The Best Chocolate Cupcakes Recipe
Learn how to make the best chocolate cupcakes – super moist, fluffy and chocolaty cupcakes with chocolate buttercream. This recipe is very easy and better than any store bought cake mix.
The Best Chocolate Cupcakes Recipe
Ingredients
For the cupcakes:
- 1 cup 125g All-purpose flour
- â…“ cup 40g Cocoa powder
- ¼ teaspoon Salt
- ½ teaspoon Baking soda
- 1 large Egg
- 1 cup 200g Sugar
- ½ cup 120ml Buttermilk
- â…“ cup 80ml Vegetable oil
- ½ cup 120ml Coffee
- 1 teaspoon Vanilla extract
For the frosting:
- ½ cup 115g Butter, softened
- â…“ cup 40g Cocoa powder
- 1¾ cups 220g Powdered sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1-2 tablespoons heavy cream
- ¼ teaspoon Salt
Instructions
- DIRECTIONS1. Preheat oven to 350°F (175°C). Line a 12-cup muffin pan with cupcake liners. 2. In a large bowl sift flour, cocoa powder, baking soda and salt. Add sugar, stir and set aside. 3. In a separate bowl whisk all wet ingredients. 4. Add dry ingredients to wet ingredients and whisk just until combined. don’t overmix. 5. Scoop the batter into cupcake liners. Bake for 18-20 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Allow to cool completely. 6. Make the buttercream: In a large bowl, beat butter until fluffy. Add cocoa powder and. beat until combined. Beat in powdered sugar, one cup at a time, beating in between. Add vanilla extract, heavy cream and beat until incorporated. Transfer to a piping bag, pipe onto the cupcakes. 7. Sprinkle some chocolate sprinkles.
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Receipe says 1/2 coffee. So its how many teaspoons of coffee added to water. Thanks
About 1-2 teaspoons.
I made a cup of coffee and then measured 1/2 cup for the recipe. I made a 9×13 cake instead of cupcakes and it’s so delicious and moist!
I love choclate. Am excited to try this as it sounds heavenly
me too but i am make this cuz i am going somewhere do you think chocolate is best choices or vanilla
me too but i am make this cuz i am going somewhere do you think chocolate is best choices or vanilla
Hi, so will adding coffee cause the cupcakes to have a bitter or coffee-like taste? Or do you not taste any of the coffee? Is there any difference when you don’t add the coffee?
In my experience the coffee helps tone down the sweetness of the cupcakes so it isn’t overpowering. You can’t actually taste it, nor are they bitter.
coffee enhances the chocolate. I always add to brownies instead of water.
Coffee is usually added to enhance the chocolate flavor like salt for sugar
Dutch process cocoa powder or natural unsweetened cocoa powder for both cream and batter?
is there any substitute for heavy cream…. its not readily available in my place and homemade is too much task for one 😫
Yes,use coconut cream,works great. Thick Greek yogurt also works well.
I use whatever regular milk or carnation milk if I have no cream.
Super and wonderful
Thanku for the delicious movement
Thanku for the delicious movement
I really love this, because it is well explanatory.
Thx so much I loved it 🥰😉
I love’d this. Thank you very much
Hi chef…can i use brown sugar instead of normal sugar
Yes, you can
Wanna clarify whether the temperature and time are same if i bake in the air fryer
Is the added coffee hot or at room temperature ?
Warm coffee
i think because of the coffee the consistency of mine became super liquidy
How many millilitres is half a cup?
For the chocolate cupcakes, how much batter goes into a standard size cupcake liner? Is it 1/3 cup each? Thanks!
I will be making a large batch about a week in advance of an event. Do they freeze well? What’s the best wrap to use to ensure they are moist when thawed?
what is the substitute for coffee?
Water
Can I skip egg,if I want to make eggless version of these cupcakes
Hi David,
I know I’m late, just discovered your work recently. I made these cupcakes last week after months of trying different recipes. There were amazing! Moist, soft & fluffy. Very tasty. I’ve found my recipe
I want to make more this week, how can I make 24 cupcakes from this ? Do I double all the ingredients?
Hi,
Glad you liked my chocolate cupcakes!
Yes, you can double the ingredients.