been a homebased mom for 30 years since my first baby boy was born! I love working with women and helping to inspire them to achieve their goals and dreams while still maintaining motherhood and family as their number one priority. I blog about everything I enjoy – creating treats and meals in my kitchen, spending time in my garden, entertaining and party planning, reading, self improvement and tips and ideas on style and fashion. | Facebook | Google+ | Pinterest | Continue reading Chocolate Peppermint Cupcakes. This post is from your homebased mom. If you are not reading it from our feed, it has been STOLEN. Please contact Leigh Anne to let us know. Enjoy the posts.