chocolate cupcakes with raspberry frosting

How To Make chocolate cupcakes with raspberry frosting

• Step 1
  To make the cupcakes, preheat oven to 350 degrees F and line a standard 12-cup muffin pan with cupcake liners; set aside.
• Step 2
  In 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.
• Step 3
  In a medium bowl, combine flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. Whisk until blended and set aside.
• Step 4
  In 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.
• Step 5
  Add cooled chocolate mixture, pure vanilla extract and process on medium-low speed until mixed, about 15 seconds.
• Step 6
  Add 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.
• Step 7
  Evenly 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.
• Step 8
  Remove from the heat and allow to cool completely before decorating.
• Step 9
  To make the frosting, add raspberries to the jar of a blender and process until liquified.
• Step 10
  Pour 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.
• Step 11
  In the bowl of a stand mixer, add cream cheese, butter, vanilla extract and ground sea salt.
• Step 12
  Using the paddle attachment, process on medium speed until the mixture is smooth, about 2 minutes, cleaning the sides and the bottom of the bowl.
• Step 13
  Pour in the strained raspberry juice and process until nicely blended, cleaning the sides and bottom of the bowl.
• Step 14
  Working 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.
• Step 15
  When sugar is all in, increase the speed to medium-high and fluff the frosting for about 30 seconds. Yields 2 ¼ cups.
• Step 16
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