America's Favorite Pastime

Today kicks off day two of the 2012 World Series!  Now none of my teams made it (Mariners/Nationals), but that is certainly nothing new unfortunately.  Just coming back home from LA, I didn't have time to whip up Detroit Tigers and San Francisco Giants cupcakes, but instead we'll take a look at a Boston Red Sox lover's birthday in honor of the very first World Series Champions!

Every path to the World Series is fraught with twists and turns, and these cupcakes are no different.  They may look like simple chocolate cakes, but they have their very own October surprise inside - jalapenos baked into the batter!

Here's the recipe to spice up your evenings watching the fall classic...

Jalapeno Chocolate Cupcakes
Makes 12-15 cupcakes

Cupcakes:
-1 cup chocolate chips, melted and cooled
-1 ¼ cups sugar
-3/4 cup butter, softened
-1 tsp vanilla extract
-3 eggs
-2 cups all purpose flour
-1 tbsp ground cinnamon
-2 tsp baking soda
-1/2 tsp salt
-1 cup milk
-1 or 2 tbsp canned jalapenos, finely chopped
 

Preheat oven to 350°.  Line cupcake pan.

Beat sugar, butter and vanilla in large mixer bowl.  Add eggs, beat for a minute.  Beat in the melted chocolate. 

Combine flour, cinnamon, baking soda and salt.  Beat into chocolate mixture, alternating with milk.  Stir in jalapenos.

Bake for 30 min, begin checking halfway through. 

Top with your favorite buttercream or chocolate frosting.  We used simple white buttercream since we were making baseballs, but you can mix it up however you like!

Hands, touchin' hands

Reachin' out, touchin' me, touchin' you

Sweet Caroline

Good times never seemed so good

I've been inclined

To believe they never would

But now I, look at the night

And it don't seem so lonely

We fill it up with only two

Play ball! :)

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