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I get bored with things VERY quickly and I have found myself getting bored with cupcakes. So, I decided to start branching out…attempting to create delicious cupcakes other than the usual chocolate, vanilla, etc. I used a delicious chocolate cake recipe that I originally posted here, but I topped these cupcakes with a White Chocolate Raspberry Cream Cheese Frosting making them anything but ordinary. I love the combination of chocolate and raspberry and what is better than delicious cream cheese frosting?
Chocolate Cupcake Recipe
2 cups flour
2 cups sugar
1 teaspoon baking powder
2 teaspoons baking soda
1 teaspoon salt
1 cup unsweetened cocoa
1 cup oil (I use canola)
2 cups hot water
2 eggs
2 teaspoons vanilla
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Mix everything in a bowl until you get a thin batter. I then poured the batter into muffin tins with cupcake liners. Bake them at 350 degrees until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. My cupcakes baked for about 19 -20 minutes. Yields 20 cupcakes.
White Chocolate Raspberry Cream Cheese Frosting
1 stick of unsalted butter (room temp)
1 8 ounce package of cream cheese (room temp)
6 ounces melted white chocolate (I used Ghirardelli White Chocolate Baking Bars)
1/2 teaspoon vanilla
2 teaspoons raspberry extract
4 1/2 to 5 cups powdered sugar (depends on your desired consistency)
Directions
- Melt the white chocolate in a double boiler over simmering water NOT boiling. Once the chocolate is melted, set aside to cool slightly.
- Beat cream cheese in a mixing bowl until smooth and creamy, gradually add in melted white chocolate and beat until smooth.
- Beat in butter, vanilla and raspberry extracts.
- Gradually beat in the powdered sugar until it is all incorporated and smooth.
Enjoy!
your cupcakes look great!!! how do you get the frosting so good? is there a specific tip or way that you pipe the cupcake?
I will be making the frosting tonight for my daughters birthday tomorrow. She is allergic to red dye so I will throw in a couple rasberries and some red dye I made from beets
I made these cupcakes last night and WOW! The frosting is seriously the best I’ve ever had! They were very popular at work too :) Thank you!
These look delicious and adorable! My favourite combination. I will have to try them soon. Thanks!
jenna (of thatwifeblog.com) directed me here & these look just yum! similar to how i make my raspberry frosting (minus the cream cheese) and raspberry flavoring happens to be my fav! can't wait to try these :)
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Just curious.. what is that you’ve put in the center of the cupcakes, on the frosting?
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These looked delicious, so I just had to try them. I just stuck them in the oven, and I’m a little concerned… The batter tasted delicious, but it was water-thin! Am I doing something wrong?
These are so pretty! I love all of your photos, I can’t seem to get mine with the right light.