Chocolate Cupcakes with Pomegranate Cream Cheese Frosting

Name: Chocolate Cupcakes with Pomegranate Cream Cheese Frosting
Total time: 2700 s
Yield: 24 servings
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 1 FOR CUPCAKES; 2 cup granulated sugar; 1 3/4 cup all purpose flour; 3/4 cup special dark hersheys cocoa; 1 1/2 tsp baking powder; 1 1/2 tsp baking soda; 1 tsp salt; 2 eggs; 1 cup milk; 1/2 cup oil such as canola oil; 2 tsp vanilla extract; 1 cup boiling water; 1 FOR POMEGRANATE FROSTING; 1 1/2 cup pomegranate juice; 4 oz butter at room temperature; 8 oz cream cheese at room temperature; 12 oz powdered sugar, about 4 cups; 7 oz bag of chocolate covered pomegranat juice pieces I use a brand called brookside they are in the candy section of the grocery store

fenway @Fenway

Rich chocolate cupcakes with a pretty pink, delicious pomegranate cream cheese frosting!

fenway @Fenway

Rich chocolate cupcakes with a pretty pink, delicious pomegranate cream cheese frosting!

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Ingredients

45 mins

24 servings

1FOR CUPCAKES
2 cupgranulated sugar
1 3/4 cupall purpose flour
3/4 cupspecial dark hersheys cocoa
1 1/2 tspbaking powder
1 1/2 tspbaking soda
1 tspsalt
2eggs
1 cupmilk
1/2 cupoil such as canola oil
2 tspvanilla extract
1 cupboiling water
1FOR POMEGRANATE FROSTING
1 1/2 cuppomegranate juice
4 ozbutter at room temperature
8 ozcream cheese at room temperature
12 ozpowdered sugar, about 4 cups
7 ozbag of chocolate covered pomegranat juice pieces I use a brand called brookside they are in the candy section of the grocery store

Cooking Instructions

45 mins

1

MAKE CUPCAKES
2

Preheat oven to 350, line cupcake tins with paper liners, this makes 24 cupcakes
3

In a large bowl, mix flour, cocoa, baking powder, baking soda and salt. Add eggs, milk oil and vanilla. Beat until combined. Stir in boiling water ( the batter will be very thin). Pour batter evenly into 24 paper lined cupcake tins. Bake 16 to 20 minutes until a toothpick comes out clean.Cool on a rack
4

FOROMEGRANATE FROSTING
5

In a small saucepan, over medium heat reduce pomegranate juice by one half this will take awhile so I would advise doing this in advance or while the cupcakes are cooking.This must be cool before using in frosting.
6

Beat cream cheese and butter until creamy.Slowly add powdered sugar and cooled pomegranate juice beat until smooth, you may not need all the sugar once you have a creamy fluffy frosting its done,
7

Frost the cooled cupcakes with frosting top each cupcake with 3 chocolate covered pomegranate juice pieces, if you can not find them garnish with chocolate shavings

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fenway @Fenway

on October 16, 2013 15:32

“Fenway” passed away on 2/3/2021. For the last year she tried to teach her husband of 42 years how to cook like her. Although I will never be as good of a cook as her she did pass on her passion for cooking. Therefore, I will attempt to carry on her legacy and maintain/update her site. My wife was a Registered Nurse, a licensed deep water aerobics instructor, a mother to our 2 children and a fantastic cook. We grew up in New England but have been fortunate to live all over the US. I am now retired, missing her terribly, but thankful for all the years we had together and all her cooking lessons.