Devil's Food Cupcakes

Total Time: 38 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 18 mins

Ingredients

• 1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
• 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 6 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder
• 6 tablespoons unsalted butter, softened
• 1 cup sugar
• 2 large eggs, separated
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1/2 cup sour cream
• 2 tablespoons milk

Recipe

• 1 in a small bowl, mix flour, baking powder, baking soda and cocoa powder. set aside.
• 2 in a separate medium bowl, cream butter and sugar.
• 3 add egg yolks and vanilla to the butter-sugar mixture and beat well.
• 4 thin the sour cream with the milk.
• 5 alternately add the flour mixture and the sour cream mixture to the butter-sugar-egg yolk-vanilla mixture, beating well after each addition. batter will be stiff, so scrape the bowl sides often.
• 6 in yet another bowl, whip the egg whites to form stiff peaks.
• 7 gently fold the egg whites into the batter.
• 8 line a muffin pan with cupcake liners and fill them 2/3rds full, using your spoon the level the tops. bake and repeat as needed.
• 9 bake at 350 degrees f for 15 to 18 minutes, or until cake springs back when lightly touched or toothpick inserted comes out clean.
• 10 remove from pan when cool enough to do so and cool completely on wire racks. frost and/or decorate as desired.