Gourmet Cupcake Recipes can be made of a Cocoa Recipe or a Delicious Chocolate Fudge Cake Recipe

Gourmet cupcake recipes can be made for many occasions, especially children’s parties. These can be made from any of my chocolate cake recipes.

Every time I think about cupcakes it reminds me of when I was a child. Cupcake recipes were the first thing that I remember my sister Gloria making. She had just gotten married and Mom, Dad and I went to see her in her new apartment. There she was busy baking as we entered the door. I had never seen so many cupcakes before and she had frosted them with every color of frosting imaginable. They were beautiful! (And they tasted good too!) These were truly gourmet cupcakes recipes!

CUP CAKE BROWNIES

• 4 Squares semi-sweet chocolate


• 1 Cup butter


• 1 Cup flour


• 1 ¾ Cups sugar


• 4 Eggs


• 2 Cups pecans


• 1 Teaspoon vanilla

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

Melt chocolate and butter together and cool.

Mix sugar and eggs with the chocolate mixture.

Add in the flour, stirring as little as possible; then stir in the nuts and vanilla.

Fill cupcake liners ½ full with batter and bake about 25 minutes or until pick comes out clean.

FUDGE CUPCAKES

• 3 Ounces cream cheese


• 1 Egg 1 Egg yolk


• 4 Ounces shredded semi-sweet chocolate


• 1 ½ Cups sifted flour


• ¼ Cup cocoa


• ½ Teaspoon salt


• 1 ¼ Cups sugar


• ¾ Teaspoon baking soda


• ¾ Cup water


• 1/3 Cup oil


• 1 Egg white


• 1 Tablespoon vinegar


• 1 Teaspoon vanilla


• ¾ Cup chopped almonds


• ¼ Cup sugar

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

Mix ¼ cup sugar with the almonds

In a bowl combine the cream cheese, egg, egg yolk, and ¼ cup sugar.

In another bowl combine flour, 1 cup sugar, cocoa, baking soda and salt.

Add to the dry mixture the water, oil, egg white, vinegar and vanilla and mix well.

Fill cupcake liners in pan ½ full with chocolate batter.

Spoon 1 tablespoon cream cheese mixture on top of batter.

Sprinkle top of cream cheese with the almond mixture.

Bake for 25 to 30 minutes.

CHOCOLATE CUPCAKES

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

• 1 ½ Cups flour


• 1 Cup sugar


• ½ Cup unsweetened cocoa powder


• 1 Tablespoon instant espresso powder


• 1 Teaspoon baking soda


• ½ Teaspoon salt


• ¾ Cup warm water


• ½ Cup vegetable oil


• 1 Large egg


• 2 Teaspoon vanilla

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

Combine in a mixing bowl the flour, sugar, cocoa, espresso, soda and salt; stir to blend.

Whisk in the water, oil, egg and vanilla until well blended.

Fill cupcake liners 2/3 full with batter.

Bake 20 to 25 minutes or until pick comes out clean.

When cool, frost.

CHOCOLATE BUTTERCREAM FROSTING

• 1 Box confectionary sugar


• ½ Cup soft butter


• ½ Cup cocoa powder


• 1/3 Cup milk


• 1 Teaspoon vanilla

Beat all ingredients until smooth and fluffy.

Spread on cupcakes.

If you like gourmet cupcake recipes try these chocolate dessert recipes

• Chocolate Cheesecake Recipes


• Chocolate Icing Recipe


• No bake dessert recipes


• Chocolate Layer Cake


• Chocolate cookie recipes

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