Cinco de Chili Chocolate Cupcakes with Chili Cream Cheese Frosting

Name: Cinco de Chili Chocolate Cupcakes with Chili Cream Cheese Frosting
Total time: 80
Yield: 24
Ingredients: 1 (18.25 ounce) box devil's food chocolate cake mix; 1.5 teaspoons ground ancho chile pepper; 0.25 teaspoon cayenne pepper; 1.25 cups water; 0.33333334326744 cup vegetable oil; 3 eggs; 1 teaspoon ground ancho chile pepper; 0.125 teaspoon cayenne pepper; 0.5 teaspoon ground cinnamon; 4 cups confectioners' sugar, or more as needed; 1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese, softened; 0.5 cup butter, softened; 0.5 teaspoon clear vanilla extract, or to taste; 24 small dried red chiles

Recipe by Candice from allrecipes.com

Dessert 1 Hr. 20 Mins.

Ingredients

24 servings

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1 (18.25 ounce) box devil's food chocolate cake mix
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1.5 teaspoons ground ancho chile pepper
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0.25 teaspoon cayenne pepper
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1.25 cups water
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0.33333334326744 cup vegetable oil
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3 eggs
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1 teaspoon ground ancho chile pepper

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0.125 teaspoon cayenne pepper
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0.5 teaspoon ground cinnamon
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4 cups confectioners' sugar, or more as needed
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1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese, softened
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0.5 cup butter, softened
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0.5 teaspoon clear vanilla extract, or to taste
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24 small dried red chiles

Instructions

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Line 24 muffin cups with paper liners.
Whisk cake mix, 1 1/2 teaspoons ground ancho chile, and 1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper. Beat in water, vegetable oil, and eggs with an electric mixer on medium speed; beat for 2 minutes. Spoon batter into the prepared muffin cups, filling them 2/3 full.
Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center of a cupcake comes out clean, 18 to 22 minutes. Remove and cool completely before frosting.
Sift 1 teaspoon ground ancho chile, 1/8 teaspoon cayenne pepper, and cinnamon with confectioners' sugar in a mixing bowl. Beat in cream cheese and butter with an electric mixer on medium speed until smooth; mix in vanilla extract.
Spread frosting onto cooled cupcakes in attractive swirls. Poke a small dried chile, stem-side up, into frosting as a garnish.