German Chocolate Cupcakes
German Chocolate Cupcakes | A deep chocolate cupcake filled with the delicious coconut frosting that we all love along with a creamy butter chocolate frosting. The perfect chocolate cupcake! You can choose to completely cover the filling or decorate around the edges (like I did here) with the chocolate butter frosting.
Starting with a good chocolate cupcake is a must for this recipe. So I started with my favorite Devil’s Food Cupcake Recipe.
Now for the surprise! Hollow out a portion of the cupcake and fill it with the most delicious melt in your mouth homemade coconut filling.
You can choose to completely cover the filling or decorate around the edges (like I did here) with the chocolate butter frosting.
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German Chocolate Cupcakes
Ingredients
For the Cupcakes:
For the Coconut Pecan Filling:
- 3 large egg yolks
- 1 can (12 ounces) evaporated milk
- 1-1/4 cups light brown sugar, packed
- 3/4 cup butter, cut into small pieced
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 2 1/2 cups sweetened flaked coconut
- 1-1/2 cups pecans, chopped
For the Cocoa Butter Frosting:
- 3/4 cup butter, room temperature
- 6 cups confectioners' sugar
- 5 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder
- 3 ounces unsweetened chocolate, melted
- 6 tablespoons milk
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
Instructions
For the Cupcakes:
- Follow and print directions for the Devil's Food Cupcake Recipe
- Fill hole with Coconut-Pecan Filling.
For the Coconut Pecan Filling:
- Heat egg yolks, evaporated milk, brown sugar and butter in a medium sauce pan over medium heat, stirring constantly until thick, about 15 minutes from the time it start to boil.
- Stir vanilla and salt into frosting.
- Add the coconut and pecans.
- Stir until well combined.
- Let cool completely, stirring occasional.
NOTE: Frosting can be refrigerated up to 1 day in an airtight container. Before using, bring to room temperature and stir. PLUS you will only need half of this recipe to fill the cupcakes. I froze the remaining filling for later.
For the Cocoa Butter Frosting:
- Beat butter until smooth.
- Gradually add 1 cup confectioners' sugar, unsweetened cocoa powder and melted unsweetened chocolate, beating well.
- Beat in milk and vanilla..
- Slowly beat in additional confectioners' sugar.
- Beat in additional milk until frosting reaches piping consistency.
- Either cover the filling with the frosting or pipe around the frosting.
Thank you for linking your incredible cupcakes up at Muffin Monday. They look and sound amazing! Have a great week and hope to see you again soon!
Yummy! I love stuffed cupcakes. They look beautiful, too.
Pinning!
These look yummy! My hubby loves German chocolate and I like how they are a “Surprise”…hehe. I am going to have to make them and surprise him one day!
WOW! What a great idea I LOVE this!! Can’t wait to try it! :-}
Yum! Love the surprise in the middle and your frosting looks divine!
Thanks for sharing on Cupcake Tuesday!
~Liz
What a great recipe! It looks so yummy. Thanks for sharing.
Hope to see you on my blog:)
These look amazing! Love the surprise filling!
I am seeing some amazing cupcake recipes today, and yours is one of them. I don’t bake cupcakes that often, but I’m thinking I might change that!
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You are GOOD. These are beautiful. Thanks for sharing them with us at Bake with Bizzy.
Wow, these cupcakes look very tempting – love it !:)
LOVE german chocolate, this would a great surprise! Thanks!
This looks amazing… I love any type of food which involves a fun surprise… I also love pecan frosting! I am pinning this to my DESSERT board, thanks for showing off!
Carlee
Wow, as if cupcakes aren’t scrumptious enough…you’ve added that great stuffing surprise! Sounds YUM!
I love cupcakes with a surprise! Yours look amazing! Big tall glass of milk to go with it…oh yeah, perfection. Visiting from Friday Potluck! I would love it if you stopped by my blog to say hi!
Mandi at boredombustingmommy.blogspot.com
Now, that’s my idea of a surprise. I love these cupcakes – the swirl of frosting on top is unbelievable! I’d like to invite you to share on Sweet Indulgences Sunday.
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Hi Sheryl!
Your cupcake post was one of the most visited thumbnails at Savvy HomeMade Monday last week and will be featured in tonight’s post to start the party! Thank you so much for linking up. If you would like to grab a feature button you can find it here: http://www.homesavvyatoz.com/buttons/
You rock! 🙂
What a great idea! Thanks for linking up to Fat Camp Friday. Hope you enjoyed your weekend, see you next time!
Happy Monday! I wanted to thank you for sharing this delicious recipe at Recipe Sharing Monday. The new party is now up and I’d love for you to link up again 🙂
This is the perfect way to do German Chocolate!
Beautiful!
All these look so yummy! Pinning to try later!
Oh my those look yummy! My stomach actually growled just looking at them. Thanks for sharing. Linked up from A Glimpse Inside.
Sheryl, these look delicious. I love Greman chocolate cake!! I would love for you to link up to my Tasty Thursdays link party going on right now. Thanks, Nichi
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Hi Sheryl,
What a great collection of special treats! Hope you have a great week and thank you so much for sharing with Full Plate Thursday.
Come Back Soon!
Miz Helen
These look so delish, makes me want to party.
Thanks for sharing at the Adorned From Above Blog Hop.
Adorned From Above,
Debi.
The Busy Bee’s.
Myrna and Joye.
What a gorgeous creation!
Thanks Megan. 🙂
Looks delicious!