- Servings: 24
Ingredients:
| Cupcake Batter: | |
| ⅓ cup | Unsweetened Cocoa Powder |
| 3 oz | Milk Chocolate Chips |
| 3 oz | Semi-sweet Chocolate Chips |
| ½ cup | Boiling Water |
| 1 cup | Unsalted Butter, at room temperature |
| 1½ cups | Sugar |
| 4 | Large Eggs |
| 1¼ cups | Flour |
| 1¾ tsp | Baking Powder |
| 1 tsp | Salt |
| ¾ cup | White Merlot |
| Raspberry Cream Cheese Filling: | |
| 8 oz | Cream Cheese, softened |
| 1 | Egg |
| ⅓ cup | Sugar |
| ¼ cup | Plus 1 Tbsp Red Raspberry Preserves |
| Icing: | |
| ½ cup | Unsalted Butter, at room temperature |
| 6 oz | Cream Cheese |
| 2½-3 cups | Confectioners Sugar |
| ¼ cup | Crystallized Ginger, minced or crushed |
| Garnish: | |
| 24 | Fresh Raspberries |
Directions:
In a heatproof bowl, combine cocoa powder, semi-sweet chips and milk chocolate chips, then pour in the boiling water. Using a whisk, stir the chocolate until melted. In a large bowl, cream the butter and sugar together. Beat eggs, one at a time, until well blended. In a separate bowl, combine the flour, baking powder and salt. Slowly add to the butter mixture, combining well. Add 1/2 of the chocolate to the mixture, then 1/2 of the wine, blending after each addition and alternating until all is blended. Divide batter evenly into 24 papered muffin cups. In a separate bowl, combine the cream cheese filling ingredients; cream cheese, egg, sugar and preserves, until well blended. Drop a small spoonful of the cream cheese filling onto the center of each cupcake. Bake at 350 degrees, for 20-22 minutes, then let cool completely. While cupcakes are cooling, prepare the icing. Beat butter and cream cheese until blended. Add confectioners sugar, 1/2 cup at a time, and beat until fluffy.
Fold in the crystallized ginger and ice the cupcakes. Top each cupcake with a fresh raspberry.
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