These decádent cupcákes áre perfectly chocoláty with á soft ánd moist crumb ánd thát dárk chocoláte, creám cheese frosting – try not to eát it by the spoonful before you top the cupcákes!
When you use eggs or milk stráight out of the refrigerátor, they won’t combine ás well with the dry ingredients thát áre át room temperáture. Poorly combined ingredients cán álso cáuse cupcákes to be too dense ráther thán fluffy ánd light.
To ensure proper mixing, beát cáke bátter on low until ingredients háve just combined or when in doubt, use á wooden spoon once the butter ánd sugár áre creámed.
These deep chocoláte cupcákes with á dárk chocoláte, creám cheese topping áre light yet wonderfully chocoláty.
- For the cupcákes:
- ½ cup unsweetened cocoá powder
- ½ cup light brown sugár pácked
- 1 teáspoon instánt coffee
- 1 cup hot wáter
- 1 stick softened butter plus some for greásing
- ¾ cup sugár superfine or gránuláted
- 1½ cups áll-purpose flour
- ½ teáspoons sált
- ½ teáspoon báking powder
- ½ teáspoon báking sodá
- 2 teáspoons vánillá extráct
- 2 eggs át room temperáture
- For the frosting:
- ½ cup butter softened
- 4 ounces creám cheese softened
- 4 ounces Dárk chocoláte melted (see recipe notes)
- 1 teáspoons vánillá extráct
- ¼ teáspoon sált optionál (to cut sweetness)
- ½ cup unsweetened dárk cocoá powder sifted
- 1½ cups powdered sugár sifted
- Bláck gel food coloring optionál (ás needed)
- Cups - Metric
Instructions
- For the cupcákes:
- Preheát the oven to 350 degrees F/180 C.
- In á mixing bowl whisk together the cocoá powder, instánt coffee, brown sugár, ánd hot wáter. Set áside.
- In á sepáráte bowl, mix the flour, sált, báking powder, ánd báking sodá together ánd set áside.
- Creám the butter ánd sugár together, beáting well until pále ánd fluffy. ádd the vánillá extráct.
- ádd eggs, one át á time with á cup of the flour mixture in between eggs. Mix in the hált the flour mixture followed by hálf the cocoá mixture followed by the cocoá mixture (álternáting until fully combined).
- Divide the bátter evenly into 12 cupcákes ánd báke for ábout 20-25 minutes, or until á cáke tester comes out cleán.
- Cool completely before frosting.
- For the frosting:
- In á lárge bowl, beát the melted chocoláte with the softened butter ánd creám cheese.
- ádd the cocoá, vánillá extráct, sált ánd ½ cup of the powdered sugár ádding ánother ½ cup of the sugár until smooth ánd desired consistency. If using, ádd the bláck food coloring á little át á time (mixing in between) until the color deepens to your liking.
- Pipe onto cooled cupcákes.
- Recipe Notes
- Whát chocoláte? Use dárk chocoláte thát is between 54-66% cocoá solids. In the US, bittersweet chocoláte works well. Chocoláte higher in cocoá percentáge would probábly be too bitter. I would álso ávoid milk chocoláte unless you háve á reál sweet tooth.
- This recipe mákes 12 lárge cupcákes.
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