Chocolate Cupcakes with Peppermint Frosting

Name: Chocolate Cupcakes with Peppermint Frosting
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 18
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 1 teaspoon baking powder; 1 teaspoons baking soda; 237 milliliters packed brown sugar; 6 Tbsps butter, softened; 2 larges eggs; 156 grams 1/4 cups all-purpose flour (about; 113 grams 1/2 cup tub-style light cream cheese; 118 milliliters low-fat buttermilk; 79 milliliters 16 hard peppermint candies, finely crushed (about; 0 teaspoons peppermint extract; 473 milliliters powdered sugar; 1 teaspoons salt; 118 milliliters unsweetened cocoa; 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

The recipe Chocolate Cupcakes with Peppermint Frosting could satisfy your American craving in about 45 minutes. This recipe serves 18. One portion of this dish contains about 3g of protein, 6g of fat, and a total of 205 calories. A mixture of peppermint candies, butter, eggs, and a handful of other ingredients are all it takes to make this recipe so scrumptious. Christmas will be even more special with this recipe.

Instructions

Preheat oven to 35

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Oven

To prepare cupcakes, place brown sugar and butter in a large bowl; beat with a mixer at medium speed 2 minutes or until well blended.

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Brown Sugar

Cupcakes

Butter

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Blender

Bowl

Add eggs, 1 at a time, beating well after each addition. Lightly spoon flour into dry measuring cups; level with a knife.

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All Purpose Flour

Egg

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Measuring Cup

Knife

Combine flour, cocoa, baking powder, baking soda, and salt in a bowl, stirring well with a whisk.

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Baking Soda

Cocoa Powder

All Purpose Flour

Salt

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Whisk

Bowl

Add flour mixture to sugar mixture alternately with buttermilk, beginning and ending with the flour mixture. Stir in vanilla extract.

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Vanilla Extract

Buttermilk

All Purpose Flour

Sugar

Spoon batter into 18 muffin cups lined with paper liners.

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Muffin Liners

Bake at 350 for 12 minutes or until cupcakes spring back when touched lightly in the center. Cool in pan 10 minutes on a wire rack; remove from pan. Cool completely on wire rack.

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Cupcakes

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