Kahlua and Cream Double Chocolate Chunk Cupcakes.
I’m sort of embarrassed.
You know how I usually bake you cupcakes, and then take pictures of them? And then one of those pictures usually has a big, fat hunk taken out of it from when I took a giant bite?
Well.
Please note the lack of bitten cupcake pictures.
Because, um… I made these cupcakes… and then I ate two. Like immediately ate two. As in couldn’t-keep-my-paws-off ate two. But the thing is that I didn’t make them for myself to eat. I made them to take to dinner at my parents’ house, to give to my brother who specifically asked for a “treat.”
And I lack all self control, and had to inhale two cupcakes the minute they came out of the oven. Just because. I’m a hot messssss. So when it came to taking a bite for pictures? Uhhh… I just couldn’t go with NINE cupcakes. I mean I was already giving him ten, two less than I should have. And nine is just… embarrassing. Just who do you think I am?
But since I ate two of the cupcakes (did I mention immediately?), I am more than qualified to talk about how fantastic they are.
Oh and the minute my brother saw them… he ate three. Eyes meet cupcake. Cupcake meet face.
So the lack of self control must run in the family of something. I dunno.
Here’s the deal: chocolate cupcakes with dark chocolate chunks, white chocolate chips and waaaaay too much Kahlua. In a good way. Frosted with sweet cream buttercream and just a hint of the liqueur, plus chocolate shavings upon chocolate shavings… we’ve got a good thing going on here. Yes we do.
Kahlua and Cream Double Chocolate Chunk Cupcakes
Ingredients
- 1 1/8 cups all purpose flour
- 1/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
- 1 1/4 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 3/4 cup granulated sugar
- 1 large egg
- 2 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 3/4 cup kahlua
- 1/2 cup unsalted butter, melted
- 4 ounces of high-quality dark chocolate, coarsely chopped
- 1/2 cup white chocolate chips
Frosting
- 1 cup (2 sticks) sweet cream butter, softened to room temperature
- 3 1/2 cups powdered sugar
- 1 tablespoon kahlua
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Instructions
Cupcakes
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
- In a bowl, whisk egg and sugar until smooth and no lumps remain. Add melted butter and vanilla and mix until combined. Sift dry ingredients together and add to wet mixture. Mix until batter is smooth with a large spoon, then whisk in kahlua. Fold in chocolate. Line a muffin tin with liners and using a heaping 1/4 cup measure, add batter to each cup until 3/4 of the way full. Bake for 15-18 minutes. Let cool completely before frosting.
Frosting
- Beat butter in the bowl of your electric mixer until smooth and creamy, about 2 minutes. Add in powdered sugar gradually (about 1/2 cup at a time) with the mixer on low speed, slowly increasing the speed until it’s combined. Add in vanilla extract and kahlua, then beat on medium-high speed for 3-4 minutes, occasionally scraping down the sides if needed, until white and fluffy. Frost cupcakes and garnish with grated white and dark chocolate.
Notes
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I’m actually jealous of myself for eating two. Now I’m starvvving.
128 Comments on “Kahlua and Cream Double Chocolate Chunk Cupcakes.”
Oh that frosting is just calling my name!
I really, really, really want one of these right now. I would probably want to lick the frosting off one, re-frost it, and then devour the entire cupcake. Call me crazy but that’s how it rolls sometimes.
That and I have a thing for chocolate.
Don’t apologize – that’s just a sign that the cupcakes ARE as amazing as they look!
totally understandable to have a lack of control around these beauties!
I want one!
yum is all i can muster!
I see your two cupcakes and I would likely raise you 3 – I love cupcakes with chunks. Matches my thighs.
I would devour two right now. These need to be in front of me so I can kick start my day!
Oh yummy! I love your cupcake recipes! I have made a few and was told they were the best cupcakes ever! I can’t wait to try this recipe!!!
I can totally see myself devouring 2 cupcakes worth of the batter before they even went in the oven!
Love this recipe – pinning and planning to use for a friends birthday. :)
Love, love, love these! Wish I had one with my coffee.
I love the thickness of the frosting and the little chocolate shavings on top! Don’t feel bad for eating two…..I’m sure most of us would have done the exact same thing! ;)
Can you translate for me what “sweet cream butter” is? I gotta have try some of these, and need to have the right ingredients!
Yup, I don’t think I could take 1 bite, snap a pic, and then eat the rest. Anything delaying my cupcake eating process… esp cupcakes with… umm.. KAHLUA…. that’s not happening. And sweet dear god that frosting…. gimme gimme gimme!!
YUM! How do you frost these…. do you just plop some frosting down and smooth it out? I love how it looks! :)
Frosted them this way! http://www.howsweeteats.com/2011/08/how-i-frost-my-cupcakes/
Oh my, thats just too much, I have gotta make those, I’m positively drooling here!!!!!
Sunday dessert for sure :)
Karen x
OH MY GOD!!! I immmmmeeeediately have to go, buy Kahlua and try them out!
