Brown Sugar Cupcakes with Dark Chocolate Frosting
 
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Serves: 12 cupcakes
Ingredients
Cupcakes:
  • ⅓ cup butter- room temp
  • ½ cup granulated sugar
  • ¼ cup packed brown sugar
  • 1 egg-room temp
  • 1¼ cup flour
  • 1¼ tsp baking powder
  • ¼ tsp salt
  • ⅔ cup milk - room temp
Dark Chocolate Frosting
  • 2 oz of dark chocolate, melted
  • ½ cup butter- room temp
  • 4 cups icing sugar, sifted
  • ¼ cup half and half cream
Instructions
  1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees F. Line a muffin tin with 12 paper liners.
  2. In a large bowl beat butter and both sugars together until light and fluffy.
  3. Beat in the egg until well incorporated.
  4. In a separate bowl whisk together the flour, baking powder and salt.
  5. Add the flour mixture and the milk alternately in 3 additions, mixing well after each addition.
  6. Fill the liners ½ full.
  7. Bake 18-20 minutes or until lightly golden and a toothpick inserted in the middle comes out clean.
  8. Let rest in the pan 5 minutes, then transfer to a cooling rack to cool completely.
  9. While cupcakes are cooling make the frosting:
  10. Beat butter and ½ the icing sugar together until light. Add in the melted chocolate once it has cooled to room temp. Add in the remaining icing sugar and the cream. Beat 2-3 minutes until smooth and fluffy.
  11. Frost cupcakes using an off-set spatula or piping bag fitted with a large star-tip.
Recipe by Chateau Elma at https://www.chateauelma.com/brown-sugar-cupcakes-dark-chocolate-frosting