Vera Stewart is known for her Very Vera cakes, and soon she'll be even better known because of her appearance at 9 tonight on the Food Network's Throw down with Bobby Flay.Stewart was selected to compete with Flay in a carrot cake "throw down." While the production was top-secret, it wasn't a surprise to me, because I was contacted by the network in mid-April about using my kitchen for an upcoming show.
Depending on how the episode is edited, my kitchen should be making a cameo appearance when Stewart prepares her carrot cake in a home kitchen. Other parts of the episode were shot at Stewart's business and at the Savannah Rapids Pavilion.
The carrot cake recipe is a family secret, but Stewart has agreed to let me share another of her dessert recipes, one for buttery chocolate pecan cupcakes. If you keep unsweetened chocolate and cocoa powder in your pantry, you can whip these up any time, as the remaining ingredients are refrigerator and pantry staples.
If your family doesn't care for nuts, you can omit the pecans and the recipe will yield 16 cupcakes instead of 18.
Stewart tops her cupcakes with a simple chocolate frosting that includes cocoa powder and powdered sugar, and it will be my go-to chocolate frosting recipe from here on. It is easy to prepare and makes a large batch, more than you'll need to frost these cupcakes.
Enjoy Stewart's cupcakes at your next barbecue or covered-dish supper .
Vera's Buttery Chocolate Pecan Cupcakes For the cupcakes
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