Chocolate Red Wine Cupcakes

Chocolate Red Wine Cupcakes

Makes about 24 cupcakes
Adapted from Food and Wine

2 cups AP flour
3/4 cups sugar
1 cup brown sugar
1 1/2 tsp baking soda
1/ tsp salt
2 sticks butter, room temperature
2 eggs
1 tsp vanilla extract
3/4 cup coco powder (not dutch processed)
1 1/4 cup red wine
1 cup chocolate chips

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line 24 cupcake tins.

With a hand mixer (or stand mixer) mix the butter and sugar until light and creamy. About 2 minutes.
Add each egg one at a time. Then add the vanilla. Mix for about 2 minutes.

In a seperate bowl combine the flour, baking soda, salt, and coco powder.

Mix the flour and wine into the sugar mixture, alternately, until it is combined. Don't over mix.

Fold in the chocolate chips. Fill the cupcake cups and bake for about 20-25 minutes. Until a toothpick inserted comes out clean.

For the frosting, I am just going to sprinkle on some powdered sugar. Nothing too extravagant. If I was feeling ambitious I might make a red wine buttercream. But, I am not feeling very ambitious. And a simple cupcake with a decent glass of red wine, what a perfect treat!

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