How To Make Salted Dark Chocolate Cupcakes
Smooth, rich, with a hint of bitterness, these dark chocolate cupcakes will surely impress you. Sprinkle some salt to give it a balanced flavor.
Serves:
Ingredients
For Cupcake:
- ½cupbutter,softened, 1 stick
- 1½cupsgranulated sugar
- 2eggs
- 2tspvanilla extract
- 1½cupsall-purpose flour
- ½cupdark chocolate cocoa powder
- 1tspbaking soda
- ¼tspsalt
- ½cupbuttermilk
- ½cupcoffee
- coarse sea salt,for sprinkling
For Chocolate Ganache Frosting:
- 18ozdark chocolate,chopped
- 1½cupsheavy cream
Instructions
Cupcakes:
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In the bowl of stand mixer, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Add in vanilla.
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In a separate bowl, whisk together the flour, cocoa, baking soda, and salt until combined.
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Then in an additional separate bowl, stir together buttermilk and coffee.
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Add dry ingredients to creamed butter mixture alternately with buttermilk and coffee, beating well after each addition.
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Fill paper-lined baking cups two-thirds full. Bake at 375 degrees F for 15 to 20 minutes or until a toothpick inserted near the center comes out clean.
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Cool for 10 minutes before removing from pans to wire racks to cool completely.
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Top with chocolate ganache frosting, then sprinkle with sea salt.
Chocolate Ganache Frosting:
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Place the chopped chocolate in a small heat-proof bowl.
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Heat the cream in a small saucepan until it just reaches a boil. Remove from heat and immediately pour over the chocolate.
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Stir slowly until the chocolate is completely melted and the mixture is smooth. Let it cool until it reaches room temperature, about 1 to 2 hours. It will continue to thicken the longer it sets.
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Spoon or pipe the ganache onto the cupcakes.
Recipe Notes
If the ganache is too thin for piping, you can transfer it to the bowl of a stand mixer and beat it on medium-high for 3 to 5 minutes until it reaches a better consistency for piping.
Nutrition
- Calories:Ā 301.50kcal
- Fat:Ā 19.11g
- Saturated Fat:Ā 11.36g
- Trans Fat:Ā 0.16g
- Monounsaturated Fat:Ā 5.53g
- Polyunsaturated Fat:Ā 0.73g
- Carbohydrates:Ā 29.99g
- Fiber:Ā 3.19g
- Sugar:Ā 18.35g
- Protein:Ā 3.78g
- Cholesterol:Ā 44.72mg
- Sodium:Ā 179.38mg
- Calcium:Ā 38.04mg
- Potassium:Ā 215.84mg
- Iron:Ā 3.22mg
- Vitamin A: 100.36µg
- Vitamin C:Ā 0.14mg
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