Recipes and Cooking Golf Cupcake Be the first to rate & review! These sporty chocolate cupcakes are great for Father's Day, but you can change the message to suit any golf-lover. By BHG Test Kitchen BHG Test Kitchen The Better Homes & Gardens Test Kitchen has been in continuous operation for nearly 100 years, developing and testing practical, reliable recipes that readers can enjoy at home. The Test Kitchen team includes culinary specialists, food stylists, registered and licensed nutritionists, and other experts with Bachelor of Science degrees in food science, food and nutrition, or culinary arts. Together, the team tests more than 2,500 recipes, produces more than 2,500 food images, and creates more than 1,000 food videos each year in the state-of-the-art test kitchen. Learn about BHG's Editorial Process Updated on February 4, 2019 Print Rate It Share Share Tweet Pin Email Prep Time: 1 hrs Stand Time: 30 mins Bake Time: 15 mins Total Time: 1 hrs Servings: 12 Yield: 1 cupcakes Ingredients 1 recipe Best Chocolate Cupcakes 1 package purchased vanilla frosting, or 1 recipe Creamy Vanilla Frosting Golf tee Golf Ball Best Chocolate Cupcakes 3 eggs 6 ounce bittersweet chocolate, chopped ½ cup butter, cut into pieces 3 tablespoon creme de cacao ½ cup all-purpose flour ½ teaspoon baking powder ¼ teaspoon salt ½ cup sugar 1 teaspoon vanilla Creamy Vanilla Frosting ⅓ cup shortening 1 teaspoon vanilla 1 ½ cup powdered sugar 2 teaspoon milk Milk Directions Bake one batch Best Chocolate Cupcakes. Let cool. Use green food coloring to tint purchased vanilla frosting or Creamy Vanilla Frosting. With a pastry bag and narrow decorating tip, create thin blades of grass with upward strokes. For the cupcake toppers, hot-glue the golf balls to new, clean golf tees. Stick the toppers in the middle of each cupcake just before serving. Best Chocolate Cupcakes Separate eggs. Allow egg yolks and whites to stand at room temperature for 30 minutes. Meanwhile, in a medium saucepan combine the 6 ounces chocolate and the butter. Cook and stir over medium heat until melted. Remove from heat. Stir in creme de cacao; cool. Grease and flour twelve 2-1/2-inch muffin cups (or line with paper bake cups or parchment paper squares)*. In a small bowl stir together flour, baking powder, and salt. Set aside. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. In a large mixing bowl beat egg yolks and sugar with an electric mixer on high speed about 3 minutes or until thick and lemon color. Beat in chocolate mixture and vanilla. Add flour mixture, beating just until combined; set aside. Wash beaters thoroughly. In a medium bowl beat egg whites on medium to high speed just until stiff peaks form (tips stand straight). Stir a small amount of the beaten egg whites into chocolate mixture to lighten. Fold in the remaining beaten egg whites. Spoon batter into the prepared muffin cups, filling each about two-thirds full. Bake for 15 to 18 minutes or until tops spring back when lightly touched. Cool cupcakes in muffin cups on a wire racks for 5 minutes. Remove cupcakes from muffin cups. Cool completely on wire racks. Place Dark Chocolate Butter Frosting into a pastry bag fitted with a medium star tip. Pipe long stars of frosting onto tops of cupcakes. Sprinkle with additional chopped chocolate. Makes 12 (2-1/2-inch) cupcakes. Creamy Vanilla Frosting In a large bowl combine shortening and vanilla. Beat with an electric mixer on medium speed for 30 seconds. Gradually beat in 3/4 cup powdered sugar. Beat in 2 teaspoons milk. Gradually beat in 3/4 cup additional powdered sugar. If necessary, beat in additional milk, 1 teaspoon at a time, to make a frosting of piping consistency. Rate it Print