CHOCOLATE CUPCAKES WITH CREAM CHEESE-OREO®-BUTTERCREAM FROSTING

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Chocolate Cupcakes with Cream Cheese-Oreo®-Buttercream Frosting image

Moist and dangerously delicious!

Provided by Jessica Horton

Categories     Desserts     Frostings and Icings     Chocolate

Time 1h20m

Yield 24

Number Of Ingredients 20

1 ⅓ cups all-purpose flour
⅔ cup cocoa powder
1 ½ teaspoons baking soda
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon instant espresso powder
½ teaspoon ground cinnamon
½ teaspoon salt
1 ⅓ cups white sugar
⅔ cup brown sugar
4 eggs
⅓ cup water
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
1 cup sour cream
¼ cup vegetable oil
1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese, at room temperature
7 tablespoons butter, at room temperature
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
3 cups confectioners' sugar
18 chocolate sandwich cookies (such as Oreo®)
2 tablespoons milk, or more as needed

Steps:

  • Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C). Grease two 12-cup muffin tins or line cups with paper liners.
  • Whisk flour, cocoa powder, baking soda, baking powder, espresso powder, cinnamon, and salt together in a bowl. Whisk in white sugar and brown sugar.
  • Beat eggs, water, and vanilla extract together in a separate bowl. Add sour cream and oil and beat well. Add egg mixture to the bowl with the flour mixture and mix well until no dry spots remain. Spoon batter into the prepared muffin cups, filling each 3/4 full.
  • Bake in the preheated oven until tops spring back when lightly pressed, 18 to 20 minutes. Cool in the tins for 5 minutes. Transfer to a wire rack to cool completely, about 20 minutes.
  • Meanwhile, place cream cheese and butter into the bowl of a stand mixer and cream together until smooth. Add vanilla extract and mix. Add confectioners' sugar and mix on medium-low speed; whip into a firm consistency, 2 to 5 minutes. Frosting will thicken as you whip. Add milk 1 tablespoon at a time to thin if necessary.
  • Crush whole cookies into crumbs in a food processor. Mix cookie crumbs into frosting using a rubber spatula. Chill frosting in the refrigerator for about 15 minutes before piping onto cooled cupcakes.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 306 calories, Carbohydrate 45 g, Cholesterol 50.8 mg, Fat 13.5 g, Fiber 1.1 g, Protein 3.6 g, SaturatedFat 6.5 g, Sodium 253.6 mg, Sugar 35.1 g

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