The dessert that I made today is from a recipe in my cookbook 500 Cupcakes. I could hardly wait to get these finished today. When I opened the oven to take out the cupcakes I could smell the mint mingled with the chocolate.
Mint Chocolate Cupcakes
1 1/2 cups self-rising flour
4 tablespoons Dutch-process cocoa powder
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 cup sugar
1 cup (2 sticks) butter, softened
4 eggs
1 teaspoon mint extract
1/2 cup semisweet chocolate mini chips
Frosting
1/3 cup (2/3 stick) butter, softened
2 cups confectioners' sugar, sifted
1 teaspoon mint extract
green food coloring
1/2 cup semisweet chocolate mini chips
Preheat oven to 325 degrees F. Place 18 paper baking cups into muffin pans. In a medium bowl, sift together the flour, cocoa, and baking powder. Set aside. Beat the sugar and butter together in a large bowl until smooth. Add the eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition. Add the flour mixture gradually, stirring until well combined. Stir in the mint extract and chocolate chips. Spoon the batter into the prepared baking cups. Bake for 20 minutes. Remove pans from the oven and cool for 5 minutes, then remove cupcakes to a cooling rack.
To make the frosting, beat the butter and confectioners' sugar in a small bowl until smooth and creamy. Stir in the mint extract and just enough food coloring to turn the frosting a mint green. Frost the cupcakes and decorate with chocolate chips.
Cool the cupcakes before frosting. This frosting has a very thick consistency. It seemed too stiff to pipe through a decorator tip, so I just spread it on with a spatula.
1 1/2 cups self-rising flour
4 tablespoons Dutch-process cocoa powder
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 cup sugar
1 cup (2 sticks) butter, softened
4 eggs
1 teaspoon mint extract
1/2 cup semisweet chocolate mini chips
Frosting
1/3 cup (2/3 stick) butter, softened
2 cups confectioners' sugar, sifted
1 teaspoon mint extract
green food coloring
1/2 cup semisweet chocolate mini chips
Preheat oven to 325 degrees F. Place 18 paper baking cups into muffin pans. In a medium bowl, sift together the flour, cocoa, and baking powder. Set aside. Beat the sugar and butter together in a large bowl until smooth. Add the eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition. Add the flour mixture gradually, stirring until well combined. Stir in the mint extract and chocolate chips. Spoon the batter into the prepared baking cups. Bake for 20 minutes. Remove pans from the oven and cool for 5 minutes, then remove cupcakes to a cooling rack.
To make the frosting, beat the butter and confectioners' sugar in a small bowl until smooth and creamy. Stir in the mint extract and just enough food coloring to turn the frosting a mint green. Frost the cupcakes and decorate with chocolate chips.
The mint and chocolate made a tasty combination in these cupcakes!
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1 1/2 cups self-rising flour
4 tablespoons Dutch-process cocoa powder
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 cup sugar
1 cup (2 sticks) butter, softened
4 eggs
1 teaspoon mint extract
1/2 cup semisweet chocolate mini chips
Frosting
1/3 cup (2/3 stick) butter, softened
2 cups confectioners' sugar, sifted
1 teaspoon mint extract
green food coloring
1/2 cup semisweet chocolate mini chips
Preheat oven to 325 degrees F. Place 18 paper baking cups into muffin pans. In a medium bowl, sift together the flour, cocoa, and baking powder. Set aside. Beat the sugar and butter together in a large bowl until smooth. Add the eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition. Add the flour mixture gradually, stirring until well combined. Stir in the mint extract and chocolate chips. Spoon the batter into the prepared baking cups. Bake for 20 minutes. Remove pans from the oven and cool for 5 minutes, then remove cupcakes to a cooling rack.
To make the frosting, beat the butter and confectioners' sugar in a small bowl until smooth and creamy. Stir in the mint extract and just enough food coloring to turn the frosting a mint green. Frost the cupcakes and decorate with chocolate chips.
The mint and chocolate made a tasty combination in these cupcakes!
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