Chocolate lovers will LOVE this recipe for Devil's Food Cupcakes with Chocolate Frosting. It's a fluffy cupcake recipe that's made with sour cream and topped with a homemade chocolate frosting!
Servings : 12
Prep Time 5 minutesmins
Cook Time 20 minutesmins
Total Time 25 minutesmins
Ingredients
FOR THE DEVIL'S FOOD CUPCAKES
3/4-cupall-purpose flour
1/2teaspoonbaking soda
1/2-cuppacked brown sugar
1/4cupunsweetened good quality cocoa powder(I use Ghirardelli)
2eggs
4tablespoonsbutter, softened
1/2-cupsour cream
FOR THE CHOCOLATE FROSTING
1/2-cupsemisweet chocolate chips, chopped
2tablespoonscaster sugar or superfine sugar
2/3-cupsour cream
chocolate shavings
Instructions
Preheat oven to 350F.
Line a cupcake pan with cupcake liners and set aside.
In your mixer's bowl combine flour, baking soda, brown sugar, cocoa, eggs and butter.
Using your mixer fitted with a whisk, beat ingredients together until smooth.
Using a spoon, fold in the sour cream until combined. Do not overmix.
Spoon the batter into previously prepared cupcake liners.
Bake for 18 to 20 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the center of the cupcake comes out clean.
Remove from oven and let stand in pan for 5 minutes.
Remove from pans and transfer the cupcakes to cooling racks.
In the meantime prepare the Chocolate Frosting.
Set up a double boiler by setting a glass bowl over a pan of simmering water.
Add chopped chocolate chips to the glass bowl and heat until melted, stirring occasionally.
Remove from heat and let stand 2 minutes.
Whisk in sugar and sour cream; whisk until combined.
Spread frosting over the cooled cupcakes and let set in the refrigerator before serving.
Nutritional info is an estimate and provided as courtesy. Values may vary according to the ingredients and tools used. Please use your preferred nutritional calculator for more detailed info.