Red Devil's Food Cupcakes With Mocha Cocoa Frosting Recipe

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Red Devil's Food Cupcakes With Mocha Cocoa Frosting
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Ingredients
15
Count
Nutrition
366
Calories
Total time
15
Minutes
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Ingredients:

  • 1/2 cup cocoa
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • 1/2 cup butter
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 2 large eggs
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • 3 cups confectioners' sugar , sifted
  • 1/2 cup cocoa , sifted
  • 1/2 tsp vanilla
  • salt , pinch
  • 1/3 cup cold strong coffee , about

Directions:

  1. For cake, preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
  2. Spritz cupcake pans with nonstick baking spray or line with cupcake papers.
  3. Place cocoa in a small bowl.
  4. Add water, slowly stirring, until well blended and smooth.
  5. Set aside until lukewarm.
  6. In a small bowl, mix flour, baking soda and salt.
  7. In medium bowl, cream butter and sugar with an electric mixer until fluffy.
  8. Beat in eggs, one at a time.
  9. Add the cooled chocolate mixture all at once, add vanilla and stir well.
  10. Add the flour mixture all at once and stir with a wooden spoon until smooth and patches of white disappear.
  11. Do not overmix.
  12. Using a measuring cup, dip out the batter and place in the cupcake pans; the cupcake pans should be about 3/4 full.
  13. Bake for 15 minutes or until a cake tester or toothpick comes clean when poked into the cakes.
  14. When cooled, frost with mocha frosting (recipe below).
  15. Makes about 18 2 1/2 inch cupcakes.
  16. For frosting, remove lumps from both sugar and cocoa by placing the measured ingredients into a sieve set over a bowl; push and rub with the back of a spoon or rubber spatula.
  17. Using an electric mixer, cream the butter until smooth.
  18. Add the vanilla and salt.
  19. Add the sugar all at once and mix until almost blended.
  20. Beat in as much of the coffee as needed to make a smooth, spreadable frosting.
  21. Makes 1 3/4 cups or enough to frost 18 cupcakes generously.
  22. Tip: If the cupcakes are going into a lunchbox or picnic basket, cut them in half, sandwich the frosting in the middle and wrap in wax paper or plastic wrap.
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Nutrition Facts

Per ServingPer 100 g
Amount Per 1 Serving
Calories 366.2 Kcal (1533 kJ)
Calories from fat 87.29 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 9.7g 15%
Cholesterol 43.17mg 14%
Sodium 216.38mg 9%
Potassium 122.43mg 3%
Total Carbs 67.8g 23%
Sugars 53.9g 216%
Dietary Fiber 0.94g 4%
Protein 3.14g 6%
Vitamin A 0.1mg 3%
Iron 0.4mg 2%
Calcium 26.7mg 3%
Amount Per 100 g
Calories 340.8 Kcal (1427 kJ)
Calories from fat 81.23 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 9.03g 15%
Cholesterol 40.18mg 14%
Sodium 201.37mg 9%
Potassium 113.94mg 3%
Total Carbs 63.09g 23%
Sugars 50.16g 216%
Dietary Fiber 0.88g 4%
Protein 2.92g 6%
Vitamin A 0.1mg 3%
Iron 0.4mg 2%
Calcium 24.9mg 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

  • 7.9
    Points
  • 10
    PointsPlus

Good Points

  • saturated fat free

Bad Points

  • High in Sugar

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