Chocolate Devil's Food Cupcakes Recipe

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Chocolate Devil's Food Cupcakes
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Ingredients
13
Count
Nutrition
124
Calories
Total time
85
Minutes
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Ingredients:

  • 3/4 cup boiling water
  • 3/4 cup cocoa powder
  • 6 oz butter
  • 2 cups sugar
  • 1 tsp fine salt
  • 3 eggs
  • 2 1/2 cups cake flour
  • 1 cup buttermilk
  • ganache , recipe follows
  • violet buttercream, recipe follows

Directions:

  1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
  2. Whisk together boiling water and cocoa. Cover and set aside. With a mixer, cream together the butter, sugar, salt and vanilla extract. Add the eggs, 1 at a time, and continue creaming until light and fluffy. Sift together the flour, baking soda and baking powder and add this mixture, alternately with the buttermilk. Add cocoa and water mixture and mix until thoroughly combined. Scoop into cupcake pans and bake for 20 to 25 minutes.
  3. Let cool completely before decorating. Dip tops of cooled cupcakes in the warm ganache and let set. Pipe more ganache on top for decoration. To fill, put buttercream in a pastry bag with a small round tip. Stick tip into the center of each cupcake and pipe in filling. Be careful not to pipe too much or you will break the cupcake. Serve.
  4. Ganache:
  5. 8 ounces chocolate
  6. 3/4 cup heavy cream
  7. 2 tablespoons sugar
  8. 2 tablespoons butter
  9. Chop chocolate and place in a stainless steel or glass bowl. Bring cream and sugar just to a boil in a small saucepan and then pour over chocolate. Whisk together and then stir in butter until melted.
  10. Violet Buttercream:
  11. 4 ounces egg whites
  12. 6 ounces sugar
  13. 8 ounces butter, cut into small pieces, at room temperature
  14. 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  15. 1/4 teaspoon violet essence
  16. Violet food coloring
  17. Whisk together the egg whites and sugar in a stainless steel bowl. Place bowl in a water bath set over low heat. Whisk occasionally until sugar is dissolved and mixture is very warm, about 150 degrees F. Remove from water bath and whip with a hand-held mixer on high speed until stiff peaks. Lower speed and add the butter in small pieces. Add vanilla and violet essence and mix until smooth. Add violet color, 1 drop at a time, until desired shade is reached. Use to fill cupcakes as directed above.
  18. Home Cook Recipe: A viewer or guest of the show, who may not be a professional cook, provided this recipe. The Food Network Kitchen have not tested this recipe and therefore cannot make representation as to the results.
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Nutrition Facts

Per ServingPer 100 g
Amount Per 1 Serving
Calories 123.8 Kcal (518 kJ)
Calories from fat 42.21 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 4.69g 7%
Cholesterol 24.55mg 8%
Sodium 137.83mg 6%
Potassium 74.81mg 2%
Total Carbs 18.69g 6%
Sugars 10.14g 41%
Dietary Fiber 0.39g 2%
Protein 1.83g 4%
Iron 0.8mg 4%
Calcium 25.5mg 3%
Amount Per 100 g
Calories 296.22 Kcal (1240 kJ)
Calories from fat 101 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 11.22g 7%
Cholesterol 58.73mg 8%
Sodium 329.78mg 6%
Potassium 179mg 2%
Total Carbs 44.71g 6%
Sugars 24.27g 41%
Dietary Fiber 0.93g 2%
Protein 4.39g 4%
Vitamin A 0.1mg 2%
Iron 1.9mg 4%
Calcium 61.1mg 3%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
Find out how many calories should you eat.

Tastes

  • salty
  • savory
  • bitter
  • sweet
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Weightwatchers Points

  • 2.8
    Points
  • 3
    PointsPlus

Good Points

  • saturated fat free

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