Dark Chocolate Cupcakes With Cherry Buttercream Recipe

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Dark Chocolate Cupcakes With Cherry Buttercream
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Ingredients
14
Count
Nutrition
445
Calories
Total time
90
Minutes
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Ingredients:

Directions:

  1. Preheat oven to 350°.
  2. Line 24 standard-size muffin cups with paper liners.
  3. In a medium saucepan, combine butter, chopped chocolate, and cocoa powder.
  4. Cook over med-low heat, stirring frequently, until melted and smooth; cool for 15 minutes.
  5. In a large bowl, beat sugar and eggs at high speed with a mixer until thick and pale.
  6. In a small bowl, combine flour, baking powder, salt, and baking soda.
  7. Gradually add to sugar mixture alternately with buttermilk, beginning and ending with flour mixture, beating just until combined after each addition.
  8. Stir in butter-chocolate mixture.
  9. Spoon batter into prepared muffin cups.
  10. Bake for 14-16 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean.
  11. Cool in pans for 10 minutes.
  12. Remove from pans and cool completely on wire racks.
  13. Meanwhile, make buttercream-in the top of a double boiler, whisk sugar and egg whites until combined.
  14. Cook over simmering water until mixture reaches 140° on a candy thermometer; do not stir.
  15. Immediately pour mixture into the bowl of a heavy-duty stand mixer.
  16. Beat at high speed for 10 minutes; decrease speed to med-low.
  17. With mixer running, add butter, 2 tablespoons at a time, beating just until combined after each addition.
  18. Add cherry-flavored syrup, beating until combined.
  19. Keep buttercream at room temperature until ready to frost cupcakes.
  20. Pipe or spread Cherry Buttercream over cupcakes.
  21. Store, covered, in refrigerator up to 5 days.
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Nutrition Facts

Per ServingPer 100 g
Amount Per 1 Serving
Calories 444.62 Kcal (1862 kJ)
Calories from fat 288.98 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 32.11g 49%
Cholesterol 112.43mg 37%
Sodium 206.6mg 9%
Potassium 165.7mg 4%
Total Carbs 33.93g 11%
Sugars 24.31g 97%
Dietary Fiber 1.6g 6%
Protein 5.3g 11%
Vitamin A 0.3mg 11%
Iron 0.9mg 5%
Calcium 54mg 5%
Amount Per 100 g
Calories 374.76 Kcal (1569 kJ)
Calories from fat 243.58 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 27.06g 49%
Cholesterol 94.76mg 37%
Sodium 174.14mg 9%
Potassium 139.67mg 4%
Total Carbs 28.6g 11%
Sugars 20.49g 97%
Dietary Fiber 1.35g 6%
Protein 4.47g 11%
Vitamin A 0.3mg 11%
Iron 0.8mg 5%
Calcium 45.5mg 5%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
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Tastes

  • salty
  • savory
  • bitter
  • sweet
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Recipe Tags

Weightwatchers Points

  • 11.2
    Points
  • 12
    PointsPlus

Good Points

  • saturated fat free

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