Chocolate Cupcake Recipe Kitchen Tips:
- Use a star tip fitted in a piping bag for a swirled top, or use an offset spatula or the back of a spoon for a quick frosted finish.
- Replace hot coffee with hot decaf coffee to reduce caffeine.
Chocolate cupcakes with vanilla buttercream icing
By Chatelaine5
PREP TIME
25 min
TOTAL TIME
1 h 20 min
Makes
24 cupcakes
Photo, Erik Putz.
Top these triple-tested classic chocolate cupcakes with vanilla buttercream icing and colourful sprinkles for bakery-worthy treats this winter.
Ingredients
- 1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 1/2 cups granulated sugar
- 2/3 cup cocoa powder
- 1 1/2 tsp baking powder
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 2 eggs
- 3/4 cup buttermilk
- 1/2 cup vegetable oil
- 2 tsp vanilla
- 2/3 cup hot strong coffee
icing
- 1 cup unsalted butter , softened
- 3 1/2 cups icing sugar
- 1 1/2 tsp vanilla
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1/4 cup 35% cream
- sprinkles , (optional)
Instructions
- PREHEAT oven to 350F. Line 2 12-cup muffin pans with paper liners.
- WHISK flour, sugar, cocoa, baking soda, baking powder and salt in a medium bowl.
- WHISK eggs in a large bowl, then whisk in buttermilk, oil and vanilla. Whisk in flour mixture until just combined. Whisk in hot coffee until smooth.
- DIVIDE among prepared cups and bake until a cake tester inserted into centre of a cupcake comes out clean, 17 to 19 min. Let cool in pan for 5 min. Remove cupcakes to a rack to cool completely, 25 min.
- ICING: Beat butter in a bowl, using an electric mixer on medium, until smooth, 1 to 2 min. Gradually beat in icing sugar on low, scraping bottom and sides of bowl. Add vanilla and salt and beat on medium-high until very light and fluffy, 3 to 4 min. Add cream and beat 1 min. Frost cooled chocolate cupcakes and add sprinkles.
Make it Fancy: Cupcakes
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Nutrition (per serving)
- Calories
- 281,
- Protein
- 2 g,
- Carbohydrates
- 38 g,
- Fat
- 14 g,
- Fibre
- 1 g,
- Sodium
- 204 mg.
