Devil's Food Cupcakes

These Devil's Food Cupcakes are rich chocolate cupcakes that are topped with sweet buttercream frosting piping in a Rosette or Rose pattern. They are great for Valenitne's Day.

Course Dessert

Cuisine American

Prep Time 15

Cook Time 17

Total Time 32

Servings Cupcakes

Calories 265kcal

Equipment

mixing bowls
Electric mixer
cupcake tin
piping bags
1D frosting tip
1B frosting tip

Ingredients

½ cup cocoa powder
2 ounces chocolate chips
½ cup boiling water
½ cup buttermilk
1 cup cake flour
¾ teaspoon baking soda
½ teaspoon salt
⅔ cup brown sugar
½ cup sugar
½ cup oil
2 eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla

Ingredients for buttercream:

3 cups powdered sugar
½ cup butter softened
6 tablespoons heavy cream
1 ½ teaspoons vanilla
Red food coloring I prefer gel as it doesn’t water down frosting
Gold sugar beads

Instructions

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
In a small bowl, place cocoa powder and chocolate chips and pour the boiling water over the top.
Whisk the chocolate until smooth. Add in the buttermilk and whisk. Set it aside.
In a large bowl, beat the brown sugar, white sugar, oil, eggs and vanilla for about 2 minutes.
In a small bowl, whisk the flour, baking soda and salt.
Add about ⅓ of the flour to the sugar mixture and stir.
Add in about ½ the chocolate mixture and stir.
Repeat with the flour and chocolate mixes, adding them alternately until the batter is thoroughly combined.
Scoop into a lined cupcake tray until the cups are about halfway filled. Place in the oven and bake for 18 minutes, or until a toothpick comes out clean.
Remove and place on a cooling rack.
For the frosting, place the powdered sugar, butter, vanilla and about half of the heavy cream in a large bowl and beat until smooth.
Add in more heavy cream and continue to beat until the frosting is smooth and creamy.
Scoop part of the frosting into a bag with the 1D frosting tip and set aside.
Add red food coloring to the remaining frosting to reach desired color.
Place into a frosting bag with the 1B tip. Swirl the piped frosting into a circular pattern on cooled cupcakes and decorate with gold sugar beads.

Notes

Any nutritional data I provide is an approximation and actual dietary information can vary based on ingredients and proportion sizes.

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