1.27.2012

Devil's Food Cupcakes with Peppermint Frosting

Peppermint and Chocolate - a classic combo that is so delish!! This recipe is from 500 Cupcakes...one of the greatest little cupcake recipe books ever!

Oven: 320
Yield: 18
Prep: 10-15 min
Bake: 20 min

Ingredients:
- 2 C cake flour
- 1 tsp. baking powder
- 1/2 tsp. salt
- 1 C packed light brown sugar
- 1 C butter, softened
- 2 large eggs, seperated
- 3 1/2 oz. semisweet chocolate, melted
- 1 tsp. vanilla extract
- 1/2 C milk

Preheat oven.
Sift the baking powder, salt, and flour; set aside. Cream the butter and brown sugar in a medium bowl. Add egg yolks and beat well. Add melted chocolate and vanilla. Add flour mixture and milk, alternating until all well combined. Beat egg whites in seperate bowl until soft peaks form. Fold into batter. Pour batter into prepared baking pan and bake for about 20 minutes.


Frosting:
For this one you can use any frosting of your choosing..whether that it's cream cheese or buttercream or even out of a container (I won't tell :] ). Just substitute the vanilla extract with peppermint..but remember to be conservative with the peppermint..you can always add more but can't always take out.


Enjoy!!