Moose Tracks Cupcakes
These Moose Tracks cupcakes are ultra-rich chocolate cupcakes made extra moist with melted ice cream and filled with a light chocolate mousse. Finished with whipped chocolate frosting, pecans, and shaved chocolate, they're an indulgent dessert for any special occasion.
Servings 8
Ingredients:
Cupcakes
- 1 chocolate cake mix
- 2 cups Prairie Farms Moose Tracks Ice Cream melted
- 2 Tbsp Prairie Farms Heavy Whipping Cream
- 3 large eggs
Mousse Filling and Frosting
- 1-1/4 cups powdered sugar
- 1/3 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
- 2 cups Prairie Farms Heavy Whipping Cream
- 1/2 cup chopped toasted pecans
- 1/2 cup mini semisweet chocolate chips
Garnish
- 1/3 cup finely chopped toasted pecans
- 2 milk chocolate bars shaved
Directions:
- Heat oven to 350 °F. Place paper cupcake liners in each of 24 regular-size muffin cups.
- In large mixing bowl, beat cake mix, melted ice cream, heavy cream and eggs on medium speed for 2 minutes.
- Fill cupcake liners 2/3 full of batter.
- Bake for 15 to 20 minutes or until cupcakes test done.
- Let cool for 5 minutes before removing from pan to wire rack to cool completely.
- Use spoon to gently scoop out centers of cooled cupcakes.
- For mousse filling and frosting, stir powdered sugar and cocoa powder together in large mixing bowl. Whisk in cream.
- Chill for 30 minutes.
- Beat on low speed for 1 minute then on medium speed until stiff.
- Place half of mousse in pastry bag. Stir pecans and chocolate chips into remaining mousse.
- Fill cupcake centers with pecan/chocolate chip mousse.
- Pipe mousse in pastry bag onto cupcakes.
- Garnish cupcakes with pecans and shaved chocolate as desired.
- Chill for 1 to 2 hours before serving.
- Makes 24 cupcakes.
