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glass bowl in the microwave oven on high of the cups carefully with your fingertips.
power for 1 minute. Remove the bowl from Place them on a wire rack to cool for 15
the oven and stir with a small rubber spat - minutes before frosting.
ula until it is smooth. (See Melting White
6. Meanwhile, prepare the Quick Caramel
Chocolate, page 92.) Let it cool slightly.
Frosting.
3. Place the cake mix, water, oil, whole
7. Ladle a couple of tablespoons of warm
eggs, egg whites, vanilla, and melted white
frosting over each cupcake, and with a
chocolate in a large mixing bowl. Blend
long metal spatula, spread the frosting
with the electric mixer on low speed for
until smooth. Let the cupcakes rest for 10
1 minute. Stop the machine and scrape
minutes, then serve.
down the sides of the bowl with a rubber
spatula. Increase the mixer speed to me - Place these cupcakes in a cake saver
dium and beat 2 minutes more, scraping or under a glass dome and store at room
the sides down again if needed. The batter temperature for up to 1 week. Or freeze
should look well combined. them, wrapped in aluminum foil or in a
cake saver, for up to 6 months. Thaw the
4. Spoon the batter into the lined muffin
cupcakes overnight in the refrigerator
cups, filling each liner two thirds of the
before serving.
way full. (You will get between 22 and 24
cupcakes; remove the empty liners, if any.)
Place the pans in the oven.
R
5. Bake the cupcakes until they spring
back when lightly pressed with your fin- the Cake Mix Doctor says
ger and are golden brown, 20 to 25 min-
utes. Remove the pans from the oven and For extra chocolate flavor, fold 2
place them on wire racks to cool for 5 tablespoons semisweet chocolate
minutes. Run a dinner knife around the chips into the caramel frosting just
edges of the cupcake liners, lift the cup- before frosting the cupcakes. Voilà!
cakes up from the bottom of the pan using Chocolate-caramel frosting!
the end of the knife, and pick them out