Home made "Hostess" cupcakes
These are as good a cheat as I have ever found
Prep
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1h
| Category: | Desserts |
Ingredients
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1
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Recipe
| 3 cup(s) flour |
| 1 cup(s) oil |
| 2 cup(s) sugar |
| 1 cup(s) milk |
| 1/2 gallon(s) cocoa |
| 1 cup(s) hot water |
| 2 teaspoon(s) baking soda |
| 2 eggs |
| 1 teaspoon(s) vanilla |
| 1 mL salt |
| 2 cup(s) powdered sugar |
| 4 tablespoon(s) butter, softened |
| 4 tablespoon(s) crisco |
| 2 tablespoon(s) milk |
| 1 teaspoon(s) vanilla |
| 1 dash(es) salt |
Home made "Hostess" cupcakes Directions
- Mix first 10 ingredients well. bake at 350 in cupcake papers for about 15-20 minutes. Cool completely
- For frosting: mix powdered sugar, butter, crisco, milk, vanilla and salt til fluffy. Fill a pastry bag with a large tip. Poke a hole into the center of cupcake with tip, squeeze filling cupcake til small cracks start to appear
- These can also be frozen.
- If you're in a hurry you can use a chocolate cake mix instead of starting from scratch, but this recipe really does work best
