Confectionately Yours, Save the Cupcake!: Freak-outs

      I know you're all freaking out because its the last recipe from Confectionately Yours, Save the Cupcake! But we're going to start on The Teashop Girls recipes after this! Here's something to really freak out about, but in a good way:

Description from book:

Try these when you're feeling freaked, or just in the
mood for something different. Very, very different.

Freak-outs

Ingredients:

8 whole cloves garlic

1/3 canola oil,plus more to coat garlic

1 cup milk

1 teaspoon apple cinder vinegar

1 cup plus 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour

1 teaspoon baking powder

1/2 teaspoon baking soda

1/2 teaspoon salt
3/4 cup sugar
1&1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
2/3 cup semisweet chocolate chips

Kosher salt, for sprinkling

How to Bake

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Line a muffin pan with cupcake liners. Toss garlic cloves in a little oil and place on a baking sheet. Roast in oven until brown and soft. Remove from oven and let sit until cool enough to mash into a paste. Whisk the milk and vinegar into a bowl and set aside for a few minutes to let curdle. Sift the flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt into a large bowl and mix. Place the chocolate chips in a microwave-safe bowl and heat for 30 seconds. Remove from microwave and stirr. If they aren't melted, Heat again in 10-second increments, stirring each time until fully melted. In a separate large bowl, mix the curdled milk with the sugar, vanilla extract, and oil, then add the garlic paste and melted chocolate. With a whisk or hand-held mixer, add the dry ingredients a little bit at a time, stopping occasionally to scrape the sides of the bowl, and mix until no lumps remain. Fill cupcake liners 2/3 of the way, and bake for 18-22 minutes, transfer to a cooling rack and let cool completely before frosting. Frost with Fudgy Frosting and sprinkle a few flakes of kosher salt on top. Makes about 12.

Fudgy Frosting

Ingredients:

1/3 cup semisweet chocolate chips

1/2 cup margarine, softened

2 teaspoons vanilla extract

3 tablespoons cocoa powder, unsweetened

1/2 cup powdered milk

(non-flavoured otherwise the texture will be grainy from

the large sugar crystals)

1 cup confectioner's sugar

 1 tablespoon milk

(to thin frosting if needed)

How to Make

Place the chocolate chips in a microwave-safe bowl and heat for 30 seconds. Remove from microwave and stir. If they aren't melted, Heat again in 10-second increments, stirring each time until fully melted. Then set aside and allow to cool to room temperature. In a large bowl, with an electric mixer, beat the margarine until light and fluffy. Beat in vanilla extract and cocoa powder until combined. Slowly beat in the powdered milk and confectioner's sugar on low speed. If the mixture seems to firm, drizzle in a little milk in small increments. Beat on medium speed until completely combined.

Friends are like cupcakes in my pantry of memories.

~ Unknown

      You might want to tell your eaters what's in this freaky little cupcake before you let them eat it. You don't want them freaking out and ending up choking! But then again, maybe that's why they're called Freak-outs. Look forward to the next post. The Teashop Girls here we come!