Malted Milk Cupcakes

Beat with electric mixer on low speed 2 minutes.

Malted milk cupcakes.

Add more milk or confectioners sugar as needed for piping or spreading consistency. Place the chocolate and butter in a small bowl and microwave in 30 second increments on 50 power stirring in between each until the mixture is melted and smooth. Allow the candies to dry for 5 minutes before transferring them to the nest on top of the cake. Preheat the oven to 350ºf.

Cover your work surface and lay the candies on a paper towel before you begin speckling them. In large bowl stir together dry cake mix 1 cup malted milk balls and 1 4 cup malted milk powder. The resulting frosting is mildly sweet with an almost savory character from the malted milk powder. Divide batter evenly among muffin cups.

In a large bowl beat butter until creamy. Combine the milk and the malted milk powder in the bowl of a stand mixer and mix until the malted milk powder has dissolved. Line 30 muffin tins with cupcake liners. Cool completely in pan on a wire rack.

In a large bowl combine the flour cocoa powder granulated sugar brown sugar baking soda and salt. It is soft when first made but upon standing firms up to a mousse like texture from the malted milk powder. To frost the cake and have it stay still and not crumb up too much i wrap the cooled cakes in plastic wrap and pop them in the freezer anywhere from a couple hours to overnight. In a medium bowl whisk together flour malted milk powder baking powder and salt.

Add water oil and eggs. The malted milk egg candies can be speckled with the chocolate to match the cake perfectly. Beat in confectioners sugar and cocoa alternately with milk until smooth. Stir in the oil until combined.

Beat on low speed of the electric mixer to combine adding 4 tablespoons of milk a tablespoon at a time. This cake if full of malted milk oh the flavor is so wonderful and topped with the chocolate malt frosting. With mixer on low speed gradually add flour mixture to butter mixture alternately with milk beginning and ending with flour mixture beating just until combined after each addition. In a large bowl mix cake mix 1 cup malted milk balls and 1 4 cup malted milk powder.

Bake 18 22 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Yep this one is a winner. It s perfect on top of yellow cake or cupcakes with a few lightly crushed malted milk balls for decoration. Add water oil and eggs.

In a large mixing bowl combine the 1 2 cup of butter 3 cups of confectioners sugar malted milk powder a pinch of salt and 2 teaspoons of vanilla. Divide batter among prepared pans.