New Delightful Peppermint Chocolate Sourdough Cupcakes

These New Delightful Peppermint Chocolate Sourdough Cupcakes are so irresistibly decadent! They look so cute and festive for any holiday party! These cupcakes are so simple to put together, just mix up the sourdough starter with some ingredients the night before, and grab a couple sticks of butter out for the delicious cream cheese butter cream! To sum up, everyone will be talking about these cupcakes, and will probably ask for you to bring them to Next Christmas or New Years Party!

Why You MUST Try This Recipe!

These Delightful Peppermint Chocolate Sourdough Cupcakes are a new recipe, and the flavors just balance each other out so harmoniously! The decadent chocolate with the tough of peppermint and sandwich that in with this cream cheese buttercream frosting, and Oh My Gosh! So, if you love a moist cupcake, these will not disappoint. They are the farthest from a dry cupcake, oh so divine!

Additionally, I love this recipe, because these cupcakes freeze beautifully. I will take a few cupcakes, and “flash freeze” them in my freezer, so we can have some at a later date. Next, I just put them on a baking sheet in my freezer, Frosting and all, for about 2 hours, until they are hard. Finally, once they are firm, I can put them in a freezer safe container for about 3 to 4 months.

Why Sourdough for these Easy Christmas Cupcakes?

First, Sourdough starter will help with the digestibility of these peppermint chocolate cupcakes. So, healthy benefits are the number one reason for the use of sourdough starter. Also, there are many friends and family members that may be sensitive to Gluten. Many people have reported tolerating true sourdough and sourdough products even with a gluten sensitivity. Secondly, the sourdough starter just makes these cupcakes so decadent and moist. Finally, for more info on Sourdough, you can check out that HERE

Ingredients Needed For This Peppermint Sourdough Chocolate Cupcake Recipe

Night Before (Pull Out 2 sticks (1cup) of butter to soften

• 2&1/3 cups of Fresh Milled Soft White Flour 280g (I milled soft white wheat to make this)
• 1/2 cup light olive oil 110g
• 1/2 cup sourdough starter or discard 120g
• 1 cup warm black (or peppermint) tea 240g (cooled to room temperature)

Next morning

• 2 eggs 100g
• 2 cups of sugar 400g
• 1 tsp salt
• 2 tsp Vanilla (I love to use my homemade Vanilla HERE)
• 3/4 cup cocoa powder 65g
• 1 cup whole milk 240g
• 1 tsp Peppermint extract
• 2 tsp baking soda (sprinkle in last)

Frosting

• 1 cup softened butter 227g (sticks)
• 8 oz of softened cream cheese 227g (I love to make my own HERE)
• 2 tsp Vanilla
• 1/4 tsp salt (if using unsalted butter)
• 3-4 cups of Powdered sugar 360-480g (decide on your desired sweetness level)

Instructions for this Delightful Chocolate Peppermint Sourdough Cupcake Recipe

THE NIGHT BEFORE

1. Let 2 sticks of butter (1 cup) soften overnight on your counter.
2. Mix fresh milled flour, sourdough discard, olive oil, and tea in a bowl. Mix until no dry flour is left.
3. Cover and let sit room temperature overnight or up to 24 hours.

THE NEXT DAY

1. Preheat Oven to 350*F
2. In a mixing bowl, mix sugar, salt, vanilla, peppermint extract, eggs, cocoa powder, and whole milk.
3. Add sourdough mixture into the sugar mixture, and mix until all incorporated.
4. Sprinkle in the baking soda and mix well.
5. Line your cupcake tin, and add about 1/4 cup of batter to each well.
6. Bake cupcakes for 15-20 minutes, until toothpick comes out without batter on it. Allow to cool for 10 minutes, then remove from the pan to a cooling rack.
7. Allow to cool completely before frosting them.

MAKE THE FROSTING

1. In a mixer, add softened butter, and begin to whisk.
2. Then add the softened cream cheese until both are well combined.
3. Now, add vanilla and salt(if using unsalted butter)
4. Slowly whisk while adding the powdered sugar 1 cup at a time.
5. Once the powdered sugar is incorporated, then turn the speed up to medium. Check the frosting for your desired sweetness. It should become nice and fluffy
6. Place in a piping bag (or plastic bag) and pipe on completely cooled cupcakes.
7. Finally, Sprinkle to with Peppermint Crushed Candy Cane Pieces.
8. ENJOY!

Make Your Own Sourdough Starter From Scratch With Fresh Milled Flour

If you don’t already have a sourdough starter, but are wanting to make one with 100% fresh milled flour from scratch, I am here for you! I have a video resource that goes over how you can make your very own sourdough starter using only freshly milled flour. I also go over troubleshooting issues to help make this process a little easier for you, and I make a brand new sourdough starter right along side you! You can watch that video HERE.

I also have a written blog post that covers this information, if you would like to print it out and have it handy for when you are just getting started. You can do this, it is not as difficult as some on the internet have made it seem! You can checkout my blog post about it HERE.

New Delightful Peppermint Chocolate Sourdough Cupcakes

Also, If You Want To Learn More About Milling Your Own Flour, I have a Fresh Milled Flour 101 post. So, I recommend Starting There!

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