Suzie The Foodie

Food Writer, Photographer and Product Reviewer

Follow Suzie the Foodie

Facebooktwitterpinterestinstagramby feather
  • Home
  • Contact
  • Recipes
  • Product Reviews
  • Older Posts
  • Instant Pot
You are here: Home / recipe / Mini Devil’s Food Cupcakes with Mocha Frosting

Mini Devil’s Food Cupcakes with Mocha Frosting

April 10, 2017 by Suzie the Foodie 4 Comments

Mini Devil's Food Cupcakes with Mocha Frosting

Get The Recipe!

What do you do when you have a large class of drawing students to bake for to celebrate your last class together but only have so much energy? You turn to Martha Stewart’s Cupcake cookbook and take her recipe for Devil’s Food Cupcakes, divide the recipe in half and convert it to mini cupcakes. That way you have lots for everyone and you are not being too bad of an influence.

Despite these cupcakes being quite awesome, I highly recommend you serve them with my mocha icing recipe which is also included in this post. These cupcakes are good but with that mocha icing? Mind-blowingly fabulous! Click here for the recipe.

The Weirdness

Mini Devil's Food Cupcakes with Mocha Frosting

FYI, this recipe is WEIRD! Everything is either room temperature or warm. Never made cupcakes like them before.

Melt 3/4 cup butter with 1 cup 2 tbsp of sugar. Remove from heat, pour into mixing bowl and beat at medium-low speed until cooled. This takes just a few minutes.

The Rest of the Ingredients

Mini Devil's Food Cupcakes with Mocha Frosting

For the cupcakes you will also need 6 tbsp of cocoa powder, 6 tbsp hot water, 1 1/2 cups flour, 1/2 tsp baking soda, 1/2 tsp baking powder, 3/4 tsp sea salt, 2 room temperature large eggs, 3/4 tbsp of vanilla and 1/2 cup room temperature sour cream.

The Baking

Mini Devil's Food Cupcakes with Mocha Frosting

Whisk together cocoa powder and hot water until smooth. I know, weird right?!

In a separate bowl, whisk together remaining dry ingredients.

Mini Devil's Food Cupcakes with Mocha Frosting

Once butter and sugar mixture has cooled beat in eggs, one at a time until well incorporated. Scrape down sides of bowl as needed. Add vanilla and then cocoa mixture.

Reduce speed to low and add flour, then sour cream, then flour, then last of sour cream and then the last of the flour.

Mini Devil's Food Cupcakes with Mocha Frosting

Beat until just combined.

Mini Devil's Food Cupcakes with Mocha Frosting

Line a mini muffin tin with paper liners, fill them 3/4 with batter and put into a pre-heated 325F oven for 15-18 minutes until baked through.

Mini Devil's Food Cupcakes with Mocha Frosting

There was also enough leftover for us to have 6 regular cupcakes! I baked those at 350F for 20 minutes.

Mini Devil's Food Cupcakes with Mocha Frosting

Cool on a wire rack completely.

Decorating!

Mini Devil's Food Cupcakes with Mocha Frosting

Sift together 3/4 cup icing sugar and 2 tsp cocoa powder.

Beat in 2 tbsp + 2 tsp of soft butter, 1 tsp espresso and 1 tsp vanilla. You may have to add a tiny bit of water to get the consistency you need for decorating the cupcakes.

Mini Devil's Food Cupcakes with Mocha Frosting

I FINALLY found my cake decorating piping bags!!! I put one with a 74 star tip into a tall bag and filled with the mocha frosting.

Mini Devil's Food Cupcakes with Mocha Frosting

Next time I might use a larger star tip but decorate as you see fit!

Mini Devil's Food Cupcakes with Mocha Frosting

It was so much fun to go to class and share these delicious decadent bites with everyone on our last day together.

Mini Devil's Food Cupcakes with Mocha Frosting

I even did a glossy ganache topping on some of them but THAT recipe will be in my future foodie memoire to come. I just finished chapter 2.

Mini Devil's Food Cupcakes with Mocha Frosting

Get The Recipe!

These little beauties were beloved by everyone and one student told me I had found my calling. 🙂 I may be a fledgling so-called “artist” but when it comes to food? I like to think of myself as Martha’s apprentice.

Print Friendly, PDF & Email
Share

Filed Under: baking, chocolate, cupcakes, mocha, recipe, recipe review Tagged With: chocolate, coffee, cupcakes, devil's food, frosting, Mini, miniature, mocha, Suzie the Foodie

Comments

  1. Nar says

    April 10, 2017 at 3:09 pm

    Those look wonderful! I especially love the glossy ganache.

    Reply
    • Suzie the Foodie says

      April 10, 2017 at 4:58 pm

      Thank you Nar!!! 🙂

      Reply
  2. The Happy Whisk (Ivy) says

    April 10, 2017 at 5:36 pm

    Super cute, Suzie.

    Reply
    • Suzie the Foodie says

      April 10, 2017 at 5:42 pm

      Thanks Ivy!!!

      Reply

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Product Review: President’s Choice Ascolana Fried Olives Stuffed with Cheese

Product Review: President’s Choice Ascolana Fried Olives Stuffed with Cheese

Sweet! First 2022 Holiday President's Choice Insider's Report product review is up! Olives and cheese? Yes please!

Search Suzie the Foodie

I Am Alive!

I Am Alive!

It has been over a decade and my time as Suzie The Foodie is over! Thanks for all the love and support and remember, do not NOT feed the trolls. ~ Suzie The Foodie

Save $25 On A Magical Butter Kit!

Save $25 On A Magical Butter Kit!

Not only can you save $25 on a Magical Butter Kit with this coupon you help support me and my site when you purchase one!

Want a big discount on your purchase? Use the coupon code "SUZIE” when you check out!

Instant Pot Spicy Peanut Soup with Sweet Potato And Kale

Instant Pot Spicy Peanut Soup with Sweet Potato And Kale

Super fast and delicious soup made in the Instant Pot and saved my bacon!

My WordPress Guru

Special thanks to my WordPress Guru and long-time friend Mike D. Without your help, this website would not have been possible.

Copyright © 2023 · Metro Pro Theme on Genesis Framework · WordPress · Log in