German Chocolate Cupcakes

Name: German Chocolate Cupcakes
Prep time: 52 min
Cook time: 52 min
Total time: 52 min
Yield: 24
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 2 teaspoons baking soda; 170 grams bittersweet chocolate, chopped; 355 milliliters well-shaken buttermilk (or 1 cup milk plus 1 tablespoon lemon juice); 1 Tbsp prepared coffee; 296 milliliters packed dark brown sugar; 3 egg yolks; 4 eggs, at room temperature for 30 minutes; 340 grams evaporated milk; 473 milliliters all-purpose flour; 118 milliliters granulated sugar; 177 milliliters heavy cream; 2 Tbsps honey; 296 milliliters packed light brown sugar; 414 milliliters toasted pecans, chopped; 1 teaspoons sea salt; 1 teaspoons fine sea salt; 79 milliliters semisweet chocolate, melted and cooled; 473 milliliters packed sweetened flaked coconut, toasted (if desired); 1 sticks unsalted butter; 2 sticks unsalted butter, softened; 177 milliliters unsweetened cocoa powder; 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract; 2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract

German Chocolate Cupcakes might be just the dessert you are searching for. This recipe serves 24. One serving contains 473 calories, 6g of protein, and 29g of fat. Head to the store and pick up brown sugar, bittersweet chocolate, heavy cream, and a few other things to make it today. This recipe is typical of American cuisine. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes approximately 52 minutes.

Instructions

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Special equipment: silver/foil-lined muffin cups, one 2-ounce ice cream scoop and one 1/2-ounce ice cream scoop

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Ice Cream

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Ice Cream Scoop

Muffin Liners

Aluminum Foil

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Line 24 regular muffin pans with muffin cups.

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Muffin Liners

Oven

Use a 2-ounce ice cream scoop and portion out the Chocolate Cake batter evenly into the muffin cups. Pop the pan in the oven and bake 25 to 30 minutes, turning the pans halfway through. You'll know it's done when a toothpick inserted in the middle of the cupcakes comes out clean.

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Chocolate

Ice Cream

Cupcakes

Pop

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Ice Cream Scoop

Muffin Liners

Toothpicks

Oven

Frying Pan

Let the cupcakes completely cool in the pan on a rack.

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Cupcakes

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Frying Pan

Mix the cream, chocolate, honey and coffee in saucepan on low heat. Stir until smooth.

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Chocolate

Coffee

Cream

Honey

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Sauce Pan

Let it cool a bit.

Put the egg yolks, evaporated milk, brown sugar and butter in a separate saucepan.

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Evaporated Milk

Brown Sugar

Egg Yolk

Butter

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Sauce Pan

Place it over medium heat and cook until the sugar dissolves and the butter melts. Continue cooking, stirring constantly until thick, 8 to 10 minutes or so.

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Butter

Sugar

Take off the heat and stir in the vanilla, salt, coconut and pecans. Allow to cool.

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Coconut

Vanilla

Pecans

Salt

Dip the cooled cupcakes in the chocolate glaze.

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Chocolate Glaze

Cupcakes

Dip

Place on the rack and let the glaze harden. Scoop the topping on the cupcakes with a heaping 1/2-ounce ice cream scoop.

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Ice Cream

Cupcakes

Glaze

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Ice Cream Scoop

Sift the flour, cocoa, baking soda, and salt together onto parchment paper. With an electric mixer on medium-high speed, cream the butter and sugars until light and fluffy, 4 or 5 minutes.

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Baking Soda

Butter

Cocoa Powder

Cream

All Purpose Flour

Salt

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Baking Paper

Hand Mixer

Add your eggs, 1 at a time, mixing until completely incorporated before adding each additional egg.

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Egg

Mix in the chocolate and vanilla, making sure to combine really well. Turn the mixer to low and slowly add the dry ingredients, alternating with the buttermilk, in 3 batches, starting and ending with the flour mixture. Make sure to let it mix thoroughly.

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Buttermilk