Romantic Chocolate Raspberry Champagne Cupcakes for Valentine’s Day! Divine devil’s food cake cupcakes frosted with bright pink raspberry champagne frosting and topped with fresh raspberries and a raspberry champagne glaze.
Let’s talk about romance for a minute. In my tweens, I pictured love to be just like the movies. You know, the romantic comedies where the female lead accidentally runs into the handsome man. She spills her coffee on his shirt while their dogs get tangled in each others leashes. They laugh. He whisks her off to Paris for a shopping spree. Then it’s candles, chocolate, and Barry White 24/7. Oh, and these Chocolate Raspberry Champagne Cupcakes. Definitely these cupcakes. Because these cupcakes have raspberry champagne glaze, and that is totally romance.
Every now and then my husband and I reminisce about how we met. The mysterious band guy messages the silly college girl online. They laugh. He whisks her off to Super Walmart in his big white band van on a grocery spree. Now it’s giggling, chocolate, and Ella Fitzgerald 24/7. Oh, and dirty diapers. But I wouldn’t trade my romantic comedy for anything, because I’m deeply in love with my best friend. Well, maybe nix the dirty diapers. 🙂
Anytime I want to experience a little romance I just pour that raspberry champagne glaze on everything. Cereal. The corn dog my kid wouldn’t finish. My toothbrush. I gotta get that romance whenever I can, and it also makes me feel fancy. I think it tastes best on these cupcakes though. That rich extra dark chocolate devils food cake with the sweet and tangy raspberry butter cream. Spiking it with the raspberry champagne really makes it extra sinful.
- Devils Food Cupcakes
- 3/4 cup unsweetened Dutch-process cocoa powder
- 3/4 cup hot water
- 3 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 1/4 teaspoons coarse salt
- 1 1/2 cups (3 sticks) unsalted butter
- 2 1/4 cups sugar
- 4 large eggs, room temperature
- 1 tablespoon plus 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
- 1 cup sour cream, room temperature
- Raspberry Champagne Butter Cream
- 1 cup softened unsalted butter (2 sticks)
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 3 cups powdered sugar
- 1 cup raspberries
- 2-3 tbs raspberry champagne
- Raspberry Champagne Glaze
- 2 cups raspberry champagne
- 1/4 cup raspberries
- 1 tbs sugar
- Preheat your oven to 350 F and line your cupcake pan with liners.
- In a small bowl, whisk together the cocoa powder and hot water until smooth.
- In another bowl, whisk the flour, baking soda, baking powder, and salt. Set aside.
- In a microwave safe bowl, melt the butter in 30 second increments.
- With an electric mixer with a paddle attachment, blend together the melted butter and sugar until the butter cools to room temperature. About 4 minutes.
- Add each egg one at time, mixing well after each one making sure to scrape down the sides of the bowl with a spatula.
- Add vanilla and the cocoa mixture and beat until combined.
- Add the flour mixture in two separate batches alternating between the sour cream, mixing until just combined.
- Fill each cupcake 3/4 full and bake for 18-20 minutes or until an inserted toothpick comes out clean.
- Transfer to a wire rack to cool.
- In a food processor or small blender, puree the raspberries until smooth.
- Using a fine mesh strainer, push the raspberry puree through to separate the seeds.
- Take the puree that’s seedless (about 6-9 tablespoons) and cook on medium low in a small pot until it’s reduced by half. Let cool completely by putting in freezer for a few minutes.
- With an electric mixer and paddle attachment, beat the softened butter for 1 minute.
- Add the salt and raspberry puree and beat for another 2 minutes.
- Add the powdered sugar 1 cup at a time, beating after each cup.
- Once all the sugar is incorporated, add the raspberry champagne. Add a little more sugar if you need to thicken it up a bit.
- Beat on high until light and fluffy, about 3 minutes.
- In a medium saucepan, cook the champagne, raspberries, and sugar on medium.
- Stir every few minutes.
- The glaze will be done once its reduced to half.
- Take the glaze and run it through a fine mesh strainer to remove any seeds.
- Add a touch more champagne if it needs to be thinned for drizzling.
- Pipe the raspberry champagne frosting with a star tip.
- Place 3 fresh raspberries on top and drizzle with the glaze.
- Top with powdered sugar with a sift.
Love is making me laugh so hard I peed my pants that one time.
Love is helping me take a shower after my cesarean and telling me I’m beautiful when I was terrified of being a new mom.
Love is doing the dishes and folding the endless piles of clothes for me.
Love is playing with my hair while we watch The Walking Dead every night.
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White Chocolate Raspberry Mousse Cupcakes
Chocolate, raspberries AND champagne? Sounds like a perfect Valentine’s dessert to me! These cupcakes look wonderful!
Thank you so much Thalia 🙂
These cupcakes look so yummy, Kathleen. But I love your Chocolate Raspberry Champagne Cupcakes even more. Well, what not to like, right? I really need to get my hand on that recipe 🙂
Thank you Pang!
I love the drizzle of raspberry sauce and fresh raspberries. Takes the cupcakes to the next level!
Thanks Kathy 🙂
These look so pretty! And I’ve never even heard of champagne frosting but it sounds like something I’d LOVE 🙂
Thank you Tara! I say champagne makes everything better 🙂
These cupcakes are insanely beautiful! And have such a beautiful story attached 🙂 These have Valentine’s written all over them!
Awe thanks Michelle!
Counting down days to V-day now just so I can make these!
Thank you Tori!
wow..and wow again! These cupcakes look beyond delicious and that frosting is amazing!
Thank you Angie!
These cupcakes are so gorgeous, and I can imagine that the champagne glaze would make everything it touched romantic and sinful! 🙂
They were totally sinful! Thanks Marice!
One of these would make my heart sing right about now!
Thank you so much Jocelyn! 🙂
Champagne and cupcakes sounds like a wonderful combination! Yum!
Thanks Shelby!
These cupcakes sound so amazing! I love that they have champagne – so fun and festive, especially with the raspberries and chocolate.
Thank you Rachel!
I love your stories – from childhood to the present. Love really is the laughter, hand holding and sharing of experiences mixed in with a bit of romance, too. Your cupcakes know how to set the perfect mood!
Awe thanks Betsy!
Now that’s something I would never say no to. It has all the things that I love – chocolate, berries and champagne. I’m particularly interested in the champagne bit which sounds decadent indeed.
Thanks Oana! The champagne gives it a nice decadent touch!
These cupcakes are just stunning! The raspberry champagne frosting sounds incredible! Pinned! (And look at all of those other cupcakes – wow, you make some amazing ones!)
Thank you so much Kristine! You made my day 🙂
These cupcakes are so beautiful! The raspberry champagne glaze sounds amazing too, these are perfect for Valentine’s Day!
Thank you Danielle. The glaze is utterly addicting. I want to put it on everything!
Everyone wants to be married to their best friend, it’s a dream! And I agree, the dirty diapers can go! But these cupcakes are absolutely fabulous! I actually don’t do much for Valentine’s day, but I should make these just for myself.
Thank you Tanya. We don’t do much either for Valentines. The 13th is my birthday so we just celebrate that instead!
These cupcakes are just GORGEOUS Kathleen! And I just love chocolate and raspberry together, not to mention champagne 😉 Pinned!
Thank you so much Trish!