Easiest Way to Make Perfect Chocolate Cupcakes

Chocolate Cupcakes.

You can cook Chocolate Cupcakes using 16 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients of Chocolate Cupcakes

1. You need 1 3/4 cup of all-purpose flour.
2. Prepare 1 3/4 cup of white sugar.
3. You need 3/4 cup of cocoa powder.
4. Prepare 2 tsp of baking soda.
5. It's 1 tsp of baking powder.
6. You need pinch of salt.
7. Prepare 1/2 of melted coconut oil.
8. You need 2 of large eggs.
9. It's 1 cup of buttermilk.
10. Prepare 1 tsp of vanilla extract.
11. It's 1 cup of hot water.
12. Prepare of To Make Buttercream (top part is for cupcakes).
13. It's 1 cup of melted butter.
14. You need 3/4 cup of cocoa.
15. Prepare 2 tbsp of cream/ whole milk (may need more).
16. Prepare 3 1/2 cup of powdered sugar (may need more).

Chocolate Cupcakes step by step

1. Preheat oven to 350°F and line a cupcake pan with cupcake liners..
2. In large bowl, stir together flour, sugar, cocoa, baking soda, baking powder, and salt..
3. In a medium-sized bowl, beat coconut oil, eggs, buttermilk and vanilla with hand mixer till combined. Add dry ingredients to wet ingredients and stir until combined. Pour in hot water and mix together..
4. Pour batter evenly into each cupcake liner filling 3/4 full. Bake at 18-22 minutes. Place toothpick or cake tester in the center of cupcake to check if it comes out clean. Let cool before frosting..
5. To make buttercream frosting:.
6. Just throw all the ingredients of the icing and throw them in a bowl! Mix with hand mixer, and scrape them onto the cupcakes!.