Daily Cupcake Recipe

Recipe for Tuesday, June 28th, 2011:
Chocolate Cupcakes with Chocolate Malt Frosting

Recipe via Love & Olive Oil

Prep time: unknown
Bake time: 18-20 minutes

Serves: 12 cupcakes

Ingredients [Chocolate Cupcakes]:

• 1 cup coconut milk
• 1/3 cup canola oil
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 3/4 cup sugar
• 1 cup all-purpose flour
• 2 tablespoons almond meal
• 1/3 cup cocoa powder
• 3/4 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/4 teaspoon salt

Ingredients [Chocolate Malt Frosting]:

• 1/2 cup butter or margarine, room temperature
• 3 tablespoons cocoa powder
• 3-4 cups confectioners’ sugar
• 1/4 cup milk or soymilk
• 1/4 cup malted milk powder
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract

(A conversion table can be found here.)

Directions:

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Line muffin pan with paper liners.

Whisk together the coconut milk, sugar, oil, and vanilla extract until incorporated. In a separate bowl, sift together the flour, almond meal, cocoa powder, baking soda, baking powder, and salt. Make a well in the center of dry ingredients and pour in coconut milk mixture. Stir until just smooth (do not overmix).

Pour into liners, filling each with 3 tablespoons of batter (cups should be no more than 2/3 full). For mini cupcakes, fill each with 1 tablespoon batter. Bake 18-20 minutes (or 10-12 for minis), or until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean. Transfer to a cooling rack and let cool completely.

Make frosting: In a small bowl, combine milk and malted milk powder and mix until combined. Set aside. In the bowl of a stand mixer, cream butter until smooth and fluffy, 2-3 minutes. Add cocoa powder and 1 cup powdered sugar and beat until combined. Mix in vanilla and malted milk mixture. Continue adding sugar, 1/2 cup at a time, mixing well after each addition (depending on the temperature of your butter, you may need more or less sugar/cream to achieve the proper consistency). Continue beating until light and fluffy, about 3-5 minutes.

Spread or pipe frosting onto cooled cupcakes.