Devil’s Food Cupcakes with Dark Chocolate Frosting

Indulge yourself with this recipe for Devil’s Food Cupcakes with Dark Chocolate Frosting.  It’s a heavenly moist and fudgy chocolate cake topped beautifully with dark chocolate, cream cheese frosting.

Ingredients

• For the cupcakes:
• ½ cup unsweetened cocoa powder
• ½ cup light brown sugar packed
• 1 teaspoon instant coffee
• 1 cup hot water
• 1 stick softened butter plus some for greasing
• ¾ cup sugar superfine or granulated
• 1½ cups all-purpose flour
• ½ teaspoons salt
• ½ teaspoon baking powder
• ½ teaspoon baking soda
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 2 eggs at room temperature

For the frosting:

• ½ cup butter softened
• 4 ounces cream cheese softened
• 4 ounces Dark chocolate melted (see recipe notes)
• 1 teaspoons vanilla extract
• ¼ teaspoon salt optional (to cut sweetness)
• ½ cup unsweetened dark cocoa powder sifted
• 1½ cups powdered sugar sifted
• Black gel food coloring optional (as needed)
• Cups - Metric

Instructions

• For the cupcakes:
• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F/180 C.
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• In a mixing bowl whisk together the cocoa powder, instant coffee, brown sugar, and hot water. Set aside.
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• In a separate bowl, mix the flour, salt, baking powder, and baking soda together and set aside.
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• Cream the butter and sugar together, beating well until pale and fluffy. Add the vanilla extract.
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• Add eggs, one at a time with a cup of the flour mixture in between eggs. Mix in the halt the flour mixture followed by half the cocoa mixture followed by the cocoa mixture (alternating until fully combined).
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• Divide the batter evenly into 12 cupcakes and bake for about 20-25 minutes, or until a cake tester comes out clean.
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• Cool completely before frosting.
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• For the frosting:
• In a large bowl, beat the melted chocolate with the softened butter and cream cheese.
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• Add the cocoa, vanilla extract, salt and ½ cup of the powdered sugar adding another ½ cup of the sugar until smooth and desired consistency. If using, add the black food coloring a little at a time (mixing in between) until the color deepens to your liking.
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• Pipe onto cooled cupcakes.
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