Best 2 Chocolate Pumpkin Cake And Cupcakes Recipes

CHOCOLATE PUMPKIN CUPCAKES

Steps:

• cut the pumpkin into 1-inch x 1 inch /2.5 cm x 2.5 cm cubes. Place pumpkin cubes, sugar, and water in a saucepan and cook over medium heat for 35 minutes. Drain pumpkin cubes with a colander for 30 minutes. Keep the pumpkin syrup for later.
• Preheat oven to 175 F/80 C. Place pumpkin cubes on parchment paper and dry in the oven for 2 to 3 hours. Let cool and roll pumpkin cubes, a few at a time, in granulated sugar.
• cut the pumpkin into small cubes and cook with sugar and water over medium heat for 20 minutes until the pumpkin is soft. Drain the pumpkin with a colander and make the puree using a food processor. Set aside.
• Preheat oven to 335 F/170 C. To make the batter, sift flour, icing (powdered) sugar, cacao powder, salt, and baking powder and put aside. Beat softened butter with the dry ingredients using a stand mixer. Add eggs, egg whites, and mix. Gradually add warm milk, and mix to combine. Pour/spoon the batter into cupcake liners, filling up to 2/3. Bake for 30 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Allow the cupcakes to cool completely before decorating.
• , place softened butter, sugar, and 85 ml of pumpkin syrup (remained after making the sugared pumpkin) in a bowl and beat with an electric mixer till the mixture becomes creamy. Add cream cheese at room temperature and beat it till the cream becomes smooth and homogeneous.
• remove the center of cupcakes with a cupcake corer and fill each cupcake with pumpkin filling. Place pumpkin frosting in a pastry bag with the open star pastry tip (Wilton 1M) and pipe on top of cupcakes. Decorate each cupcake with a candied pumpkin cube.

CHOCOLATE PUMPKIN CAKE AND CUPCAKES

Steps:

• Prepare cake pans: Heat oven to 350 degrees F. Lightly butter three 8-inch cake pans and fit each bottom with an 8-inch circle of parchment paper. Lightly butter the parchment paper. Set aside.
• Make the batter: Sift the flour, cocoa, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon, and nutmeg in a large bowl and set aside. Combine the buttermilk, pumpkin, and vanilla in a medium bowl and set aside. Beat the butter and sugar together in a large bowl, with an electric mixer set on medium speed, until fluffy. Add the eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition, until the mixture is smooth and light. Alternately add the flour mixture and buttermilk mixture, blending well after each addition.
• Bake the cake: Divide the batter among the pans and bake until a wooden skewer inserted into the middle comes out clean -- about 35 minutes. Cool the cakes in the pan for 20 minutes. Remove cakes and cool. (For cupcakes: Heat oven to 375 degrees F. Place cupcake liners in standard cupcake tins and fill each with 1/4 cup of batter. Bake for 22 minutes.).
• Assemble the cake: Trim each of the layers. Place one layer on a cake plate and top with one third of the frosting. Repeat with the second and third layers. (To ensure that the cake layers do not shift, cut three skewers to 1/4 inch shorter than the full height of the cake and insert them before icing the top layer.) Refrigerate until ready to serve.