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Double Chocolate Cupcakes

  This year, Halloween snuck up on me.  One minute it was my birthday and mid-September, the next minute I realized I had less than a week to come up with costumes for the girls. …

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Double Chocolate Cupcakes
Double Chocolate Cupcakes
The Story
 
This year, Halloween snuck up on me.  One minute it was my birthday and mid-September, the next minute I realized I had less than a week to come up with costumes for the girls.  I had the best intentions this year, too - I was going to make them both really cute tulle-ghost costumes, order white leotards and buy white tights - it was going to be adorable.
Instead, I recycled a bumblebee costume for my youngest and bought my oldest a tacky, chintzy mermaid-princess thing that was over-priced and that I'm sure will fall apart the first time I attempt to wash it.
Even though my costume dreams failed miserably this year, I still have to consider Halloween a success.  The girls had a great time and we spent the evening with friends and family.  And, I made some fun treats to share with you in the meantime!  Next year, the costumes will be spectacular.  Really.
These cupcakes are really nothing fancy - they are just a chocolate cupcake with a dark chocolate buttercream frosting - but they were perfectly moist and this frosting was just amazing.  They were among the treats I made for my daughter's Kindergarten Halloween party, and they were definitely a hit with the kids.  I also made some quick and easy treats (below) by dipping some goodies in candy melts - jumbo marshmallows on sticks with sprinkles, and peanut butter sandwich cookies dipped to look like ghosts - and the kids just loved them. I hope you'll give this cupcake recipe a try!  They're simple flavors but absolutely delicious!   One more picture before I wrap this up - my girls all dressed up - my bumblebee is "stinging" the princess.    Happy Halloween!
The Recipe

Double Chocolate Cupcakes

  This year, Halloween snuck up on me.  One minute it was my birthday and mid-September, the next minute I realized I had less than a week to come up with…

Ingredients

Cake

  • 3/4 cup unsalted butter
  • 1 cup soft dark brown sugar
  • 1/2 cup fine/bakers sugar
  • 3 eggs, room temperature
  • 2 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1 tsp baking soda
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • 3/4 cup dark cocoa powder (not Dutch process)
  • 2 tbs coffee granules
  • 1 1/2 cup milk (I had skim, so I used it)
  • 2 tsp vanilla extract

Frosting

  • 4 sticks of cool, unsalted butter
  • 1/2 cup dark cocoa powder (not Dutch process)
  • Dash of salt
  • 4 cups powdered/confectioners sugar
  • 1/4 cup whipping cream
  • 2 Tbsp vanilla

Instructions

Cake

1

Preheat oven to 375 degrees F and prepare 24 cupcake tins with papers. In the bowl of a stand mixer, beat butter till soft, smooth, creamy and pale. Add sugar and beat till creamy. Beat in eggs one at a time.

2

Whisk flour, baking soda, salt, cocoa and coffee granules together. Mix the vanilla and milk together in a small bowl or pouring jug. Add a third of the dry ingredients into batter, mix well. Add half of the liquid, beat well. Alternate till you end with the dry ingredients.

3

Fill cupcake tins 2/3 full. Reduce oven heat to 350 degrees F (a trick from the original recipe) Bake 25-30min. (Mine took 21 minutes, just keep an eye on them.)

4

Let cool completely before icing.

Frosting

5

Beat butter until light, fluffy and creamy. Add cocoa powder, sugar, and salt, and pulse mixer until just combined and moist. Add whipping cream and vanilla, and beat until light and fluffy.

Notes

Source:  The Sugar Bar

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  1. These cupcakes look stunning-the colors are so vivid. The addition of the coffee with the chocolate is a great pairing of flavor. I would have loved to have a few of these for halloween. I like the other quick creative treats you have here also.
    Your girls are adorable in this picture. thanks for sharing.

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