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Chocolate Kahlua Cupcakes!

The recipe

Chocolate Kahlua Cupcakes!

  • Servings0

Ingredients

Cupcakes

  • 1 3/4 C Flour
  • 2 C Sugar
  • 1 C Cocoa
  • 1 1/2 TSP Baking Soda
  • 1 1/2 TSP Baking Powder
  • 1 TSP Salt
  • 2 Eggs
  • 1 C Whole Milk
  • 1/2 C Oil
  • 3/4 Cup Boiling Water
  • 1/4 cup of kahlua
  • 1 bottle of chocolate fudge

Chocolate kahlua filling

  • 1 C heavy whipping cream
  • 1 tablespoon kahlua
  • 9 oz semi sweet chocolate chips.

Cream Cheese Frosting Ingredients:

  • 1 C unsalted sweet cream butter
  • 1 C softened cream cheese butter
  • 3 C powder sugar
  • 4 TBSP heavy whipping cream

Instructions

For Cupcake Filling

  1. Bring heavy whipping cream to a boil and pour over the chocolate chips.
  2. Stir until combined and the bowl starts to look like chocolate sauce.
  3. Let sit until cooled.
  4. Core out the center of the cupcake and scoop some filling into the cupcake.

Kahlua Cupcake Directions:

  1. Line the cupcake tins with paper liners.
  2. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
  3. Mix the flour, sugar, cocoa, baking soda, baking powder and salt in a bowl.
  4. In a separate bowl add the eggs, whole milk,water, kahlua and oil.
  5. Add the bowl containing the eggs, whole milk, oil, and vanilla to the bowl holding the dry ingredients.
  6. Mix all together until fully incorporated.
  7. Beat for 3 minutes on medium.
  8. Slowly add the boiling water starting with a small amount then pour in the remaining boiling water.
  9. The batter may be a little runny.
  10. Scoop batter into cupcake lined cups until 3/4s filled.
  11. Bake at 350 degrees for 20-25 minutes.
  12. Remove from oven and allow to cool completely.

Cream Cheese Frosting Directions:

  1. Add in all ingredients into a standing mixer and mix until combined and stiff peaks form.
  2. If powder sugar pebbles form, add 1-2 TBSP more of heavy cream
  3. If the frosting is too thin add 1/2 C more of powder sugar
  4. Mix until the the frosting becomes stiff and doesn't fall off a spoon.

Directions to prep cupcakes:

  1. Spoon the frosting into a piping bag with a star tip and frost the cupcakes starting at the base in a circular motion.
  2. Drizzle the chocolate fudge on top of the frosting
  3. ENJOY!