Devil's Food Cupcakes

Name: Devil's Food Cupcakes
Ingredients: 32 baking cups; 3 ounces good-quality unsweetened chocolate; 1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter, at room temperature; 2 1/4 cups (packed) dark brown sugar; 3 eggs; 2 1/4 cups cake flour; 2 teaspoons baking soda; 1/2 teaspoon salt; 1/2 cup buttermilk; 2 teaspoons vanilla extract; 6 ounces (6 squares) semisweet chocolate; 13 cup heavy cream; 1 tablespoon sugar; 1 1/2 tablespoons butter

14 ingredients

14 steps

Ingredients

32 baking cups
3 ounces good-quality unsweetened chocolate
1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter, at room temperature
2 1/4 cups (packed) dark brown sugar
3 eggs
2 1/4 cups cake flour
2 teaspoons baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup buttermilk
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
6 ounces (6 squares) semisweet chocolate
13 cup heavy cream
1 tablespoon sugar
1 1/2 tablespoons butter

Directions

1

Preheat the oven to 375 degrees.
2

Place the baking cups in the muffin pans.
3

Place the chocolate in a small heavy saucepan, and melt over low heat, stirring constantly.
4

Remove the pans from the heat and set aside.
5

Cream the butter and brown sugar together in the bowl of an electric mixer.
6

With the mixer on low speed, add the eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition.
7

Stir in the melted chocolate.
8

Combine the flour, baking soda and salt.
9

Alternating between the two, add the flour mixture and buttermilk to the chocolate mixture in three stages, ending with the flour.
10

Then slowly stir in 1 cup of boiling water and the vanilla.
11

Pour the batter 3/4 full into the baking cups.
12

Place in the oven and bake until a toothpick inserted into the center of a cupcake comes out clean, about 15 minutes.
13

Remove the pans from the oven, and let the cupcakes cool for 5 minutes, and then remove them from the muffin pans.
14

Let the cupcakes cool completely.