The Awesomest Chocolate Raspberry Cupcakes That Ever Lived
- 11 Tablespoons Unsweetened Cocoa Powder
- 1-1/2 cup Flour
- 1/2 teaspoons Salt
- 1 teaspoon Baking Soda
- 1/4 teaspoons Baking Powder
- 1 stick Unsalted Butter, At Room Temperature
- 1-1/2 cup Sugar
- 2 whole Eggs
- 1/4 cups Coffee
- 1/2 cups Milk (I Use Skim)
- 5 drops Raspberry Extract
- 1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- 2. Sift together cocoa, flour, salt, baking soda and baking powder. Set aside.
- 3. In bowl of a standing mixer, beat butter and sugar for about 5 minutes (until relatively smooth). Add eggs and beat until incorporated.
- 4. Slowly add half of the dry ingredients to the butter mixture; once that is incorporated, pour in the coffee and milk and mix until incorporated. Then add the rest of the dry ingredients and raspberry extract and beat until uniform.
- 5. Fill about 24 lined cupcake pans about 3/4 of the way full and bake for about 25 minutes or until an inserted toothpick comes out clean. Let cool completely before frosting.
- FROSTING:
- The frosting I use is so easy that I am not even going to give it its own post. It is the definition of 'semi-homemade.' All you need to do is grab a carton of Chocolate Fudge Frosting and mix in several drops of the raspberry extract before spreading. It turns out delicious and is so easy, it is CRAZY.
- Notes:
- You can either add less or more raspberry extract to the cupcake batter and frosting according to your tastes. Just taste each until you find the perfect amount.
- I generally add chocolate chips or chunks to this recipe (I love chocolate too much for my own good). I just mix them in after the dry ingredients.
- I have also found Raspberry-Filled Chocolate Chunks in the baking section at my grocery and those were just MADE for these cupcakes. Just press a couple of those chunks into the filled cupcake tins and each cupcake will have a nice surprise in its center.
cocoa, flour, salt, baking soda, ubc, butter, sugar, eggs, ubc, milk, drops
Taken from tastykitchen.com/recipes/desserts/the-awesomest-chocolate-raspberry-cupcakes-that-ever-lived/ (may not work)