How to Make Spiced Chocolate Cupcakes With Eggnog Icing

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How to Make Spiced Chocolate Cupcakes With Eggnog Icing

Kim C

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Step 1 of 19

Line muffin pan with cupcake liners

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Preheat oven to 350 degrees

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Brew a cup of your favourite coffee

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Whisk together hot coffee and cocoa powder until smooth, set aside to cool

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In another bowl, sift together flour, salt, baking soda, cinnamon and cloves

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In a stand mixer beat the egg, egg yolk and sugar on medium speed until pale yellow in colour

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Add the sour cream and mix until combined

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Add and mix the vegetable oil

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Add all of the flour mixture and mix until combined

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Add the cocoa mixture and mix until smooth

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It should look like this!

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Fill the cupcake liners 2/3 full and bake for 12-15 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into the centre of a cupcake comes out clean

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To fill the cups with batter, fill an icing/decorating bag with the batter and go for it - less messy and more control!

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Allow cupcakes to cool in the pan for a few minutes before transferring to wire rack

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Once cupcakes have cooled completely, cream the butter in a stand mixer, then add 3 cups of icing sugar gradually. Add salt, nutmeg, and vanilla and blend before adding the final cup of icing sugar

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Add the eggnog 1/2 tablespoon at a time while mixing on medium speed until desired consistency is reached

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Fill icing/decorating bag with icing - putting the bag in a cup makes filling it easier!

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Start at the centre of the cupcake and ice in a circular motion towards the outside of the cupcake to achieve a rose effect

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Enjoy!

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Kim C

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⅔ Cups Hot coffee

½ Cups Cocoa powder

1 ¼ Cups Flour

½ Teaspoons Salt

1 ¼ Teaspoons Ground cinnamon

½ Teaspoons Ground cloves

1 Cup Sugar

1 Egg

1 Egg yolk

⅔ Cups Sour cream

½ Cups Vegetable oil

1 Cup Softened butter

4 Cups Icing sugar (sifted)

½ Teaspoons Salt

¼ Teaspoons Ground nutmeg

1 Teaspoon Vanilla extract

3 Tablespoons Eggnog

1 ¼ Teaspoons Baking soda

Thank you! I'm new to this!

Sara Brisby 4 months ago

Can't wait to try to make these for my wife

Zig Hyman 5 months ago

Measurements can be found in the supplies section of the guide.

Kim C (author) 5 months ago

Looks good, but I don't see the measurements!

Sara Brisby 5 months ago

I like it so far

Clint Koble 5 months ago

Wow great

AAS91 AAS91 5 months ago

Where are the measurements? How much flour? How many eggs, etc.

Linda Bumgarner 5 months ago

good look，good taste

Rage Lu 5 months ago

look

Yibo Cao 5 months ago

I had never made cupcakes before I came across this recipe. I brought them to my girlfriends family Christmas and they where a huge hit. Thanks

Mitch Winslow 5 months ago

The tip is similar to Wilton's 1M Swirl - anything similar would work

Kim C (author) 5 months ago

What tip with the piping bag did you use for the rose petal effect?

Wil Iam William 5 months ago

Sounds mouth watering!

Dawn Poe 5 months ago

Really good guide:-)

Mie Gudesen Jakobsen 5 months ago

The original recipe comes from: www.completelydelicious.com

Kim C (author) 5 months ago

I've never made cake pops from this recipe, but I'm sure you could - I would love to hear the outcome of any attempt to do so!

Kim C (author) 5 months ago

nice

HE Ndi 5 months ago

Do you think you could use this recipe for cake pops? It sounds delicious!!

Diana Davis 5 months ago

Look good!😃

I-craft I-cook 5 months ago

Great guide Ty!

Rane Body Decor 5 months ago

These are just beautiful!

Kylee E 5 months ago

Wow great recipe!

Jan Collado 5 months ago

Look for the "supplies" section of the guide on whatever device you are using - all ingredients and measurements are listed there

Kim C (author) 5 months ago

You need to click on the ingredients icon to see the amounts for the ingredients. On my iPad, the icon looks like dots and dashes.

Marion Frazer 5 months ago

Are there amounts I missed for the ingredients?!?

Beth Dickenson 5 months ago

I love the helpful hints on filling the muffin tins and getting the frosting into the icing bag. Great tip

Kathy Sparrow Moreland 5 months ago

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Thanks for the comment Joan - it's 1 1/4 tsp. I've updated the supply list.

Kim C (author) 5 months ago

How much baking powder. Not in the recipe?

Joan Coughlan 5 months ago

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thx :)

richard qin 5 months ago

Richard, do a quick search for frosting videos on the net - there are some great ones out there - which is how I learned to do this effect. With the right tip you can get a great result with little effort.

Kim C (author) 5 months ago

detailed demonstration needed for this rose effect

richard qin 5 months ago

Thanks! The tip I used is similar to Wilton's 1M swirl

Kim C (author) 5 months ago