Chocolate cupcakes. These super moist chocolate cupcakes pack TONS of chocolate flavor in each cupcake wrapper! Made from simple everyday ingredients, this easy cupcake recipe will be your new favorite. Chocolate cupcakes are the ultimate party food.
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You can have Chocolate cupcakes using 12 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you achieve it.
Ingredients of Chocolate cupcakes
- You need 1 cup of all-purpose flour.
- Prepare 1/2 cup of granulated sugar.
- You need 1/2 cup of unsweetened cocoa powder.
- Prepare 1 tsp of baking powder.
- Prepare 1/2 tsp of baking soda.
- You need 1/2 tsp of salt.
- Prepare 1 of large egg, room temperature.
- Prepare 1/2 cup of buttermilk, room temperature.
- You need 1/2 cup of vegetable oil.
- It's 1 tsp of vanilla.
- It's 1/2 cup of very hot water or coffee(ratio 1:1).
- You need of Chocolate buttercream frosting.
They're also delectable morsels to snack on for. This has been a literal labor of love! I have tested recipes from every major recipe source and have not been able to find the one I considered to be perfect. Light, fluffy and moist, these easy chocolate cupcakes can be made from scratch in just one bowl, then ice them with a fudgy chocolate buttercream frosting.
Chocolate cupcakes instructions
- Gather your ingredients. Heat oven to 180C degrees. Line a cupcake pan with paper liners..
- Combine the flour, sugar, cocoa powder, baking powder, baking soda, and salt together in a bowl and whisk together..
- Combine the egg, buttermilk, oil, and vanilla in another bowl and whisk together..
- Add the wet ingredients to the dry ingredients and mix using a stand/hand mixer until combined..
- Add the hot water/coffee to the batter and mix again, scraping the sides of the bowl as necessary, until combined. Batter will be thin..
- Fill cupcake liners only 1/2 full, then bake for 18-21 minutes, until the tops bounce back when you touch them with a finger or a toothpick comes out with only a few moist crumbs when used to test a cupcake..
- Cool completely before frosting..
These Chocolate Cupcakes are my favorite type of cupcake. The combination of a rich and moist chocolate butter cake topped with a rich and creamy chocolate butter frosting is irresistible. These classic chocolate cupcakes are ready in less than an hour, and the perfect dessert for any occasion. I have tried it with Hershey's extra dark cocoa powder as well as other non-Dutch process. These chocolate cupcakes are the best - moist, rich, and decadent!
