- Prep Time
- 15 mins
- Total Time
- 40 mins
- Makes
- 12 cupcakes
Ingredients
- Cupcakes:
- 1 cup
- all-purpose flour
- 250 mL
- 1/2 tsp
- baking powder
- 2 mL
- 1/4 tsp
- salt
- 1 mL
- 3 oz
- Real Semi-Sweet Chocolate Chips
- 90 g
- 1/2 cup
- unsalted butter, room temperature
- 125 mL
- 1/2 cup
- brown sugar
- 125 mL
- 2
- eggs
- 0
- 1/2 cup
- buttermilk
- 125 mL
- Frosting:
- 1/4 cup
- light cream cheese, softened
- 60 mL
- 1 tbsp
- butter, softened
- 15 mL
- 3/4 cup
- icing sugar
- 175 mL
- 1/4 tsp
- vanilla extract
- 1 mL
- 1 tbsp
- milk
- 15 mL
- 1/4 cup
- Real Semi-Sweet Chocolate Chips
- 60 g
Method
- Step 1
- Preheat oven to 350°F (180°C). Line a muffin pan with baking cups. Sift flour, baking powder and salt together into a bowl. Cream butter and sugar in a food processor until smooth.
- Step 2
- Add an inch (2.5 cm) of water to a saucepan and bring to a simmer over medium heat. Place chocolate chips in a heatproof bowl and place over saucepan; heat while stirring until chocolate is melted.
- Step 3
- Add melted chocolate to the butter and sugar mixture, and stir to combine. Add one egg at a time, beating well after each addition. Add one third of the flour and buttermilk, mix just until incorporated, and repeat with second and final portions.
- Step 4
- Spoon cupcake mixture into baking cups until about 3/4 full. Bake in preheated oven for approx. 15 minutes or until an inserted toothpick comes out clean. Place cupcakes on wire rack and let cool completely.
- Step 5
- To make frosting, cream butter with cream cheese, then add icing sugar, vanilla and milk, and beat to combine. Gently spread icing on cup cakes.
- Step 6
- Place remaining chocolate chips in bowl and microwave on medium-high heat for approx. one minute or until melted. Spoon melted chocolate into pastry bag fitted with fine round tip.
- Step 7
- Carefully pipe a pea-sized dot of chocolate in the center of the cupcake, then 2 rings around it. With a toothpick, drag the tip through the chocolate from the center dot to the edge. Repeat approx 8 times around the centre.
Nutritional Facts Per Serving
- Nutrition Description:
- Per serving (1 cupcake)
- Calories:
- 230
- Fat:
- 13 g
- Saturated Fat:
- 8 g
- Carbs:
- 29 g
- Fibre:
- 1 g
- Cholesterol:
- 60 mg
- Protein:
- 4 g
- Sodium:
- 110 mg