Decadent Dark Chocolate Cupcakes

By flour_arrangements

For the chocolate lover in most of us, especially for dark chocolate lovers...

If you love Hostess cupcakes, you'll love these!

Ingredients

• Cupcakes:
• makes 1 dozen cupcakes
• 3/4 cup white rice flour
• 1/3 cup tapioca flour
• 1/3 cup potato starch
• 3/4 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 3/4 teaspoon sea salt
• 1 vanilla bean, seeds scraped
• 1 about 1 cup milk
• 1 egg
• 1/3 cup oil
• 1 teaspoon xanthan gum
• 2 teaspoons white vinegar
• 1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa
• 1 cup sugar
• Frosting:
• 2/3 cup powdered sugar
• 1/3 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
• 2 1/2 teaspoons butter
• 2 1/2 teaspoons water or milk
• pinch of salt

Preparation

Step 1

Combine all flours with salt, baking powder and soda, cocoa powder and xanthan gum. Mix thoroughly with a fork and set aside.

Combine milk and white vinegar. Allow to rest for 5 minutes, then add the vanilla bean, egg, oil sugar.
makes 1 dozen cupcakes

Fold wet ingredients into the dry. Mix until smooth.

Bake in preheated 350 F oven for 20-22 minutes.

Allow to cool for at least half an hour, then frost.

For the frosting:
Mix powdered sugar with cocoa. Melt then mix the butter with the water or milk. Combine with cocoa/powdered sugar. Add a pinch of salt.

Frost cupcakes when cool, top with sea salt or sugary sprinkles.