Cinco de Chili Chocolate Cupcakes with Chili Cream Cheese Frosting recipe

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Ingredients

1 (18.25 ounce) box devil's food chocolate cake mix
1 ½ teaspoons ground ancho chile pepper
¼ teaspoon cayenne pepper
1 ¼ cups water
⅓ cup vegetable oil
3 eggs
1 teaspoon ground ancho chile pepper
⅛ teaspoon cayenne pepper
½ teaspoon ground cinnamon
4 cups confectioners' sugar, or more as needed
1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese, softened
½ cup butter, softened
½ teaspoon clear vanilla extract, or to taste
24 small dried red chiles

Nutrition Info

273.5 calories
carbohydrate: 36.1 g
cholesterol: 57.2 mg
fat: 13.5 g
fiber: 0.7 g
protein: 3 g
saturatedFat: 6.1 g
servingSize: -
sodium: 248.9 mg
sugar: 28.2 g
transFat: : -
unsaturatedFat: : -

Directions

  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Line 24 cupcake cups with paper liners.

  2. Empty the boxed cake mix into a mixing bowl, and whisk in 1 1/2 teaspoon of ground ancho chile and 1/4 teaspoon of cayenne pepper. Using an electric mixer on medium speed, beat in the water, vegetable oil, and eggs, beat for 2 minutes. Spoon the batter into the prepared cupcake cups, filling them 2/3 full.

  3. Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center of a cupcake comes out clean, 18 to 22 minutes. Remove and cool completely before frosting.

  4. In a bowl, sift 1 teaspoon of ground ancho chile, 1/8 teaspoon of cayenne pepper, and the cinnamon with the confectioners' sugar. Beat in the cream cheese and butter with an electric mixer on medium speed until the frosting is smooth, mix in the vanilla extract. Spread the frosting onto the cooled cupcakes in attractive swirls, and poke a small dried chile, stem-side up, into the frosting as a garnish.

Recipe Yield

2 dozen cupcakes

Recipe Note

Dark chocolate cupcakes with a bite! Topped with Chili Cream Cheese Frosting. This recipe was inspired from a combination of recommendations from AR Buzzers. Thanks all! They were a huge hit at our annual Chili Cook-off. Many wanted THEM to be allowed as an entry. Add more chili and cayenne powder to taste. (IF YOU CAN TAKE IT!)

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