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German Chocolate Cupcakes
German Chocolate Cupcakes that are soft, rich and soooo chocolaty slathered with caramel-esque sweet and crunchy Toasted Coconut Pecan Frosting! These German Chocolate Cupcakes are your favorite Chocolate cake but in mini-cupcake form!
👥 36 Servings👤 Jen📖 carlsbadcravings
🥘 Ingredients
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🍳 Cookware
- pan
- oven
- saucepan
- whisk
- bowl
📝 Preparation Steps
1
Cake
2
Preheat oven to 350°F. Grease 36 cupcake liners in a cupcake/muffin pan. Set aside.
3
Bring 1/2 cup water to a simmer in small saucepan. Reduce heat to low and add chopped chocolate; whisk until smooth. Cool.
cup water1/2
4
Sift flour, baking soda, baking powder, salt, and cocoa powder into a medium bowl.
baking powder1 teaspooncocoa powder1 tablespoon
5
In a separate bowl, with an electric mixer on medium-high speed, cream the butter and sugar until light and fluffy, approximately ⏱️ 4 minutes. Add eggs, 1 at a time, mixing until completely incorporated before adding each additional egg. Beat in melted chocolate and vanilla.
sugar2 cupscups brown sugar, packed1 1/4large eggs (at room temperature)4
6
Turn the mixer to low and slowly add the dry ingredients, alternating with the buttermilk. Fold in chocolate chips.
buttermilk1 cup
7
Fill the prepared cupcake liners with the batter. Bake for ⏱️ 15-20 minutes or until toothpick inserted into center comes out clean. Cool cupcakes in the pan on a wire rack.
8
Frosting
9
Whisk the egg yolks, evaporated milk and brown sugar together in a large saucepan. Add butter and cook over medium high heat until the sugar dissolves and the butter melts, stirring constantly. Continue cooking, stirring constantly until thick enough to coat the back of a spoon, approximately ⏱️ 10-15 minutes. Remove from heat and stir in vanilla, salt, coconut and pecans.
egg yolks4sugar2 cupscups brown sugar, packed1 1/4
10
Allow to cool before frosting (you can place in the refrigerator to spread up this process.) Scoop the frosting onto the cooled cupcakes with a heaping 1/2 ounce ice cream scoop.
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