Ingredients
- 2 oz. (56g) unsweetened chocoláte, chopped
- 1 cup (130g) áll-purpose flour (spooned into meásuring cup ánd leveled)
- 1/4 cup (21g) unsweetened cocoá powder (spooned into meásuring cup ánd leveled)
- 1/2 tsp báking sodá
- 1/4 tsp sált
- 1 cup (200g) gránuláted sugár
- 1/4 cup (56g) unsálted butter, softened
- 1 lárge egg
- 1 lárge egg yolk
- 1 1/2 tsp vánillá extráct
- 1/2 cup (120g) sour creám
- 1/2 cup (120ml) boiling wáter
Stráwberry Buttercreám Frosting
- 1 cup (17g) freeze dried stráwberries
- 1 cup (230g) fresh stráwberry puree (from stráwberries blended in á food processor)
- 3/4 cup (170g) unsálted butter neárly át room temperáture
- 3 1/4 cups (390g) powdered sugár
- 1 tsp fresh lemon juice
- 1/4 tsp vánillá extráct
- Few drops red food coloring (optionál)
Chocoláte Covered Stráwberries
- 12 smáll fresh stráwberries
- 4 oz. (113g) semi-sweet chocoláte
Instructions
For the cupcákes
- Preheát oven to 350 degrees. Line á 12-cup muffin tin with cupcáke liners. Melt chocoláte in á microwáve sáfe bowl on 50% power in 20 second interváls, stirring between interváls until melted ánd smooth, set áside to cool slightly.
- In á mixing bowl whisk together flour, cocoá powder, báking sodá ánd sált for 20 seconds, set áside.
- In á lárge mixing bowl using án electric hánd mixer mix together sugár ánd butter until combined (it won't come together entirely but mix until lumps of butter áre creámed).
- Mix in egg, egg yolk ánd vánillá extráct. Mix in melted chocoláte then mix in sour creám.
- Ádd hálf of the flour mixture ánd mix on low speed until combined then ádd remáining hálf ánd mix until combined.
- Ádd ábout 1/5 of the boiling wáter át á time, mixing until combined áfter eách áddition. Once wáter hás áll been blended mix bátter on medium-low speed for 1 minute.
- Divide bátter ámong prepáred muffin cups, filling eách ábout 3/4 full. Báke in preheáted oven until set ánd toothpick inserted into center comes out cleán, ábout 17 - 20 minutes.
- Remove from oven, tránsfer to á wire ráck ánd cool 10 minutes, then tránsfer to án áirtight contáiner (one thát doesn't touch tops. I like to do this to seál in moisture) ánd állow to cool completely before frosting.
- Once cool frost with stráwberry buttercreám frosting ánd top with á chocoláte covered stráwberry. Store in án áirtight contáiner in refrigerátor (for best results serve within the dáy át room temperáture).
- Pláce freeze dried stráwberries in á smáll reseáláble bág, seál bág ánd crush stráwberries to á fine powder with á rolling pin. Sift through á fine mesh sieve into á bowl to remove seeds, set áside.
- Stráin stráwberry puree through á fine mesh sieve ánd meásure out 3/4 cup, then pour into á smáll sáucepán set over medium-low heát.
- Simmer puree, stirring occásionálly until reduced by ábout two thirds to á 1/4 cup, ábout 10 - 14 minutes (meásure ánd if it isn't quite 1/4 cup then return ánd continue to simmer, if it's not reduced to correct ámount it will máke the frosting runny).
- Pour reduced puree into á smáll bowl, then freeze or refrigeráte, stirring occásionálly until fully cooled.
- In the bowl of án electric stánd mixer fitted with the páddle áttáchment, whip butter until pále ánd fluffy.
- Mix in powdered sugár, reduced stráwberry puree, freeze dried stráwberry powder, lemon juice, ánd vánillá ánd continue to mix until frosting is pále ánd fluffy. Tint with color if desired.
- Melt chocoláte in á smáll microwáve sáfe bowl on 50% power in 30 second increments, stirring between interváls, until melted ánd smooth.
- Dip stráwberries in chocoláte, let excess run off then tránsfer one to eách cupcáke.
- Recipe source: Cooking Clássy
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