Double Chocolate Cupcakes with Ricotta, Bourbon, and Orange Zest
Recipe By: Gourmet
Yield: 12 cupcakes
Ingredients:
For ricotta mixture:
1 cup fresh whole-milk ricotta
1/4 cup granulated sugar
1 large egg white
1 tablespoon good-quality bourbon
1 teaspoon finely grated orange zest
1/2 cup good-quality semisweet chocolate chips
A pinch of salt
For cupcake batter:
1 ½ cups unbleached all-purpose flour
1/3 cup unsweetened Dutch-process cocoa powder
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 cup granulated sugar
1/2 cup canola oil
1/2 cup milk (any fat content is fine)
1 large egg, lightly beaten
1 tablespoon distilled white vinegar
1 tablespoon pure vanilla extract
1/4 teaspoon orange-flower water
Directions:
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit. Line a 12-well muffin tin with paper liners.
In a medium bowl, whisk together all ricotta mixture ingredients. Place the mixture in the refrigerator to chill.
Place a good-sized sieve over a large bowl, and put the flour, cocoa, baking soda, salt, and sugar into the sieve. Shake the sieve to filter the dry ingredients through into the bowl. Whisk to combine them thoroughly.
In a separate small bowl, whisk together the oil, milk, egg, vinegar, vanilla, and orange-flower water; then add the wet ingredients to the dry ingredients in the large bowl, stirring to just combine. Do not overmix.
Spoon a generous heaping tablespoon of the chocolate batter into each muffin cup. Top the chocolate batter with a rounded tablespoon of the ricotta mixture, followed by another rounded tablespoon of the chocolate batter. You should have just enough chocolate batter for 12 cupcakes, although you will likely have leftover ricotta. (Sorry about that.) Holding a paring knife point-down, swirl the tip of the knife through the batter in each cup in a figure-eight pattern to marble the batter.
Bake the cupcakes in the middle of the oven until a toothpick or thin knife inserted in the center of a cupcake comes out clean, about 30-35 minutes. Cool them in the pan on a rack; then gently unmold and serve.
Recipe By: Gourmet
Yield: 12 cupcakes
Ingredients:
For ricotta mixture:
1 cup fresh whole-milk ricotta
1/4 cup granulated sugar
1 large egg white
1 tablespoon good-quality bourbon
1 teaspoon finely grated orange zest
1/2 cup good-quality semisweet chocolate chips
A pinch of salt
For cupcake batter:
1 ½ cups unbleached all-purpose flour
1/3 cup unsweetened Dutch-process cocoa powder
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 cup granulated sugar
1/2 cup canola oil
1/2 cup milk (any fat content is fine)
1 large egg, lightly beaten
1 tablespoon distilled white vinegar
1 tablespoon pure vanilla extract
1/4 teaspoon orange-flower water
Directions:
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit. Line a 12-well muffin tin with paper liners.
In a medium bowl, whisk together all ricotta mixture ingredients. Place the mixture in the refrigerator to chill.
Place a good-sized sieve over a large bowl, and put the flour, cocoa, baking soda, salt, and sugar into the sieve. Shake the sieve to filter the dry ingredients through into the bowl. Whisk to combine them thoroughly.
In a separate small bowl, whisk together the oil, milk, egg, vinegar, vanilla, and orange-flower water; then add the wet ingredients to the dry ingredients in the large bowl, stirring to just combine. Do not overmix.
Spoon a generous heaping tablespoon of the chocolate batter into each muffin cup. Top the chocolate batter with a rounded tablespoon of the ricotta mixture, followed by another rounded tablespoon of the chocolate batter. You should have just enough chocolate batter for 12 cupcakes, although you will likely have leftover ricotta. (Sorry about that.) Holding a paring knife point-down, swirl the tip of the knife through the batter in each cup in a figure-eight pattern to marble the batter.
Bake the cupcakes in the middle of the oven until a toothpick or thin knife inserted in the center of a cupcake comes out clean, about 30-35 minutes. Cool them in the pan on a rack; then gently unmold and serve.