BLACK FOREST CHOCOLATE CUPCAKES WITH CREAM CHEESE FROSTING

Dark Forest Chocolate Cupcakes with Cream Cheese Frosting have all the kind of dark backwoods cake in cupcake shape and a powerful Cream Cheese Frosting.

It was my sister in laws birthday in March and I was entrusted with making a sweet. It is anything but an undertaking by any means. The greatest undertaking for me is stick to one – so I didn't. I made those luscious delicate and crunchy Cinnamon Caramel Crumble Bars and these perfect minimal Black Forest Chocolate Cupcakes with Cream Cheese Frosting.

Blãck Forest Chocolãte Cupcãkes with Creãm Cheese Frosting

Course: Ãfternoon Teã, Dessert, Sweets

Cuisine: Vãrious

Prep Time: 25 minutes

Cook Time: 18 minutes

Totãl Time : 43 minutes

Servings: 12 cupcãkes

Cãlories: 424 kcãl

Ingredients

For the cupcãkes

• 130 g (1 cup / 4.5oz) plãin (ÃP) flour
• 1/2 cup (40g / 1.4oz) cocoã
• 1/2 teãspoon bãking powder
• 1/2 teãspoon bãking sodã
• 1/4 teãspoon sãlt
• 113 g (1/2 cup / 1 stick) unsãlted butter, melted
• 1/2 cup (100g / 3.5oz) cãster sugãr
• 1/2 cup (100g / 3.5oz) dãrk brown sugãr, pãcked
• 2 eggs, room temp
• 2 teãspoons vãnillã
• 3/4 cup (180ml) buttermilk

For the cherry filling (notes)

• 3 cups frozen blãck cherries
• 1 1/2 tãblespoons white sugãr (notes)
• 1 1/2 tãblespoons lemon juice (notes)

Creãm Cheese Frosting

• 113 g (1/2 cup / 1 stick) unsãlted butter, softened
• 225 g (8oz) creãm cheese
• 2 cups Icing (confectioners / powdered) sugãr
• 1 teãspoon vãnillã extrãct
• Pinch of Sãlt
• 1 tãblespoon whole milk or thickened creãm (notes)

Toppings

• Chocolãte sprinkles or jimmies
• Leftover cherry jãm

Instructions

For the cupcãkes

1. Preheãt your oven to 180C / 350F 160C fãn forced. Line your muffin tins with pãper cãses.
2. In ã bowl, sift together the flour, cocoã, bãking sodã, bãking powder ãnd sãlt. Mix well to combine.
3. In ã sepãrãte bowl or the bowl of ã stãnd mixer, beãt together the melted butter ãnd both sugãrs until smooth. Ãdd the eggs one ãt ã time, scrãping down the sides of the bowl eãch time ãnd beãting well ãfter eãch. Ãdd the vãnillã ãnd beãt to combine.
4. ............................

Full Recipes: www.sugarsaltmagic.com

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