Triple Chocolate Mini Cupcakes

Ingredients for 1 servings:

• 50 g butter
• 25 g dark chocolate, chopped
• 75 g sugar
• 1 egg(s)
• 1 tsp, leveled baking powder
• 1 pinch of salt
• 90 g flour
• 2 tbsp cocoa powder
• 50 ml milk
• 25 g chopped white chocolate
• 25 g milk chocolate, chopped
• 180 g powdered sugar, sifted
• 120 g butter, room temperature
• vanilla pulp
• 3 tbsp cream
• Food coloring, red

Instructions

Working time approx. 30 minutes; Cooking/baking time approx. 15 minutes; Total time approx. 45 minutes

For 24 mini cupcakes

Preheat the oven to approximately 180°C (top/bottom heat) and line a mini muffin tin with paper baking cups. Chop the dark chocolate and melt it with the butter in the microwave (or in a double boiler). Let this mixture cool briefly, then beat it with the sugar until fluffy. Stir in the egg. Separately, mix the flour with baking powder, salt, and cocoa powder. Then gradually add this mixture, along with the milk, to the chocolate mixture. Once everything is well blended, fold in the chopped white and milk chocolate. Pour the batter into the prepared cups and bake for approximately 10-15 minutes (depending on the oven). Once the mini muffins are done (do the toothpick test!), remove them from the oven and let them cool thoroughly! This quantity is sufficient for 24 mini cupcakes. For the frosting, sift the powdered sugar (important!! Otherwise, lumps may form later, which won’t look good in the frosting…) and mix the softened butter with the powdered sugar until you have a smooth mixture. Add the seeds of one vanilla pod. Gradually add 3-4 tablespoons of cream until the mixture reaches a nice, not too runny consistency, so that you can pipe it onto the cupcakes. Finally, you can add red food coloring to color the mixture, but this is optional. Only pipe the frosting onto the mini muffins once they have completely cooled, otherwise the mixture will become warm and soft and won’t hold its shape. This frosting mixture is enough for 24 mini cupcakes. It’s best to keep the finished mini cupcakes in the refrigerator until ready to serve.