WINNER Mint Chocolate Chip and Fresh Mint Buttercream Cupcakes

Name: WINNER Mint Chocolate Chip and Fresh Mint Buttercream Cupcakes
Prep time: 1 h 1 min
Cook time: 1 h 1 min
Total time: 1 h 1 min
Yield: 12
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 2 teaspoons baking powder; 99 grams dark mint chocolate (recommended: Ghirardelli); 946 milliliters confectioners sugar; 2 eggs; 355 milliliters all-purpose flour; 2 large sprigs fresh mint; 473 milliliters light cream; 4 Tbsps mint-infused light cream; 12 fresh mint leave, for garnish (optional); 1 teaspoon salt; 118 milliliters sugar; 454 grams unsalted butter; 6 Tbsps unsalted butter

WINNER Mint Chocolate Chip and Fresh Mint Buttercream Cupcakes requires approximately 1 hour and 1 minutes from start to finish. This recipe covers 8% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. One portion of this dish contains approximately 4g of protein, 50g of fat, and a total of 701 calories. This recipe serves 12. If you have mint-infused cream, mint chocolate, salt, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. This recipe is typical of American cuisine. It is a good option if you're following a vegetarian diet.

Instructions

For the cupcakes: Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F. Line a cupcake or muffin pan with 12 regular-size cupcake liners.

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Cupcakes

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Muffin Liners

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Place the light cream and mint sprigs into a small saucepan and cook gently for 5 minutes.

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Light Cream

Mint

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Sauce Pan

Remove from the heat and leave to cool.

Sift the flour, salt, and baking powder into a small bowl and set aside. Cream the butter and sugar in the bowl of an electric stand mixer until pale and fluffy, about 5 minutes. Scrape down the sides of the bowl and add the eggs while mixing on medium speed. Scrape down the sides of the bowl again and switch to low speed. Alternate adding the flour mixture and 1 cup of the mint-infused cream, beginning and ending with the flour. Reserve the remaining cream.

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Baking Powder

Butter

Cream

All Purpose Flour

Sugar

Egg

Mint

Salt

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Finely chop the chocolate and mix into the batter by hand.

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Chocolate

Fill the cupcake liners two-thirds full with batter and bake until lightly golden, about 26 minutes. Cool the cupcakes in their pan for 5 minutes before transferring to a cooling rack.

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Cupcakes

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For the buttercream: Beat the butter in the bowl of an electric stand mixer until pale.

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Butter

Cream

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Add the mint-infused cream and continue beating. Reduce the speed to low and slowly add the confectioners' sugar until a creamy, medium-stiff consistency is achieved.

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Powdered Sugar