Rocky Road is a mixture of delicious things that I enjoy! So those cupcakes are perfect! The recipe intrigued me! Devil’s food cake and a unique condensed milk frosting containing marshmallows, more chocolate and almonds! Total delicious chocolate overload! The original recipe made 24 so I quartered it to make my usual amount of 6 cuppycakes! I pretty much followed the exact recipe from there except my lack of buttermilk and my inability to find it at my local shops (a fact I was none too surprised about!) so with a bit of research I found a recipe that states a tablespoon of acid added to a cup of milk made a buttermilk substitute. I used some white wine vinegar I had hanging about and left it for 5-10 minutes. I didn’t notice a huge change, I think I was expecting solid milk or something! But the recipe worked just fine so that's a trick to keep in the back of my mind!
The cakes were easy to whip together and the batter was thick and delicious!
So, scooped, baked and cooled. Frosting time! I’m usually rubbish at different frostings! Anything other than buttercream I mean! My only attempt at Swiss Meringue Buttercream was a nightmare and I ended up with a soupy mess that was no good for anything except the bin! So I was a bit concerned but actually this frosting was easy! And came together super easy with not much whisking involved! I think that it was essentially a fudge and the texture when chilled kinda confirmed that to me. But mixed with all the extras, it was gorgeous and I really struggled to save some in the bowl for the cakes! Could’ve eaten the lot! Easily! But I managed and on the cakes it went. The cakes were moist and soft and sooo good! Easily the best cupcake I’ve made in a while! And the frosting was tasty and surprisingly easy!
L x
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