Victory at Sea Peppermint Cupcakes

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Victory at Sea Peppermint Cupcakes directions

• In a medium bowl, combine powdered sugar, butter, peppermint extract, and cream. Use electronic mixture with to mix together. It will look very grainy, but continue mixing until smooth and sticky. If it is very dry, add more cream. Wrap filling in plastic wrap and set aside in the fridge.
• In a medium bowl, combine flour, baking soda, and salt and set aside. In another medium bowl, mix cocoa powder and slightly warm beer. In standing mixer, combine eggs yolks and 5 ounces of sugar and whisk together until it reaches a ribbony-type consistency. Add cocoa powder, vegetable oil, almond and peppermint extract to the eggs and continue whisking. Add dry ingredients to the mixer. Set aside.
• In another bowl, add eggs and cream of tartar and whisk together until foamy. Add remaining sugar and continue to whisk until stiff peaks form.
• Cupcake time: preheat the oven to 325° Fahrenheit and place 12 cupcake liners in a cupcake pan.
• Slowly add egg whites to batter, a little at a time, and continue whisking until combined. Fill ¾ of the cupcake liners with batter. Place in the oven and bake for 30 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean. Let cool.
• I am going to use a cupcake corer that I found at an arts and crafts store. But you guys are smart and have the ingenuity to core your cupcakes. Take the cupcake corer and press down in the center o the cupcake. Once pressed down, twist it a little bit and lift. The center of the cupcake is now removed. Remove your filling from the fridge. With your hand, take small chuck of the filling and roll it out with your hands. Insert the filling into the hole. Take the cored part of the cupcake, cut the top off, and place it back onto the top of the cupcake.
• Frosting time: add almond meal and powdered sugar in a food processor and pulse for a minute. Add honey, extracts and the egg white into the food processor and pulse for two more minutes.
• Place marzipan in a ziplock bag. Cut the tip of the bag. Squeeze the bag slowly, allowing frosting to slowly come out. Design your cupcakes. Take a candy cane and crush it, keeping it somewhat coarse. Sprinkle crushed peppermints on top of your cupcakes.