Sinfully Chocolate Cupcakes with Raspberry Buttercream Icing

Mrs.Mantz
Mrs.Mantz @cook_2917251
Beckley, West Virginia
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Ingredients

30 mins
12 servings
  1. cupcakes
  2. 1 cupall-purpose flour
  3. 1 cupgranulated sugar
  4. 1/3 cupSpecial Dark Chocolate Cocoa Powder
  5. 1 tspbaking soda
  6. 1/2 tspsalt
  7. 1 largeegg
  8. 1/2 cupbuttermilk
  9. 1/2 cupvegetable oil
  10. 3/4 tspvanilla
  11. 1/3 cupboiling water
  12. icing
  13. 1/2 cupunsalted butter
  14. 1/2 cupshortening
  15. 4 cuppowdered sugar, divided
  16. 12 ozfresh raspberries

Cooking Instructions

30 mins
  1. 1

    Preheat oven to 300' and line cupcake pan with liners.

  2. 2

    In large mixing bowl, add all dry ingredients for cupcakes. Whisk together.

  3. 3

    Form well in dry ingredients, add egg, buttermilk, and oil. Mix well.

  4. 4

    Add vanilla and boiling water. (You can bring water to boil in a small cup in microwave, about 45 seconds) Mix well.

  5. 5

    Pour cupcake batter into cupcake liners, just over half way full.

  6. 6

    Bake at 300' for 20~25 minutes, until toothpick comes out clean.

  7. 7

    Let set for a few minutes in pan, then remove to cool.

  8. 8

    Separate out 12 pretty raspberries for topping cupcakes. On low heat smash and simmer the reset of the raspberries to make a puree. Set aside.

  9. 9

    In medium mixing bowl, blend butter and shortening together until smooth.

  10. 10

    Add first 3 cups of powdered sugar, gradually, mixing well.

  11. 11

    Add 4 tablespoons of raspberry puree. Mix well.

  12. 12

    Mix in last of powdered sugar to achieve desired consistency.

  13. 13

    When cupcakes are completely cooled, icing then however you'd like, and top each cupcake with one pretty raspberry and serve!

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