Preheat the oven to 325°. Line muffin cups with paper liners.<\/li>\n
In a small bowl, mix the chocolate and 1\/4 cup of cocoa.<\/li>\n
Add the boiling water and let melt, then whisk until smooth. In a medium bowl, whisk the flour with the baking soda and salt.<\/li>\n
In a large bowl, using an electric mixer, beat 3\/4 plus 2 tbsp of butter and brown sugar until fluffy.<\/li>\n
Beat in the eggs, buttermilk and 1 tsp vanilla, then slowly beat in the dry ingredients and the chocolate mixture in 3 alternating batches.<\/li>\n
Fill the muffin cups three-fourths full with the batter. Bake about 18 minutes, shifting the pans halfway through, until the cupcakes are springy and a toothpick inserted in the center comes out with a few moist crumbs attached. Let the cupcakes cool in the pans for 15 minutes, then unmold them and transfer to a rack to cool completely.<\/li>\n
Beat 2 tbsp butter with the milk and 1 tsp vanilla. Add enough icing sugar to make a creamy consistency. Spread the icing on the cooled cupcakes. Serve.<\/li>\n<\/ol><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
4 ounces unsweetened chocolate, finely chopped 1\/4 cup Dutch-process cocoa powder, plus more for sprinkling 1 1\/4 cups boiling water 1 1\/2 cups all-purpose flour 1 teaspoon baking soda 1\/4 teaspoon salt 1 cup butter 1 1\/2 cups packed dark brown sugar 3 large eggs 1\/2 cup buttermilk 2 teaspoon pure vanilla extract 2 tbsp milk… Continue reading Dark Chocolate Cupcakes<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,2],"tags":[59],"class_list":["post-280","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cupcakes-muffins","category-dessert","tag-chocolate","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/hiphopcookbook.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/280","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/hiphopcookbook.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/hiphopcookbook.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/hiphopcookbook.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/hiphopcookbook.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=280"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/hiphopcookbook.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/280\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/hiphopcookbook.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=280"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/hiphopcookbook.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=280"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/hiphopcookbook.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=280"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}