RED DEVIL'S FOOD CUPCAKES WITH MOCHA COCOA FROSTING
Look for the reddish blush and taste a more mellow flavor when you use Dutch-process cocoa instead of plain cocoa. There will be no difference in texture. I got this recipe from a newspaper.
Provided by CookingONTheSide
Categories Dessert
Time 30m
Yield 18 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 15
Steps:
- For cake, preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
- Spritz cupcake pans with nonstick baking spray or line with cupcake papers.
- Place cocoa in a small bowl.
- Add water, slowly stirring, until well blended and smooth.
- Set aside until lukewarm.
- In a small bowl, mix flour, baking soda and salt.
- In medium bowl, cream butter and sugar with an electric mixer until fluffy.
- Beat in eggs, one at a time.
- Add the cooled chocolate mixture all at once, add vanilla and stir well.
- Add the flour mixture all at once and stir with a wooden spoon until smooth and patches of white disappear.
- Do not overmix.
- Using a measuring cup, dip out the batter and place in the cupcake pans; the cupcake pans should be about 3/4 full.
- Bake for 15 minutes or until a cake tester or toothpick comes clean when poked into the cakes.
- When cooled, frost with mocha frosting (recipe below).
- Makes about 18 2 1/2 inch cupcakes.
- For frosting, remove lumps from both sugar and cocoa by placing the measured ingredients into a sieve set over a bowl; push and rub with the back of a spoon or rubber spatula.
- Using an electric mixer, cream the butter until smooth.
- Add the vanilla and salt.
- Add the sugar all at once and mix until almost blended.
- Beat in as much of the coffee as needed to make a smooth, spreadable frosting.
- Makes 1 3/4 cups or enough to frost 18 cupcakes generously.
- Tip: If the cupcakes are going into a lunchbox or picnic basket, cut them in half, sandwich the frosting in the middle and wrap in wax paper or plastic wrap.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 273.4, Fat 9.6, SaturatedFat 5.6, Cholesterol 43.2, Sodium 189.2, Carbohydrate 44.4, Fiber 1.3, Sugar 30.8, Protein 3.1
COCOA MOCHA FROSTING
This is an easy, yet yummy chocolate frosting with just enough mocha taste that both my husband and I like it. I love coffee, he hates it. This makes enough frosting to cover the top of two 9 inch layers or one 9 x 13 inch cake.
Provided by fullernj
Categories Dessert
Time 10m
Yield 20 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 6
Steps:
- Combine sugar, salt and cocoa together.
- Cream butter until soft; add part of sugar mixture gradually, beating throroughly.
- Add remaining sugar mixture, alternately with warm coffee, beating well after each addition. Add vanilla.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 65.3, Fat 1.8, SaturatedFat 1.1, Cholesterol 4.6, Sodium 27, Carbohydrate 12.4, Fiber 0.1, Sugar 11.8, Protein 0.2
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