Chocolate Cupcake with Chocolate-Covered Pretzels – Erica’s Sweets [RECIPE]

Erica is part of the WOBM Hometown Crew. She's young and she has dreams.  And in some way, we think we're helping her get closer to her dream.  She wants a bakery/sweet shop and you know what, she'll have one someday!  But for now she bakes for The Ocean County Breakfast Show every Friday morning and shares her everything home-made goodies!

Erica's Sweets

The Chocolate Wonder: Chocolate Cupcake With Chocolate-Covered Pretzels

Cake Recipe Ingredients:

• 1/2 cup softened salted butter
• 1 1/2 cups sugar
• 2 eggs
• 1 tsp vanilla
• 1 1/2 cups flour
• 1/2 cup cocoa
• 1 tsp baking soda
• 1/4 tsp salt
• 1/2 cup buttermilk
• 1/2 cup water
• 1/4 cup melted chocolate
  

  Preparation:

1. Cream butter & sugar
2. Add eggs and vanilla to creamed mix
3. In a seperate bowl mix flour, cocoa, baking soda & salt
4. Add dr mix to creamed mix & aternate with adding milk & water
5. Add melted chocolate
6. Put in greased cupcake trays.  Bake at 375 degrees for 15 - 20 minutes. Let cool before removing from tray & icing.

Icing Recipe Ingredients:

• 1 Cup softened salted butter
• 3 Cups confectionary sugar
• 1/2 Cup cocoa
• 2 tsp vanilla
• 4 tbs half & half or milk

Preparation:

1. Cream butter to soften
2. Add rest of ingredients (add more half & half if you want less thick)

Pretzel

• Crush pretzel rods into small bite size pieces
• Melt chocolate and mix with pretzel pieces
• Use more or less depending on size
• Let cool in fridge to harden