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Cincinnati Chili Cupcakes Recipe

Add Step-by-Step Photos	Maggiehc / All my dishes 1 year, 3 months ago Chocolate, chile powder, cinnamon, and allspice in a whimsically "spaghetti and cheese" topped cupcake inspired by the famous midwest classic. Prep:15m Cook:25m Servings:12	Maggiehc
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Ingredients

For the cupcakes:

1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour

1 cup sugar

1/4 cup cocoa powder

1 teaspoon baking soda

1/2 teaspoon salt

1 1/2 t chile powder*

3/4 t ground cinnamon

1/4 t ground allspice

pinch cayenne pepper

1/2 cup chocolate chips

5 tablespoons neutral vegetable oil

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

1 tablespoon vinegar (apple cider or white)

1 cup cold water

*Be sure to check for other ingredients in spice jars labelled "chili powder". You want to buy pure chile powder and not anything with cumin, onion, garlic, etc added.

For the frosting:

1/4 cup margarine (or butter)

1/4 cup shortening

3 cups powdered sugar

2 teaspoons vanilla extract

Plus white chocolate and icing colors to decorate

Directions

To make the cakes:

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F and line a cupcake pan with papers.

Add the flour, sugar, cocoa, baking powder, salt and spices to a large bowl. Stir with a wire whisk until full incorporated. Add the chocolate chips and stir to distribute.

Mix together the oil, vanilla, vinegar and water in a small bowl. Add the wet ingredients to the dry ingredients and stir until combined. Fill the cupcake papers three quarters full.

Bake for 20-25 minutes until a toothpick inserted into the center of a cupcake comes out with only a few crumbs clinging.

Cool for 5-10 minutes and then transfer the cupcakes to a wire rack to finish cooling.

Frost and decorate.

To make the frosting:

Beat the margarine and shortening until smooth.

Slowly sift in the powdered sugar and beat until light and fluffy.

Add the vanilla extract and beat until mixed in.

Fill a piping bag with a #4 Wilton tip or snip a very small opening to create the "spaghetti".

To decorate:

I made the orange "cheese" with orange colored white chocolate. I get dairy-free white chocolate from Chocolate Emporium. I melted the chocolate chips carefully in the microwave and then added both Wilton Lemon Yellow and Orange icing colors to get the ideal orange shade. I chilled the colored block of chocolate in the freezer. When I was ready to decorate, I microwaved the block of chocolate in 5 second increments to get it just warm and pliable enough to grate.

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Comments

donman 1 year, 3 months ago said:
This is truely a nice mix of flavors. You can almost use just the flavors from the Cincinnati Chili to make cup cakes. Thanks for the post.
Donman :)

choclytcandy 1 month ago said:
This is great.

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