White Russian cupcakes and Etsy

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Oh yes. I am on ETSY. With my jewelry. Sorry for the lack of updates on this place. I've been opening my Etsy and finishing out the semester. It looks like I'll be going to Austin Culinary Academy in the fall and be leaving my community college. A friend and I are both leaving, and our ceramic group had a party to celebrate a great, productive semester and us leaving. He apparently has an obsession for white russian drinks, and I recall seeing an episode of Ace of Cakes that had a white russian cake on it. Then they started popping up everywhere! This recipe isn't one of my originals, but I have unfortunately lost the original source. These are rather dense cupcakes, but you can taste the booze in them quite well!
Anyway, here we go.White Russian Cupcake w/ Vanilla Buttercream Frosting
Makes about 2 dozen

2 cups All purpose flour
1 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp baking soda
1/4 tsp salt
2 Tbsp instant coffee
2/3 cup unsalted butter
1 1/2 cup granulated sugar
4 egg whites
2/3 cup milk
1/4 cup vodka
1/2 cup kahlua
2 oz dark chocolate, finely chopped

1.) Preheat your oven to 350°F.
2.) Chop up your 2 oz of dark chocolate finely and put it off to the side for now.
3.) Beat your butter, in a large bowl or stand mixer, for about a minute. Add in your sugar into the butter and cream for a little while.
4.) Add one egg white into the butter/sugar mix at a time, mixing for about 30 seconds in between each other.
5.) Mix together your booze and milk in a small bowl or large cup.
6.) Alternate between pouring wet and dry ingredients into the batter slowly, ending with your dry. Mix in your chocolate, mix well.
8.) Divide into cupcake cups, filling about 3/4s of the way, and bake for 15-20 minutes. You may want to rotate the pans half way through.

Frosting:
2 sticks of butter
2 cups of powder sugar
1 Tbsp Mexican vanilla
2 Tbsp whipping cream

1.) Whip the butter and add sugar. Only add a half cup or cup at a time, I find this is easier. I add in the cream, and vanilla in between sugar to help it keep moving.

Once the cupcakes were done cooling, I applied the frosting with a butter knife, as I was feeling quite lazy. They were very tasty! And the little bits of random chocolate were a nice addition.

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