Dark Chocolate Cupcakes with Mascarpone Cheese Cocoa Frosting

These flavorful, rich, chocolaty cupcakes will be great for any occasion.

RECIPE:

Ingredients:

dry ingredients:

• 2 cup flour
• 3/4-1 cup sugar
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 2 tablespoon cocoa

wet ingredients:

• 1 cup milk
• 1 egg
• 80 g melted butter
• 100g dark chocolate, melted

Directions:

1. Mix dry and wet ingredients separately, then stir just until combined.
2. Preheat oven to 400° F.
3. Line a 12-cup muffin tin with cupcake papers , fill each cup 2/3 full with batter.
4. Bake 15-20 minutes or until toothpick inserted in the center of one of the cupcakes comes out clean.

Mascarpone cheese cocoa frosting

• 50 g  unsalted butter, softened
• 250 g mascarpone cheese, softened
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 350 g confectioner’s sugar
• 3 tablespoons cocoa powder

1. Beat the butter and mascarpone cheese together until fluffy.
2. Add the vanilla extract, cocoa and the sugar incrementally, until fully incorporated.