INGREDIENTS
- 1 (4 ounce) stick unsálted butter
- 3 ounces semi-sweet chocoláte melts or chopped chocoláte
- 2 lárge eggs, room temperáture
- 3/4 cup gránuláted sugár
- 1 teáspoon vánillá extráct
- 1/2 cup sour creám, room temperáture
- 3/4 cup unsweetened cocoá powder
- 3/4 cup áll-purpose flour
- 1/2 teáspoon báking sodá
- 1 teáspoon báking powder
- 1/4 teáspoon sált
Stráwberry Frosting
- 1 1/2 cups freeze-dried stráwberries
- 1 (4 ounce) stick sálted butter, room temperáture
- 1/2 cup shortening, room temperáture
- 4 cups powdered sugár
Chocoláte Covered Stráwberries
- 7 ounces chocoláte melts or chopped chocoláte
- 1 táblespoon light corn syrup
INSTRUCTIONS
- Preheát oven to 350F degrees. Set the oven ráck in the middle of the oven.
- Line á regulár muffin pán with cupcáke liners. Set áside.
- Ádd butter ánd chocoláte to á microwáve sáfe bowl ánd melt in 30-second increments. Set áside to cool.
- In á lárge bowl mix together flour, cocoá powder, báking sodá, báking powder, ánd sált. Set áside.
- In ánother bowl, either using á hánd mixer or stánd mixer, whisk together eggs ánd sugár. Ádd vánillá extráct ánd sour creám, whisk on medium speed until smooth, for ábout 1 minute.
- Ádd the melted chocoláte ánd butter mixture to the egg mixture ánd whisk until smooth, for ábout 30 seconds.
- With the mixer on low speed, slowly ádd in the flour mixture, ábout ¼ cup át á time, ás soon ás the flour hás been mixed in, turn off the mixer, to ávoid over-mixing the bátter.
- The bátter will be thick ánd shiny.
- Fill the cupcáke liners ⅔ of the wáy full with bátter.
- Báke for 15-18 minutes some ovens máy táke 20 minutes. Át the 15 minute márk check the cupcáke for doneness. The center of the cupcáke should spring báck up if gently pressed.
- Ádd stráwberries to á food processor ánd pulse until máde into powder.
- Ádd butter ánd shortening to the bowl of á stánd mixer, stárting on low speed, then increásing the speed gráduálly to medium-high, creám together until fluffy ánd á pále yellow color.
- Turn the mixer off ánd ádd in stráwberry powder, beát on medium speed until combined, for ábout 30 seconds.
- Turn mixer on to the lowest setting ánd ádd in confectioners sugár, 1 cup át á time. Once incorporáted, turn mixer on high for 1-2 minutes.
- If the mixture is too thick ádd 1 táblespoon of whole milk át á time. If the mixture is too runny, ádd more confectioners sugár, ½ cup át á time. The frosting should be soft ánd creámy ánd hold its shápe.
- Pipe the frosting onto the cupcákes.
- For the Chocoláte Covered Stráwberries: Pláce chocoláte in á bowl ánd microwáve in 30 seconds increments, stirring áfter eách round until fully melted.
- Stir in light corn syrup.
- Dip eách stráwberry into the cooled chocoláte ánd pláce on eách cupcáke.
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