Surprisingly Delicious Chocolate and Chili Cupcakes
These delicious cupcakes have surprised many people with its chili and chocolate combination.
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Surprisingly Delicious Chocolate and Chili Cupcakes
These delicious cupcakes have surprised many people with its chili and chocolate combination.
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| Servings | Prep Time |
| 15cupcakes | 20minutes |
| Cook Time |
| 30minutes |
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Ingredients
- 3 eggs
- 250g buttersoft
- 160g caster sugarfine sugar
- 1tsp vanilla extract
- 50ml buttermilk
- 200g self-raising flour
- 4tbsp cocoa powder
- 2tsp ground chili peppers
- 100g dark chocolate70%, chopped
- Chocolate and Baileys Buttercream
- chili peppersground (for decoration)
- chocolate sprinkles(for decoration)
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 175°C/350°F. Prepare a muffin tin or a baking tray with 15-20 paper cups.
- Mix butter, sugar and vanilla in a mixer on medium speed.
- In a bowl, whisk eggs and add buttermilk. Set aside.
- In another bowl, sift flour and cocoa powder and add ground chilipepper.
- When the butter mixture is creamy, add half the egg mixture to it. When the egg mixture is incorporated into the butter mixture add half the flour. Once the flour is incorporated into the batter add the other half of the egg mixture and the other half of the flour in the same way. Mix for another half minute and add the chopped chocolate, mix for another ten seconds and fill the paper cups by 2/3 with the batter.
- Bake the cupcakes in the centre of the oven for about 25-30 minutes until they firm up. The cupcakes are ready when a skewer inserted in the centre comes out clean. Let them cool for a while and put them on a wire rack.
- Top cupcakes with Chocolate and Baileys Buttercream and sprinkle over a little bit of ground chili’s and grated chocolate or chocolate sprinkles.
Recipe Notes
You can use my Chocolate and Baileys Buttercream recipe to make the topping.