these.were.fabulous.
paul is a huge fan of chocolate and so i didn't want to just make plain jane german chocolate cupcakes for him... a little history german chocolate cupcakes are NOT german!! haha they're just named after a type of chocolate that the brand bakers used to make a long time ago... it was "german's" chocolate cake, and then the "'s" was eventually dropped, leaving german. it's just a lighter chocolate than regular cocoa. SOOOOO... since paul loves chocolate, i thought a "lighter" chocolate wasnt going to do, so i made them with chocolate ganache filling. YUM-O.
i made the coconut pecan icing on top from scratch as well... its an old recipe that i think is from the better homes and gardens cookbook??! (its the red and white checker one that my mom had from forever ago...) it was basically like making custard, except adding coconut and pecans to it. i spent a total of about 2 minutes trying to smash the pecans up before i realized that putting it in my food processor would probably make my life a little easier.
but they turned out delicious- and i'll definitely be making these again in the future.
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