Simple chocolate cupcakes
These simple homemade chocolate cupcakes are moist, soft, and so yummy they will just melt in your mouth. Topped with a classic chocolate butter cream frosting these cupcakes are super delicious and rich.
Servings: 18
Ingredients
Chocolate Cupcakes
- 1 ½ cup all-purpose flour
- 1 cup white granulated sugar
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- ½ teaspoon baking soda
- ⅓ cup cocoa
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- 2 teaspoons vanilla essence
- 2 eggs
- ⅓ cup oil
- ½ cup milk
- ½ cup hot water
Chocolate buttercream frosting
- 200 grams salted butter
- 2½ cups icing sugar powder sugar
- ⅓ cup cocoa powder
- 1 teaspoon Vanilla essence
- 3-4 tablespoons cream
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 160°C / 320°F
- Line muffin pans with cupcake liners. This recipe will make 18 -20 cupcakes
Chocolate Cupcakes
- Add dry ingredients to a large bowl and mix.
- To the dry ingredients add the eggs, oil, vanilla, and milk
- Mix well with a hand whisk or electric beater on low until combined.
- Scrape down the sides of your bowl and then slowly beat in the hot water.
- Full cupcake liners ¾ of the way.
- Bake for 18-20 minutes
- Rest for 5 minutes then tune out on to a wire rack to cool.
Chocolate buttercream frosting
- Beat butter until light and creamy.
- Add the vanilla, cocoa and 2 cup of icing sugar and beat on low speed for 30 seconds while adding 3 tablespoons of the cream.
- Beat on high speed for 2 minutes
- Add the other ½ cup of icing sugar as need to get a good piping consistency or add more cream if needed.