Flourless Chocolate Cupcakes with Chocolate Cream Cheese Frosting

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recipe by The Kitchen Paper https://thekitchenpaper.com/

  • Time icon
    Total Time
    35mins
  • Serves icon
    Serves
    12
  • Calories icon
    Calories
    298
based on 2 ratings

These are dense, chocolatey, and more cake-like than any flourless dessert I’ve ever made. They were fabulous! Throw on some frosting, and you have a pretty darn delicious dessert. If you’re dairy free too, just substitute your butter replacement and it should work just fine!

Inspired by: http://thekitchenpaper.com/flourless-chocolate-cupcakes-with-chocolate-cream-cheese-frosting/

recipe updated Feb 18, 2022

Ingredients

  • Unsalted butter icon
    Unsalted butter
    115 g
  • Egg icon
    Egg
    3
  • Semisweet chocolate icon
    Semisweet chocolate
    115 g
  • Brown sugar icon
    Brown sugar
    130 g
  • Salt icon
    Salt
    ½ teaspoon
  • Cocoa powder icon
    Cocoa powder
    65 g
  • Coffee powder icon
    Coffee powder
    ½ teaspoon
  • Cream cheese icon
    Cream cheese
    115 g
  • Unsalted butter icon
    Unsalted butter
    60 g
  • Cocoa powder icon
    Cocoa powder
    3 tablespoons
  • Powdered sugar icon
    Powdered sugar
    155 g
  • Vanilla extract icon
    Vanilla extract
    1 teaspoon

Tools

  • kCook icon Stand mixer
  • kCook icon Oven
  • kCook icon Whisk
  • kCook icon Microwave
  • kCook icon Cooling rack
  • kCook icon Stand mixer bowl
  • kCook icon Mini muffin pan - 12-hole
  • kCook icon Large mixing bowl

Step preview

  1. Pre-heat oven - 190°C
  2. Add semisweet chocolate and unsalted butter to a clean large mixing bowl
  3. Heat in microwave until completely melted
  4. Whisk together until blended
  5. Add brown sugar, salt and egg and whisk in until smooth
  6. Add cocoa powder and coffee powder and mix until combined
  7. Prepare a clean mini muffin pan with paper muffin cups
  8. Transfer content of large mixing bowl to mini muffin pan
  9. Bake until just set - 15 min, 190°C
  10. Transfer onto cooling rack until completely cool
  11. Add cream cheese and unsalted butter to a clean stand mixer bowl
  12. Mix until light and fluffy
  13. Add cocoa powder, powdered sugar and vanilla extract
  14. Mix until smooth
  15. Frost with piping bag
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