Blackout Chocolate Cupcakes
Deep, dark chocolate cupcakes. A different take on the classic Hershey's Special Dark recipes, with a couple twists that will please the chocolate lovers on your guest list!
Course Cupcakes, Dessert
Servings 24 cupcakes
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 25 minutes
Ingredients
Instructions
Recipe Notes
FULL RECIPE and step by step for image click here
Deep, dark chocolate cupcakes. A different take on the classic Hershey's Special Dark recipes, with a couple twists that will please the chocolate lovers on your guest list!
Course Cupcakes, Dessert
Servings 24 cupcakes
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 25 minutes
Ingredients
- 2 cups sugar
- 1.75 cups all purpose flour
- 1 cup milk
- .5 lime fresh squeezed
- 2 eggs
- 1.5 teaspoons baking soda
- 1.5 teaspoons Baking powder
- .5 cup Vegetable oil
- .75 cup Cocoa Noir powder
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 1 cup coffee hot, fresh brewed
Instructions
- Heat oven to 350°F. Grease and flour two 9-inch round baking pans or line 28 to 30 muffin cups (2-1/2 inches in diameter) with paper bake cups.
- Stir together sugar, flour, cocoa, baking powder, baking soda and salt in large bowl.
- Combine milk and lime juice in a bowl and allow to sit for 5 minutes to thicken. Then add eggs and vanilla and whisk together.
- Add milk mixture and oil to the dry mix in the mixer and beat on medium speed for 2 minutes.
- Sowly pour the coffee down the side of the bowl with the mixer set to it's lowest setting. The batter will be thin. Pour batter into prepared cups. 2/3 full for large liners or cups, 1/2 full for all other cup or liner sizes.
- Bake 22 to 25 minutes for cupcakes or until wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool 10 minutes; remove from pans to wire racks. Cool completely.
Recipe Notes
- For large, straight sided cups, fill 2/3 up and bake for 26 minutes. Makes 15.
- For standard cupcake liners, fill 1/2 up and bake for 22 minutes. Makes 24.
- For small, fancy fluted liners like in the images above, fill 2/3 up and bake for 22 minutes. Makes 33-36.
FULL RECIPE and step by step for image click here