Cinco de Chili Chocolate Cupcakes with Chili Cream Cheese Frosting |
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Prep Time: 30 Minutes Cook Time: 18 Minutes |
Ready In: 48 Minutes Servings: 2 |
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Dark chocolate cupcakes with a bite! Topped with Chili Cream Cheese Frosting. This recipe was inspired from a combination of recommendations from AR Buzzers. Thanks all! They were a huge hit at our annual Chili Cook-off. Many wanted THEM to be allowed as an entry. Add more chili and cayenne powder to taste. (IF YOU CAN TAKE IT!) Ingredients:
1 (18.25 ounce) box devil's food chocolate cake mix |
1 1/2 teaspoons ground ancho chile pepper |
1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper |
1 1/4 cups water |
1/3 cup vegetable oil |
3 eggs |
1 teaspoon ground ancho chile pepper |
1/8 teaspoon cayenne pepper |
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon |
4 cups confectioners' sugar, or more as needed |
1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese, softened |
1/2 cup butter, softened |
1/2 teaspoon clear vanilla extract, or to taste |
24 small dried red chiles |
Directions:
1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Line 24 cupcake cups with paper liners.
2. Empty the boxed cake mix into a mixing bowl, and whisk in 1 1/2 teaspoon of ground ancho chile and 1/4 teaspoon of cayenne pepper. Using an electric mixer on medium speed, beat in the water, vegetable oil, and eggs; beat for 2 minutes. Spoon the batter into the prepared cupcake cups, filling them 2/3 full.
3. Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center of a cupcake comes out clean, 18 to 22 minutes. Remove and cool completely before frosting.
4. In a bowl, sift 1 teaspoon of ground ancho chile, 1/8 teaspoon of cayenne pepper, and the cinnamon with the confectioners' sugar. Beat in the cream cheese and butter with an electric mixer on medium speed until the frosting is smooth; mix in the vanilla extract. Spread the frosting onto the cooled cupcakes in attractive swirls, and poke a small dried chile, stem-side up, into the frosting as a garnish.
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