Chocolate Chiffon Cupcakes

Name: Chocolate Chiffon Cupcakes
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 17
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 1 teaspoon baking powder; 0 teaspoons baking soda; 355 milliliters cake flour; 4 larges eggs, separated; 1 teaspoons salt; 177 milliliters sugar; 118 milliliters unsweetened cocoa; 177 milliliters vegetable oil

Chocolate Chiffon Cupcakes is a dairy free recipe with 17 servings. One portion of this dish contains approximately 3g of protein, 11g of fat, and a total of 178 calories. This recipe covers 3% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. Head to the store and pick up salt, baking soda, eggs, and a few other things to make it today. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes roughly 45 minutes. It works well as a dessert.

Instructions

Sift cake flour, cocoa, baking powder, baking soda, and salt into a large bowl.

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Baking Soda

Cake Flour

Cocoa Powder

Salt

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Bowl

In another bowl, whisk egg yolks, oil, and 1/3 cup water until blended.

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Egg Yolk

Water

Cooking Oil

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Whisk

Bowl

Whisk in 3/4 cup sugar.

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Sugar

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Whisk

Add egg-yolk mixture to flour mixture and stir until well blended.

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All Purpose Flour

Egg Yolk

Egg

In another bowl, with a mixer on high speed, beat egg whites until frothy. Gradually add remaining 2 tablespoons sugar, beating just until soft peaks form.

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Egg Whites

Sugar

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Blender

Bowl

Add egg-white mixture to batter and fold in with a rubber spatula until evenly blended.

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Egg

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Spatula

Fill paper-lined or buttered muffin cups (1/3-cup capacity) about three-fourths full with batter (about 1/4 cup in each).

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Muffin Liners

Bake in a 325 oven until tops spring back when lightly touched in the center, 20 to 25 minutes. Cool on racks 5 minutes; remove from pans. Cool completely.

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Oven

Patric Gabre-Kidan, pastry chef for Tom Douglas Restaurants in Seattle, shares some insider information. (We've added our favorite strategies.)

Make sure your frosting is soft and creamy. This is especially important if you're piping it. Cold, stiff frosting will look dull and clumpy, not silky and smooth.

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Frosting

Use a lot of colors. It will make each cake unique and turn the lot into instant decorations for a party.

Don't think that sprinkles are cheesy. They can actually elevate the look.

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Sprinkles

Mix simple decorations with more elegant ones. Colorful sprinkles aren't lowbrow beside sifted cocoa.

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Colored Sprinkles

Cocoa Powder

Have fun with lighthearted toppings. Some of our favorites are chocolate jimmies, jelly beans, miniature M&Ms, miniature chocolate chips, peanuts, and chopped toffee, malted milk balls, or dark chocolate.

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Mini Chocolate Chips

Malted Milk Balls

Dark Chocolate

Jelly Beans

Chocolate

Sprinkles

Peanuts

Toffee

M&ms

Try artistic touches. Thin shreds of lemon or orange peel, candied lemon or orange peel, toasted coconut, candied ginger, and sugared rose petals are pretty flourishes. If using rose petals, lightly coat fresh, unsprayed ones with pasteurized egg whites, then sugar; let them dry before using.

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Candied Ginger