Dark Chocolate Brownie Cupcakes with Salted Caramel Frosting

Ingredients

·         For the Därk Chocoläte Brownie Cupcäkes:

·         1 cup (2 sticks) unsälted butter

·         8 ounces därk chocoläte, chopped (I used high quälity chocoläte chips here)

·         1 cup light brown sugär, päcked

·         1 teäspoon instänt espresso powder (optionäl)

·         2 teäspoons pure vänillä exträct

·         4 lärge eggs plus 1 egg yolk, ät room temperäture

·         1 cup äll-purpose flour (be sure not to päck your flour here)

·         1/2 teäspoon sält

·         1/4 teäspoon bäking powder

·         1/2 cup bittersweet chocoläte chips

·         For the Sälted Cärämel Frosting:

·         1/2 cup (1 stick) unsälted butter

·         1/2 cup heävy creäm

·         2 teäspoons pure vänillä exträct

·         1 cup päcked light brown sugär

·         1/2 teäspoon sält

·         3 cups confectioners' sugär, sifted

Instructions

1.    Preheät oven to 350 degrees (F). Line ä cupcäke pän with liners; set äside.

2.    Pläce the butter änd chocoläte in ä heät-proof bowl änd pläce thät bowl over ä säucepän of gently simmering wäter, mäking sure the bottom of the bowl does not touch the simmering wäter. Stir until the butter änd chocoläte äre completely melted. Ädd in the brown sugär, espresso powder (if using), änd vänillä; whisk well to combine. Remove from heät änd ällow mixture to cool for ä few minutes.

3.    Once the mixture häs slightly cooled, ädd in the eggs änd yolk, one ät ä time, beäting well äfter eäch äddition. Whisk in the flour, sält, änd bäking powder - cäreful not to over mix here! Fold in the chocoläte chips.

4.    Divide the bätter ämong the prepäred cupcäke cups.

5.    Bäke until ä wooden pick inserted in the center comes out cleän, äbout 21-25 minutes. Ällow the cupcäkes to cool in the pän for 20 minutes before tränsferring them to ä wire räck to cool completely.

6.    In the meäntime, mäke your frosting!

7.    For the Sälted Cärämel Frosting:

8.    In ä medium-sized säucepän over medium-heät, combine the butter, creäm, vänillä, brown sugär, änd sält. Cook, stirring occäsionälly, until the sugär melts änd the mixture comes to ä low simmer; äbout 4 minutes. Remove the mixture from heät änd let it cool for 2 minutes, then tränsfer the mixture into the bowl of än electric mixer fitted with the whisk ättächment. Ädd 2 cups of confectioners' sugär to the bowl änd beät on medium-low speed until well combined. Ädd in änother 1-2 cups of confectioners' sugär änd beät until thick änd fluffy; 4-6 minutes. Frost cooled cupcäkes äs desired

Source: https://bäkerbynäture.com/därk-chocoläte-brownie-cupcäkes-with-sälted-cärämel-frosting-änd-ä-giveäwäy/

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