Chocolate And Chili Cupcakes - cooking recipe

Ingredients

Cupcakes
1 cup sweet butter, softened
1 cup superfine sugar
1 1/2 cups self-rising flour
4 tablespoons Dutch-processed cocoa powder
1 teaspoon baking powder
4 eggs
2 teaspoons dried chipotle powder
1/2 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
Frosting
1 1/2 cups powdered sugar, sifted
1/2 cup Dutch-processed cocoa powder
3 tablespoons Tia Maria
1/2 cup sweet butter, softened

Preparation

Preheat oven to 350\u00b0. Place 18 baking cups in muffin pans.
In a large bowl, combine the first 7 cupcake ingredients; beat with an electric mixer until smooth, 2-3 minutes; stir in chocolate chips.
Spoon batter into the cups; bake 20 minutes.
Remove pans from the oven and cool for 5 minutes; remove cupcakes and cool on a rack.
Make the frosting: blend all the frosting ingredients together in a food processor.
Spread the frosting on the cooled cupcakes.