Have Your Own Cake and Eat It Too (Individual Chocolate Cakes)

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Cook Time:
30 min
Level:
Easy
Yield:
12 large cupcakes

Times:

Prep: 30 min
Inactive Prep: 1 hr 0 min
Cook: 30 min
Total:: 2 hr 0 min

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Ingredients

1 1/2 cups (3 sticks) unsalted butter, cut into pieces
1 cup freshly brewed coffee
1/2 cup water or milk
3/4 cup unsweetened Dutch-process cocoa
3 cups all-purpose flour
3 1/4 cups granulated sugar
3/4 teaspoon baking powder
3/4 teaspoon fine salt
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
3/4 cup sour cream
3 large eggs, room temperature
1 1/2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
Confectioners' sugar, for dusting

Chocolate Coconut Glaze:

6 ounces semisweet chocolate, finely chopped
1/2 cup canned unsweetened coconut milk
1 to 2 tablespoons corn syrup
1 1/2 cups unsweetened coconut chips or shredded coconut, lightly toasted

Directions

Equipment: 12 cup jumbo muffin tin

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Line the large muffin tins with large cupcake liners.

Put the butter, coffee, water, and cocoa in a microwave-safe bowl, cover with plastic wrap, and microwave on HIGH until the butter melts, about 2 minutes. Whisk to combine.

Meanwhile, whisk the flour, granulated sugar, baking powder, salt, and baking soda in a large bowl. Beat the sour cream with the egg and vanilla in a small bowl. Whisk the hot cocoa mixture into the dry ingredients. Stir in the sour cream mixture just to combine; don't overmix. Divide the batter evenly between the prepared muffin tins, filling each one about 3/4 of the way full (about 2/3 cup per cupcake). Bake cupcakes until a toothpick inserted in the center of the cake comes out clean, about 30 minutes.

Cool the cupcakes completely in the tin on a rack. Remove from liners and return cakes to a rack.

For the glaze: Put chocolate in a medium bowl. Bring coconut milk and corn syrup to a boil, stirring constantly, then pour it over the chocolate. Let the mixture stand for 10 minutes, then stir until smooth. Spread 1 tablespoon warm glaze evenly over each cake, then scatter the coconut over the top.

Cook's Note We prefer Dutch-process cocoa here over natural cocoa for its fuller, deeper flavor.

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recipe Have Your Own Cake and Eat It Too (Individual Chocolate Cakes)
Ramona Phoenix, AZ 08-04-2009
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Decadent Delight for the Chocoholic!
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

I was looking for a muffin recipe that included sour cream when I came across this one. My husband absolutely loves the... intense chocolate flavor of Dutch process cocoa, so I was sure this would go over well with the family. I thought a jumbo muffin would be too much for a single serving, so I used 24 regular muffin cups, plus I had enough left over for 8 mini-muffins. I split one mini-muffin with my husband before it was iced, and they are very moist and intensely chocolate - just what I was expecting! After reading the reviews and the recipe for the chocolate glaze, I decided to make coconut pecan filling from scratch and the combination is to die for. Definitely an easy recipe that I will make again whenever I need to satisfy the chocolate cravings...Read more
recipe Have Your Own Cake and Eat It Too (Individual Chocolate Cakes)
Nancy San Jose, CA 04-18-2009
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Excellent!
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

Excellent recipe to make the perfect, not-too-sweet, chocolate cake or cupcakes! My guests loved the hint of coffee!
recipe Have Your Own Cake and Eat It Too (Individual Chocolate Cakes)
jullianna palm desert, CA 02-22-2009
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Will make again
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

These are really good. We do not like coconut so we just put white chocolate on the top. They were GREAT!!!!!!!!
recipe Have Your Own Cake and Eat It Too (Individual Chocolate Cakes)
Emma Cincinnati, OH 11-15-2008
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Substitute
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

I have people in my family that dont like coconut so instead of coconut i put white chocolate glaze with white chocolate... shavings on topRead more
recipe Have Your Own Cake and Eat It Too (Individual Chocolate Cakes)
Osiris Longmont, CO 08-31-2008
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cake
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

it's easy, tasty, and it can be bake in less than in hour. I will love to know more of this fun, and delicious recipes in a... show or send to me in my e-mail.Read more
recipe Have Your Own Cake and Eat It Too (Individual Chocolate Cakes)
CHERYL Tyler, TX 08-24-2008
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Delicious & Moist
Rated: 4 stars out of 5

I altered this recipe in the following ways: 1 - Made 3 round 8.5 inch cakes instead of cupcakes. 2 - Used 10 ounces of... butter, instead of the 12 ounces (3.5 sticks called for). 3 - Used 1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa and 1/4 cup dutch processed cocoa. 4 - Substitued 1/2 cup buttermilk for the 1/2 water or milk. I mixed the buttermilk in with the sour cream/egg mixture. 5 - Used 3 cups sugar instead of 3 1/4 cups. These changes turned out beautifully and I will be referring to this recipe again. Very, very moist!! The decrease in butter could have probably been more as this cake was slightly oily to the touch. In other recipes, I've found the sole use of dutch processed cocoa has made my cake an odd color and the flavor was not exactly what I had in mind. I've since used some combination of cocoa powders and had a much better flavor result.Read more