chocolate cupcakes with raspberry frosting
Deliciously sweet and moist, these are great to make anytime and perfect for chocolate lovers!
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yield
18 piece(s)
prep time
15 Min
cook time
20 Min
method
Bake
Ingredients For chocolate cupcakes with raspberry frosting
- CUPCAKES
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4 ozsemi-sweet chocolate, shaved
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1/2 cgood quality cocoa powder
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1 tspinstant espresso coffee
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7 Tbspboiling water, or as needed
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3/4 cunbleached all-purpose flour
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1 tspbaking powder
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1/2 tspbaking soda
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1/2 tspground Himalayan pink salt
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1free-range egg yolk, room temperature
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2 lgfree-range eggs, room temperature and beaten
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1/2 cbrown sugar
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1/2 cgranulated sugar
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1/4 cgrapeseed or canola oil
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1 tsppure vanilla extract
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1/2 cvanilla yogurt
- RASPBERRY CREAM CHEESE FROSTING
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3/4 cfresh raspberries, plus more for garnish
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4 ozcream cheese, room temperature
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1/4 cunsalted butter, room temperature
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1/2 tsppure vanilla extract
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1/16 tspground Himalayan pink salt
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2 3/4 cconfectioners' sugar, sifted
How To Make chocolate cupcakes with raspberry frosting
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1To make the cupcakes, preheat oven to 350 degrees F and line a standard 12-cup muffin pan with cupcake liners; set aside.
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2In a bowl, add shaved chocolate, cocoa powder and espresso coffee. Pour in boiling water and stir until the mixture is smooth but still thick; set aside.
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3In a medium bowl, combine flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. Whisk until blended and set aside.
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4In the bowl of a stand mixer, add eggs, both sugars and oil. Using the paddle attachment, process on speed 6 until smooth, about a minute.
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5Add cooled chocolate mixture, pure vanilla extract and process on medium-low speed until mixed, about 15 seconds.
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6Add half dry ingredients and half vanilla yogurt. On low speed, mix until just combined before adding the remaining dry ingredients and yogurt. Once again, process until just combined – don’t overmix – and clean the sides and the bottom of the bowl as needed.
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7Evenly spoon the batter into prepared pan and transfer to the preheated oven. Bake for 19 to 22 minutes or until a cake tester inserted in the center comes out clean with just a few crumbs.
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8Remove from the heat and allow to cool completely before decorating.
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9To make the frosting, add raspberries to the jar of a blender and process until liquified.
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10Pour it through a fine sieve sitting over a bowl pressing down with the back of a spatula to extract as much as you can; discard the seeds.
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11In the bowl of a stand mixer, add cream cheese, butter, vanilla extract and ground sea salt.
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12Using the paddle attachment, process on medium speed until the mixture is smooth, about 2 minutes, cleaning the sides and the bottom of the bowl.
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13Pour in the strained raspberry juice and process until nicely blended, cleaning the sides and bottom of the bowl.
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14Working in batches, add the confectioners’ sugar and on low, mix until mostly blended before adding more; clean the sides and the bottom of the bowl as needed.
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15When sugar is all in, increase the speed to medium-high and fluff the frosting for about 30 seconds. Yields 2 ¼ cups.
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