Godiva Liqueur Chocolate Cupcakes
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These Godiva Liqueur Chocolate Cupcakes are made from a vanilla cupcake recipe which is brushed with Godiva Dark Chocolate Liqueur and topped with a cocoa buttercream flavored with the same liqueur.
You can use any chocolate liqueur, or any other flavor you choose, actually. These can be made in the same manner with a berry flavored schnapps, or with Kahlua.
Helga
Godiva Liqueur Chocolate Cupcakes
A Foodies’ Kitchen Original Recipe
Yield: 12 cupcakes
Ingredients:
1 cup all purpose flour
1 ½ teaspoon baking powder
¼ teaspoon salt
½ cup sugar
2 large eggs
½ cup vegetable oil
½ cup milk
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Godiva chocolate liqueur, or other chocolate liqueur
Godiva Buttercream Frosting
½ cup butter, room temperature
3 tablespoons Godiva chocolate liqueur
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
About 2 ½ cups confectioners’ sugar
3 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder
Preparation:
- Preheat oven to 350F. Grease line 10 cups from a 12 cup muffin tin with paper cups liners.
- In a medium bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder and salt.
- In a large bowl, whisk together sugar, eggs, vegetable oil, milk and vanilla extract. Pour in dry ingredients and stir until just combined.
- Evenly distribute batters into prepared pans.
- Bake for about 15 minutes, until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean.
- Cool cupcakes on a wire rack before frosting.
- Brush liqueur on top of the cupcakes, about 1 teaspoonful for each.
Preparation For the Frosting:
- In a large bowl, beat together butter, liqueur and vanilla.
- Gradually blend in the confectioner’s sugar until smooth.
- Blend cocoa powder and beat until smooth. Pipe or spread frosting onto cooled cupcakes.
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Comments (5)
Emmalee
December 31, 2012 at 1:37 pm
I know this is a question, maybe someone could answer below. Could I put the liqueur in the cupcake batter itself, and then brush it on top?
Kitty
December 31, 2012 at 3:07 pm
Hello Emmalee!
I wouldn’t add more than a tablespoon of liqueur in the batter. It will change the consistency of the batter itself, and with baking you don’t want to take a chance. However, you can spoon some liqueur (a little shy of a teaspoon) on top of the cupcakes after they have baked if you don’t have a brush.
Hope this helps! Happy New Year 2013 :)
Helga & Kitty
Emmalee
December 31, 2012 at 8:17 pm
Thank you!
Gale
November 7, 2016 at 7:38 am
Can I use unsalted butter in place of the oil?
Kitty
November 7, 2016 at 9:20 am
Hi Gale! We wouldn’t recommend using butter at all! Vegetable oil is often used in cupcake batters as it gives the batter an airy and fluffier texture than when using butter.