Chocolate and Chili Cupcakes

Submitted by ratherbeswimmin

"Flavor combination of chocolate and tingling chili."

 

• Ready In: 1hr
• Ingredients: 12
• Yields: 18 cupcakes, about

ingredients

• Cupcakes

• 1 cup sweet butter, softened
• 1 cup superfine sugar
• 1 1⁄2 cups self-rising flour
• 4 tablespoons Dutch-processed cocoa powder
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 4 eggs
• 2 teaspoons dried chipotle powder
• 1⁄2 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips

• Frosting

• 1 1⁄2 cups powdered sugar, sifted
• 1⁄2 cup Dutch-processed cocoa powder
• 3 tablespoons Tia Maria
• 1⁄2 cup sweet butter, softened

directions

1. Preheat oven to 350°. Place 18 baking cups in muffin pans.
2. In a large bowl, combine the first 7 cupcake ingredients; beat with an electric mixer until smooth, 2-3 minutes; stir in chocolate chips.
3. Spoon batter into the cups; bake 20 minutes.
4. Remove pans from the oven and cool for 5 minutes; remove cupcakes and cool on a rack.
5. Make the frosting: blend all the frosting ingredients together in a food processor.
6. Spread the frosting on the cooled cupcakes.