Comments on: Chocolate Cupcakes with Fresh Mint Buttercream

By: Cheryl @neurotic baker

Cheryl @neurotic baker — Thu, 26 Mar 2015 10:26:24 +0000

Fresh mint frosting? Sounds decadent!

By: Rebecca

Rebecca — Fri, 21 Nov 2014 11:04:38 +0000

This recipe makes my mouth water. Looks delicious.

By: Diana lee

Diana lee — Sat, 01 Nov 2014 15:13:15 +0000

Hi! I had been dying to try this out but today when I finally got to it, the frosting just didn’t work – it turned out lumpy and a bit kinda like gunk. Tried mixing it better, but no change. Also the butter and cream cheese was at room temp. What could have gone wrong?

By: AlexRainbow

AlexRainbow — Thu, 18 Sep 2014 11:17:35 +0000

Hi from Paris ! I tested the recipe with my colleagues . It was a real success !!! Thanks !!!

By: Heather

Heather — Thu, 19 Jun 2014 06:53:40 +0000

I was looking for a way to use the chocolate mint in my herb garden and thought these looked like an easy recipe to try in my dinky college kitchen. With some minor adjustments to account for my bare bones kitchen, they turned out great!

– A half batch makes 12 large cupcakes
– I don’t have liners so I greased the cupcake pan
– I mixed the dry ingredients with a wire whisk
– I use a fine sea salt instead of traditional salt, you can use less of it and the taste is a bit better ( if you use the same tsp size it will be too salty)
– I didn’t have baking soda
– A handheld mixer works great but takes a bit longer
– I don’t have a working stove top so I boiled water in my Keurig!
– I put my mint leaves in the blender and chopped them up using pulse since my knives are cheap and not ideal for mincing.

My husband was skeptical of using mint leaves in frosting and being able to jury rig a cupcake recipe, but it turned out wonderful. The cakes were perfect and the buttercream was amazing. The buttercream is airy and tastes like a frosting my mother makes for her daffodil cakes (but her frosting is way more complicated to make!) The mint smells very strong chopped up but isn’t overpowering at all in the buttercream. Leaves a light minty taste in your mouth, what an Andes mint wishes it could be!

By: Mae

Mae — Mon, 09 Jun 2014 22:37:05 +0000

These are too pretty to eat!

By: Ella

Ella — Fri, 06 Jun 2014 14:20:39 +0000

I made these cupcakes last night for our family dinner and everyone loved them! The only thing is that I have so many left over. Amazingly delicious, thank you for your inspiration and sharing. Beautiful photos.

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By: Shannon

Shannon — Thu, 15 May 2014 22:47:16 +0000

Thank you for posting this, with your beautiful photos!
It’s my birthday Saturday, so I’ve just made a batch to take into work tomorrow. I really like the addition of boiling water to the batter (smooths, gets baking powder going, gave a good crumb) and the smooth flavor of freshly chopped Spring mint!
The only frosting I knew growing up was the Buttercream recipe on the side of the Domino sugar box … so I admit, I added another box of 10x powdered sugar to the buttercream recipe you have here, totaling about 4.5c. Thank you for the wonderful birthday cupcakes! : ) My boyfriend and I just tucked away one each. Such a treat!

By: Tori [Gringalicious.com]

Tori [Gringalicious.com] — Sun, 27 Apr 2014 12:02:47 +0000

These look so good and I love your photography. I am starting a food blog and trying very hard to improve my own photography with very little equipment. You have so many beautiful photos, how do you do it? Do you have any tips for me?

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By: Sheila

Sheila — Wed, 16 Apr 2014 16:21:15 +0000

I just found your recipe for cadbury creme eggs on Food52 and made them the other day — so incredible! First the snickers, then the eggs…so much fun. Hope you don’t mind I shared your recipe adapted on my site. They’re so delicious!

By: Ruby

Ruby — Tue, 15 Apr 2014 21:12:37 +0000

The only things popping up in my (now snow-dusted & slightly frozen) Iowa garden are also chives and mint…went searching for something new and fun for the mint…couldn’t find anything…decided to make my all-time favorite brownies (NWS Cocoa Brownie with Salted Peanut Butter Frosting) in order to cope with this horrid, non-existent spring….and like magic your current recipe/post seems to be written specifically for me. Thank you! Can’t wait to make some ‘spring’! xx

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By: Cindy Rodriguez

Cindy Rodriguez — Sun, 13 Apr 2014 20:25:20 +0000

I made these this weekend for the church bake sale, oh they are so good! They just melt in your mouth. I used dark chocolate cocoa powder and the first shoots of chocolate mint from my garden. I could just eat them all day. But I won’t, because I donated them. 🙂

By: Elodie

Elodie — Thu, 10 Apr 2014 16:36:22 +0000

I love this recipe 🙂

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By: Sarah Lenaeus

Sarah Lenaeus — Tue, 08 Apr 2014 19:25:05 +0000

These look like the perfect spring treat!! I forgot how much I like the combination of mint and chocolate….can’t wait to give them a try.

By: Hari Chandana

Hari Chandana — Sun, 06 Apr 2014 07:55:57 +0000

These are so adorable and tempting.. awesome photography too.. first time here.. happy to follow you! 🙂