Flourless Chocolate Cupcakes with Chocolate Cream Cheese Frosting

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recipe by The Kitchen Paper http://www.thekitchenpaper.com

  • Time icon
    Total Time
    35mins
  • Serves icon
    Serves
    12
  • Calories icon
    Calories
    298
based on 1 ratings

These are dense, chocolatey, and more cake-like than any flourless dessert I’ve ever made. They were fabulous! Throw on some frosting, and you have a pretty darn delicious dessert. If you’re dairy free too, just substitute your butter replacement and it should work just fine!

recipe updated 16 Oct 2018

Ingredients

  • Semisweet chocolate icon
    Semisweet chocolate
    113g
  • Unsalted butter icon
    Unsalted butter
    115g
  • Brown sugar icon
    Brown sugar
    128g
  • Salt icon
    Salt
    3g
  • Egg icon
    Egg
    150g
  • Cocoa powder icon
    Cocoa powder
    67g
  • Coffee powder icon
    Coffee powder
    1g
  • Cream cheese icon
    Cream cheese
    113g
  • Unsalted butter icon
    Unsalted butter
    58g
  • Cocoa powder icon
    Cocoa powder
    16g
  • Powdered sugar icon
    Powdered sugar
    153g
  • Vanilla extract icon
    Vanilla extract
    5ml

Tools

  • kCook icon Stand Mixer
  • kCook icon Whisk
  • kCook icon Microwave
  • kCook icon Cooling rack
  • kCook icon Stand mixer bowl
  • kCook icon Mini muffin pan - 12-hole
  • kCook icon Large mixing bowl

Step preview

  1. Prep and set aside unsalted butter: cubed
  2. Prep and set aside egg: beaten
  3. Pre-heat
  4. Get a clean large mixing bowl
  5. Add semisweet chocolate
  6. Add prepared unsalted butter
  7. Heat in microwave until completely melted
  8. Whisk together until blended
  9. Add brown sugar
  10. Add salt
  11. Add prepared egg
  12. Whisk in until smooth
  13. Add sifted cocoa powder
  14. Add sifted coffee powder
  15. Mix until combined
  16. Prepare a mini muffin pan with paper muffin cups
  17. Transfer content of large mixing bowl to mini muffin pan
  18. Bake for 15min until just set
  19. Transfer onto cooling rack until completely cool
  20. Get a clean stand mixer bowl
  21. Add cream cheese
  22. Add unsalted butter
  23. Mix until light and fluffy
  24. Add cocoa powder
  25. Add powdered sugar
  26. Add vanilla extract
  27. Mix until smooth
  28. Frost with piping bag
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