And so by the way, I love the amount of calories on your blog and that you don’t care! :D
Oh my word. It’s 8 a.m. and I’m drooling over some cupcakes…
You are making my mouth water for cupcakes at 7:01 AM…. I tip my hat to you!
Yes, I definitely would have eaten two myself right out of the oven…if not three or four.
oh heavens, its not even 8 am and i need one of these in a bad way!!
A good thing indeed. Those look fabulous! Nothing to be embarrassed about, I mean, you HAVE to try them. You “people” need to know that they have been taste test approved.
Ha ha! You are so funny, Jessica! The cupcakes look amazing…I would have eaten two of them, too!
jessica … best line ever in a blog would have to be … Oh and the minute my brother saw them… “Eyes meet cupcake. Cupcake meet face.”
I have been waiting for a recipe like this! A woman I work with is obsessed with white russians, will have to make her these ASAP! Thanks for a fab recipe!
Oooh your cupcake frosting skills always make me swoon! I don’t think you should be embarrassed for eating 2 at all… I think it’s just evidence that you like to exercise thorough quality control!! :) And in these situations, quality control is more important than self control. ;)
I was totally confused by the specification of “sweet cream” butter, so just spent 5 minutes searching the internet trying to find out what it was, only to learn that it’s plain old butter. Is that right?
Hahaha yes, pretty much. But I knew people would freak if I didn’t specify sweet cream. Sometimes it says “sweet cream” on the label!
So…what other kind is there? Or am I just really ignorant for not knowing this?
I hope you ate them while standing over the sink, wearing grungy workout clothes. That’s my style, too.
YES.
I would totally inhale at least 2, I have been known to do the same with cookies as soon as they come out of the oven, self control what is that??
At least you stopped at two…I don’t think I would have had the self control!
I don’t wanna be a hater (because I’d totally eat these, after scraping off 3/4 of the frosting), but I DO NOT GET the idea that there has to be a 1:1 frosting to cake ratio. Don’t get it. If someone can explain what drove people to ruin a good cupcake with a diabetic-coma-sized pile of frosting, I would appreciate that.
I actually have to agree with you – I am not a frosting person. However, everyone around me (and I literally mean EVERYONE) wants this amount of frosting on their cupcakes. Some want more. It’s not my cup of tea but it’s what most people want, at least in my experience. It’s just a difference of flavors and opinions – it’s not necessarily “ruining” something.
Well, I think it’s definitely ruining people’s health. I’m all for a good cake every so often, but every time I see a cupcake these days, I’m reminded of a 18th century French costume drama.
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Oh my. Anything with Kahlua gets my vote. Yum.
Kahlua is awesome. I’ve made Kahlua cream cheese frosting before and it was also delicious! Basically anything with Kahlua is good.
10 is the new dozen right?! :)
I like that.
Ohhhh Kahlua! So good. These remind me of White Russians – all the Kahlua & cream. Plus, last weekend we used Marshmallow Vodka instead of regular & oh.my. You should try it. With a cupcake. I might have to make these just so I can do that. :-) YUM!
Delicious!
I don’t think there is such a thing as too much Kahula! ;) I totally would have inhaled two right off the bat. I’m trying to inhale them through my computer screen and it’s just not working!
Oh. My. WOW.
I don’t blame you for eating two of those cupcakes right away, those look absolutely AMAZING!
AHHHMAZING! I totally get you eating two immediately because I received some cookies yesterday in the mail and I ate 4 right away just because they were all different. No need for us to justify if we want it you should eat it!
Okay. First of all, self control is TOTALLY overrated. Second of all, these look unbelievable chocolaty and chocolaty = perfection.
All I have to say is DROOL
stop.it.right.now. I neeedddddd these.
I love that you put 3/4 c kahlua in the batter (not some dinky little amt like 2 tbsp that some people do) and then you added more to the frosting — and that you didn’t even bother with the little bite mark cupcake b/c you had two, all at once. Love that. These must be crazy good!
I desperately want one. Like, now. As the dessert to my breakfast.
My goodness…I was already toying with the idea of making a special dessert for date night in with the boy, and this just clinched it. I’m off to buy white chocolate chips.
Is there anything you can’t make! These look fabulous!
Soooooo pretty!! I want these now!
I think that lack of self control runs in my family, too! These look like just the kind of dessert I could give my self discipline away for.
I don’t think you’d be doing your proper sisterly duties if you didn’t eat two of them. I mean, #1) quality control, and #2) he’s your brother. :D
This is why I need to turn 21. Like, yesterday. Not so I can go out to bars or clubs (no thanks), but so I can buy booze to put in baked goods!
The best cupcake I have evverrrr had was a Kahlua cupcake and I was just thinking a few days ago that i wanted a Kahlua cupcake recipe. There is a few cupcake shops around where I live and I hate them all. I think it’s the mass produced frosting that is sooo sweet that its tart, but I did like a Kahlua cupcake. Anyways, it’s like you read my mind!!! Thanks!
That photo of all the chocolate and marshmallows in the bowl? YES YES YES!