Hey everyone, I hope you are having an incredible day today. Today, we’re going to make a distinctive dish, ultimate chocolate cupcakes. It is one of my favorites. For mine, I am going to make it a little bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Ultimate Chocolate Cupcakes is one of the most popular of recent trending foods on earth. It’s enjoyed by millions every day. It is simple, it’s fast, it tastes yummy. They are fine and they look wonderful. Ultimate Chocolate Cupcakes is something that I’ve loved my whole life.
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To begin with this particular recipe, we must prepare a few components. You can have ultimate chocolate cupcakes using 20 ingredients and 15 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.
The ingredients needed to make Ultimate Chocolate Cupcakes:
- Prepare Cupcakes
- Make ready butter, room temp
- Prepare semisweet baking chocolate
- Make ready large eggs, room temp
- Prepare granulated sugar
- Take vanilla extract
- Get sour cream, room temp
- Get unsweetened cocoa powder
- Make ready AP flour
- Prepare baking soda
- Make ready baking powder
- Take salt
- Get Frosting
- Take vanilla extract
- Prepare semisweet chocolate chips
- Make ready butter, room temp
- Make ready cream cheese, room temp
- Get confectioners sugar
- Get unsweetened cocoa powder
- Get brewed hot coffee
How do you bake the chocolate cupcakes? Scoop the batter into muffin cases in a muffin tin (I use an ice cream scoop to do this, which is super useful as this is a very runny batter). How do you make the chocolate icing? Whisk together the flour, sugar, cocoa, baking soda, baking powder, and salt in a stand mixer using a low speed until combined.
Steps to make Ultimate Chocolate Cupcakes:
cupcake instructions- Preheat the oven to 350F degrees
- This recipe makes 12-14 cupcakes, so prepare one pan (or maybe two) with cupcake liners. Using a 2 oz scoop, this made 14 cupcakes.
- Melt the butter and chocolate together in the microwave. Microwave in 30-second increments, stirring in between each time. Set aside.
- In the bowl of a stand mixer with the whisk attachment, add the eggs, sugar, vanilla, and sour cream and whisk on medium speed until smooth. (about 1 minute)
- In a medium sized bowl, sift the cocoa powder, flour, baking soda, baking powder, and salt together until thoroughly combined.
- Add the cooled butter/chocolate to the stand mixer and whisk until smooth, about 30 seconds. - Slowly add in the flour mixture, about 1/4 cup at a time with the stand mixer on low. - As soon as you are done adding the flour turn the mixer off. (You do not want to over-mix!) - The batter will be very thick.
- Fill the cupcake liners 2/3 of the way full with batter. Bake for 7.5 minutes, turn the pan(s) and bake another 7.5 minutes. The center of the cupcake should spring back up if gently pressed. Let cupcakes cool completely before frosting.
frosting instructions- Melt chocolate in the microwave, stirring every 30 seconds.
- Place room temperature butter and cream cheese in a stand mixer. Cream together for 3 minutes on medium. The mixture will be light, fluffy, and a pale yellow. Scrape the sides of the bowl.
- In a separate bowl, add 4 tablespoons of hot coffee to cocoa and stir. If the mixture is still very thick, you can add 1 more tablespoon of hot coffee.
- Turn mixer on to the lowest setting and add in confectioners sugar, 1 cup at a time. Once incorporated, turn mixer on medium for 3 minutes. Scrape the sides of the bowl.
- Turn the mixer off and add in vanilla extract, cooled chocolate, and cocoa/coffee mixture. Mix for another 3 minutes on medium.
- Frosting will darken as it sets. - Garnish with sprinkles (chocolate jimmies) if you want!
How do you make the chocolate icing? Whisk together the flour, sugar, cocoa, baking soda, baking powder, and salt in a stand mixer using a low speed until combined. Add eggs, sour cream, buttermilk, warm water, oil, vanilla, and chopped chocolate. Decorating the Ultimate Chocolate Cupcakes: I love the combination of chocolate ganache and frosting! The chocolate frosting I used here is my signature ultimate chocolate frosting I use in my bakery every day.
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