This cupcake is the perfect amount of chocolate; you can never go wrong with chocolate! this may be non-boozy, but get yourself some red wine and you'll have the perfect dessert.
Yield: 12-14 cupcakes
Time: 30 minutes
INGREDIENTS
Cupcake:
1/2 cup (1 stick) butter
2 oz semi-sweet baking chocolate
2 large eggs
3/4 cup sugar
2 tsp vanilla extract
1/2 cup sour cream room temperature
1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
3/4 cup flour
1/2 tsp baking soda
1 tsp baking powder
1/4 tsp salt
Frosting:
1 cup (2 sticks) butter
2 cups powdered sugar
½ cup unsweetened cocoa powder
1 tsp vanilla extract
2-3 Tbsp milk
INSTRUCTIONS
Cupcakes:
Preheat the oven to 350°F, and line a standard cupcake pan with paper liners.
Melt the butter and chocolate together in the microwave. Microwave in 30 seconds then 10-second increments, stirring in between each time to not burn the chocolate. Set aside.
In a small bowl, sift the cocoa powder, flour, baking soda, baking powder, and salt together until combined.
In a large bowl, add the eggs, sugar, vanilla, and sour cream and whisk on medium speed until smooth.
Add the cooled butter/chocolate to the wet ingredients, mix until smooth, about 30 seconds.
Slowly add in the flour mixture, until fully incorporated. Do not over-mix or else the cupcakes won’t be light and fluffy!
Fill the cupcake liners about ¾ full. Bake for 14-16 minutes. or until a toothpick inserted comes out clean.
Frosting:
Add the butter to a large mixer bowl, mix until smooth and light in color. About 5 minutes.
Sift together the powdered sugar and cocoa over the butter. Mix until combined.
Add the vanilla and 2 Tablespoons milk, and mix for a minute or until fluffy. If the frosting is too thick, add more milk to get a thinner consistency.
Pipe onto cooled cupcakes and… Enjoy!
***As you can see in the pictures, there are M&M’s incorporated into the cupcakes. I had a request for chocolate cupcakes but to make them a little more exciting I incorporated Harry Potter house colored M&M’s. I cored out the middle, inserted the M&M’s, then made sure to cover it completely with the frosting. This way, when guests bit into them they were surprised to see what house they were assigned. I was Ravenclaw, by the way!***
