Cinco de Chili Chocolate Cupcakes with Chili Cream Cheese Frosting
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Cooking:
30 min.
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Servings per container:
24
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Ingredients for - Cinco de Chili Chocolate Cupcakes with Chili Cream Cheese Frosting

1. Devil's food chocolate cake mix - 1 (18.25 ounce) box
2. Ground ancho chile pepper - 1 ½ teaspoons
3. Cayenne pepper - ¼ teaspoon
4. Water - 1 ¼ cups
5. Vegetable oil - ⅓ cup
6. Eggs - 3
7. Ground ancho chile pepper - 1 teaspoon
8. Cayenne pepper - ⅛ teaspoon
9. Ground cinnamon - ½ teaspoon
10. Confectioners' sugar, or more as needed - 4 cups
11. Cream cheese, softened - 1 (8 ounce) package
12. Butter, softened - ½ cup
13. Clear vanilla extract, or to taste - ½ teaspoon
14. Small dried red chiles - 24

How to cook deliciously - Cinco de Chili Chocolate Cupcakes with Chili Cream Cheese Frosting

1. Stage

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

2. Stage

Whisk cake mix, 1 1/2 teaspoons ground ancho chile, and 1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper. Beat in water, vegetable oil, and eggs with an electric mixer on medium speed; beat for 2 minutes. Spoon batter into the prepared muffin cups, filling them 2/3 full.

3. Stage

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. Stage

Sift 1 teaspoon ground ancho chile, 1/8 teaspoon cayenne pepper, and cinnamon with confectioners' sugar in a mixing bowl. Beat in cream cheese and butter with an electric mixer on medium speed until smooth; mix in vanilla extract.

5. Stage

Spread frosting onto cooled cupcakes in attractive swirls. Poke a small dried chile, stem-side up, into frosting as a garnish.