Description
Chocolate Pomegranate Cupcakes is our recipe for today, it’s simple, it looks great and most of all the flavour combination is amazing. So what is this cupcake? Well this mini treats are basically chocolate cupcakes infused with pomegranates topped with even more pomegranates through its butter frosting.
Ingredients
Scale
Chocolate Cupcakes
- 1 cup flour
- ⅛ tsp baking powder
- ½ tsp baking soda
- ½ tsp salt
- ⅓ cup cocoa powder
- ½ cup hot water
- ¾ cup brown sugar
- 6 tbsp oil
- ½ teaspoon vanilla
- 1 large egg
Pomegranate Filling
- 2 tbsp cornstarch
- 1½ tbsp sugar
- ½ tbsp water
- 1 egg yolk
- 1 cup pomegranate juice
- 1 tbsp butter
- pinch of salt
Pomegranate Frosting
- 1/4 cup pomegranate molasses
- ½ cup butter, room temperature
- 2 cups confectioners’ sugar
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ½ cup pomegranate seeds
Instructions
Chocolate Cupcakes
- In a bowl sift together flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt. Set aside.
- In a separate bowl combine hot water and cocoa, mix well until free of lumps. Add the sugar, oil and vanilla mix it well, once incorporated add the eggs and continue to mix until well combined.
- Slowly add the flour mixture while slowly mixing until everything is just barely combined.
- Place batter in muffin cups and fill to half of its depth, then bake in 180C pre heated oven for 20 minutes or until toothpick inserted into the centre of the cupcake comes out clean.
- Remove from oven then let it cool.
Pomegranate Filling
- In a sauce pan mix together cornstarch, sugar, salt, water, egg yolk and pomegranate juice until smooth.
- Place saucepan in stove top and simmer in low heat while continuously mixing, cook until the mixture is thickened. Stir in butter, mix well then set it aside. Place in the refrigerator and let it completely chill.
Pomegranate Frosting
- In a mixer beat butter until it’s light and fluffy, gradually add the confectioners’ sugar and salt. Continue to beat until it is smooth. Add the pomegranate molasses slowly then beat in high speed, continue until well incorporated and fluffy.
Assembly
- Place filling in a piping bag then pipe roughly 1 tablespoon of the filling into the centre, alternatively you can place a hole from the centre in the middle to fill it up then re-top it with hole you cut out.
- Place frosting into another piping bag and pipe it on top of the cupcake.
- Top cupcakes with pomegranate seeds.
I’ve even tried chocolate chili ice cream before, it’s such a weird but interesting combination! These chocolate cupcakes look so pretty and using pomegranates to decorate is such a brilliant idea.
I love these, they are so cute and perfect as a Valentine’s day gift!
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How beautiful are these little treasures. Chocolate really does go with any fruit but pomegranate is really a nice pairing. Wishing you a super weekend!
Lovely! Perfect for Valentine’s Day!
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This is so pretty! I just came back from 2nd grade class where we had Valentine’s cookie decorating activities. After all those packaging icing mounted on a piece of cookies, I so appreciate this beauty and elegance, not to mention the flavors (even though I can’t taste this, yet!). I love your pomegranate use on cupcakes. Like jewelry!
Chocolate and fruits are a great combo, chocolate and pomegranate is really clever and gives a nice balance. These are too adorable.
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Wow these look insanely stunning and delicious!!
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