Chocolate Glazed Marble Cupcakes
- Level: Intermediate
- Yield: 12 cupcakes
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- Nutritional Analysis
- Per Serving
- Serving Size
- 1 of 12 servings
- Calories
- 328
- Total Fat
- 21
- Saturated Fat
- 13
- Carbohydrates
- 34
- Dietary Fiber
- 2
- Sugar
- 20
- Protein
- 4
- Cholesterol
- 76
- Sodium
- 118
- Total: 2 hr 30 min
- Active: 35 min
Ingredients
Cupcakes:
1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour (see Cook's note)
1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
1/4 teaspoon fine salt
2 large eggs, at room temperature
2/3 cup sugar
12 tablespoons (1 1/2 sticks) unsalted butter, melted
2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
1/2 cup milk
2 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder
Chocolate Glaze:
1 cup chopped semisweet chocolate (not chips)
1/2 cup heavy cream
Directions
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F and line a 12-cup muffin tin with cupcake liners.
- Whisk the flour, baking powder and salt together in a medium bowl. Beat the eggs and sugar together in another medium bowl with an electric mixer on medium-high speed until light and foamy, about 2 minutes. While beating, gradually pour in the butter and then the vanilla.
- Reduce the mixer speed to low and add half the flour mixture, followed by the milk and the remaining flour mixture, beating until each addition is just incorporated. Remove one-third of the batter (about 1 cup) and stir in the cocoa powder. Alternate dropping spoonfuls of the batters into the cupcake liners, using a larger spoon for the yellow batter and a smaller spoon for the chocolate batter. Swirl with an offset spatula or a skewer.
- Bake until a toothpick inserted in the center of the cakes comes out clean, 18 to 20 minutes. Cool the cupcakes on a rack in the tin for 10 minutes, and then remove from the tin. Cool on the rack completely.
For the chocolate glaze:
- Put the chocolate in a medium bowl. Heat the cream in a small saucepan over medium heat until it just simmers. Pour the cream over the chocolate and let sit for 1 minute. Then gently stir until smooth and glossy. Cool the glaze slightly until thickened but not hard. Spread 1 tablespoon of glaze on top of each cupcake or dip the top of the cupcake in the glaze.
Cook’s Note
When measuring flour, we spoon it into a dry measuring cup and level off the excess. (Scooping directly from the bag compacts the flour, resulting in dry baked goods.)