It has come to an end of my vacation i decided to bust out my Kitchenaid and bake some goodies! I was searching through pinterest looking for a recipe until i came across a yummy chocolately cupcake recipe. It lead me to a wonderful blog full of delicious recipes, which you can find here.
Now the original recipe calls for a salted caramel frosting, which to be honest it’s what actually caught my eye, but as i was baking my recipe book flip the page and I made an oopies and made a different frosting. I was bummed because I LOVE everything that has to do with salted caramel but as I was running low on butter I kept the Cinnamon frosting and it worked out.
First you will want to get all your ingredients set up and ready.
You Will Need
- 1 Cup ( 2 sticks) unsalted butter.
- 8 ounces ( 1 cup) of chopped dark chocolate.
- 1 cup of light brown sugar.
- 1 teaspoon instant espresso powder (optional)
- 2 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 4 large eggs ( room temp.)
- 1 cup all purpose flour.
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/2 cup bittersweet chocolate chips
For Cinnamon Cream Cheese Frosting
- 8 ounces cream cheese
- 1/4 cup butter ( softened)
- 3 cups confectioners sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
What You Want To Do
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees
- Place butter and chocolate in a heat proof bowl over a saucepan with simmering water. Stir until butter and chocolate are melted.
- Add brown sugar, espresso powder and vanilla extract, whisk until smooth and allow to cool for a couple of minutes.
- Once it’s some what cooled add eggs ( one at a time). Mix in flour, salt and baking powder ( be careful not to over mix)
- Fold in bittersweet chocolate chips.
- Place in cupcake sheet and bake for about 20-25 minutes or until wooden toothpick comes out clean.
Now as you are baking the cupcakes, and waiting for them to cool, it’s time to prepare the Frosting!
- Beat cream cheese and butter in an electric mixer until smooth
- Add confectioners sugar ( a bit at a time)
- Add vanilla extract and the ground cinnamon
- Beat until fluffy.
Once the cupcakes are cooled you may add the frosting. Be careful not to ice them while hot, it will make the frosting melt.
Also a tip: Piping is alot harder that it looks ( at least it was for me) but practice makes perfect…right?!?!
If anyone tries this out, let me know ow it turns out. I absolutely love it. The cinnamon frosting works although next time i will definitely will make sure I have the salted caramel frosting.
These look SO delicious! I want them 🙂
-Brandie
http://www.thestripedcoyote.wordpress.com
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Thank You. I really recommend this recipe to everyone. 🙂
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I’m going to try this! There’s nothing better than brownies and cupcakes together! ❤️
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Let me know how it turns out. Especially if you tried it with salted caramel frosting !
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I will for sure! 😊👍🏻
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Omg Thank you SOOOOOOOO MUCH!!!!!!
I’ll go check it out right now 🙂
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gosh, these look so so delicious! ❤ xx, Annie | Annie’s Beauty
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They rwally were. I love anything with chocolate, my boyfriend ate all but 2. 🙂
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