It’s the 15th of the month which means it’s a posting day for the Martha Stewart Cupcakes Club! This month’s selection was chosen by Mary Ann of Meet Me in the Kitchen: s’mores cupcakes! The photo of these cupcakes in the book was absolutely gorgeous – the frosting looks so billowy. I tried a different recipe for s’mores cupcakes around this time last year and I loved them so I was excited to see how these would compare.
The first challenge was to find the graham flour that the recipe calls for. I had to visit 4 or 5 stores but finally I was successful (for anyone looking, Bob’s Red Mill). The recipe indicated that these cupcakes needed to be served within a short time after being made and since it was just the two of us, I scaled way back. I made 1/3 of the recipe, which yielded 8 cupcakes, but only frosted 3 of them, sticking the rest in the freezer for another time. The topping is actually two parts – first a chocolate ganache and then on top of that, a marshmallow frosting. Since there are three components to the recipe, it is a bit fussy, but not difficult.
I knew these would probably not be a favorite after I made the cupcakes. As they cooled, I felt them and could tell they were very dense. I kept an eye on them as they baked so I’m fairly certain they weren’t overdone, but I’ll be interested to see what everyone else says about their cupcakes. The chocolate ganache was my favorite part of the cupcake – great consistency and wonderful flavor. It was also really shiny! The marshmallow frosting was a bit of a disappointment for me too. It hardens quickly after being made so you have to pipe immediately. I thought it was too rubbery when I sampled one of the cupcakes; I guess I’d hoped for soft and gooey like a toasted marshmallow. As I expected, my cupcakes were also really dense – so much so we didn’t end up eating the ones I topped. I probably wouldn’t make these again, but it was fun trying them once!
Thanks to Mary Ann for her selection this month! We don’t post the recipes, but you can find it on page 150-151 of Martha Stewart’s Cupcakes book. And if you don’t have the book, you could always try the s’mores cupcakes I posted last year 🙂
These look amazing!! Smores are one of my favorite flavors!
I tried a different recipe for the frosting (no gelatin) which seemed to work better. I also thought these were pretty dense, but my husband liked them. Yours are beautiful!
Girl, your cupcakes are GORGEOUS! Nice photos and I am sure they taste amazing too!
They may not have been that great taste wise, but they certainly look beautiful. Very elegant cupcake liners. Peace, Stephanie
Your cupcakes look just like the ones in the book! PERFECT! You never cease to amaze me!
Now those are the perfect toppers! Wonderfully browned Tracey! Mine fell flat since I didn’t get Bob’s flour and thought ground graham crackers would work (stupid me)! These look stunning! The perfect s’mores cupcakes!
The cupcakes look great, sorry you weren’t so into them. I’ve had mixed results from this particular book myself.
Sorry you didn’t like these, Tracey! I knew the texture of the cupcake was probably going to be a problem, but I liked it b/c it tasted like a graham cracker to me.
Yours turned out absolutely gorgeous. Picture perfect.
Thanks for baking along!
Nice! I made these and I really liked the cupcakes, but then I’m a crunchy granola kind of girl! I cheated a little and went for 7 min frosting which was much quicker!
Wish these had been better! They’re sooo cute though.
Beautiful! They look gorgeous!
yeah, i didn’t enjoy these as much either! it was soo dense and a bit gritty due to the graham flour!
your cupcakes are gorgeous, though! love the cupcake lining!
ditto on what you found. dense cuppys. rubbery frosting. but the ganache was good.
Yours ARE pretty.
i’m with you on not liking dense cupcakes. but that chocolate looks so good it just might make up for it!
Those are insanely gorgeous!
I love how your cupcakes look just like Martha’s in her book!
Where do you buy your liners?
Alyssa – I picked those liners up at Home Goods a few months ago. I suspect you could probably also find similar ones at some of the online baking supply shops. I hadn’t even noticed they looked similar to the ones in the book – guess I’m not very observant 🙂
Lovely cupcakes! If they can’t taste super, at least they look amazing!
I can’t believe after all this work that you didn’t even eat them! I so need you to move into my neighborhood and send leftovers to the guys…you would be their favorite neighbor! They look wonderful, very elegant with those wrappers, too. It was fun baking with you. I had good luck with that marshmallow frosting, nice and gooey…very gooey in fact!
I didn’t care for the frosting either – but we loved the cakes.
these look great! i agree about the frosting, and the cupcakes were dense but i enjoyed the flavor (subbed whole wheat for the graham flour though)
I agree with everything you said. Mine looks great too, but tasted okay. Great job! YOurs are beautiful.
Your cupcakes look fantastic! I liked these but I think I am in the minority.
they look so pretty…which tip did you us to pipe the frosting.
WOW!! They look absolutely amazing!!! I agree with you, they got dense pretty quickly after. I ate one right out of the oven and that was it. I took the rest to work. Your frosting was incredible, nice job!~
Your cupcakes LOOK great! I’m going to try your other recipe – because the idea of a smores cupcake sounds yummy – just these ones weren’t.
yum! they look great! i ground up graham crackers until it became a fine flour like consistency and my cupcakes were deliciously light and fluffy!! and i used the 7 minute frosting instead and it was heaven. but i’d dial back on the sugar cus woo boy were they sweet!
well, they certainly look stunning!!!! Too bad they weren’t as tasty as you had hoped, but seriously, your photos are gorgeous!! Great job!
Sorry you didn’t love these cupcakes… They look so pretty, though! Did you use a torch to get the pretty toasted look on the marshmallow topping?
They look delicious! I hope you had better reviews then you expected! I would love to try a spin on this. 🙂
Gorgeous!! Just…so lovely!!!
Neev – I used a large plain tip to pipe these. It’s from my Williams-Sonoma pastry bag so I’m not sure what the comparable Wilton tip # would be.
Jen – Yep, I used a torch for the frosting. It melted it a bit but it did hold up. Too bad it wasn’t tasty 🙂
Great job! You found the actual flour!
I didn’t even bother and subbed it out with graham cracker crumbs instead. I figured it should taste like a graham cracke anyway.
Thanks for baking along!
I just discovered your blog and am liking it alot! Love how it’s always so clean and bursting with happiness 🙂
These look amazing!
Well they are absolutely BEAUTIFUL! I have been on a quest to find the perfect smores cupcakes, so if you find them, please do share!
Oh yum, these look absolutely delicious! Cupcakes are so fun to bake, and I love all the endless versions there are. This is definitely on my list of ones to try next! Thanks for sharing 🙂
These look fantastic. You can’t turn away SMORES!
nice post. thanks.