Can you believe it-Tomato Soup Cupcakes..YUM

I couldn't resist the urge to pass this recipe along. I remember it from my childhood, but never could find a recipe. Thanks to Baking Bites blog, I now can add it to my new recipe file.

Hope you enjoy it. I love making sweet treats from unusual ingredients like tomato soup and sauerkraut and even coco cola. I will keep looking out for these type of fun recipes.

Chocolate Tomato Soup Cupcakes

1 1/4 cups all purpose flour
1/2 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp baking soda
1/4 tsp salt
1/3 cup butter, room temperature
1/4 cup sugar
3/4 cup brown sugar
1 1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
1/4 tsp ground cloves
1/4 cup cocoa powder
1 large egg
1 tsp vanilla extract
1/4 tsp almond extract
1 cup tomato juice/V8 juice/condensed tomato soup
2/3 cup mini chocolate chips
Preheat oven to 350F. Line 16 muffin cups with paper liners.
In a medium bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt.
In a large bowl, cream together butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in spices, cocoa powder, egg, vanilla extract and almond extract until well blended. Stir in half of the flour mixture, followed by the tomato juice, followed by the remaining flour mixture. Mix only until no streaks of dry ingredients remain. Stir in mini chocolate chips (or finely chopped chocolate).
Divide batter evenly into prepared muffin cups.
Bake for 14-16 minutes, until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean.
Cool cupcakes completely on a wire rack before frosting.
Makes 16.
Chocolate Sour Cream Frosting
6-oz semisweet or bittersweet chocolate
4 tbsp butter
1/2 cup sour cream
1/4 tsp salt
1 tsp vanilla extract
1 1/2 – 2 cups confectioners’ sugar
Melt together chocolate and butter in a microwave-safe bowl. Allow to cool for about 5 minutes, or until close to room temperature, then stir in the sour cream, salt and vanilla extract. When smooth, blend in (with an electric mixer) about 1 cup confectioners’ sugar. Gradually add in remaining confectioners’ sugar until a smooth, spreadable consistency is reached.