Double Chocolate Cupcakes

Anna Kosti
December 18, 2021
Cupcakes & Muffins

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Hi, thanks for stopping by, my name is Anna Kosti and I am 18 years old. I live in Larnaca, Cyprus, with my family and I am still going to high school. I fell in love with baking since the age of 9! I started with simple recipes to making complicated and fascinating desserts. I am planning to join university next year, overseas, to become a professional pastry chef.

What’s better than a rich Double Chocolate Cupcakes Topped with a delicious Chocolate Buttercream?! This cupcake is for all the chocolate addicts who appreciate an excellent chocolate dessert!!!

This cupcake is like a piece of heaven… it starts of with a moist Chocolate Cupcake and its topped with a rich and creamy Chocolate Buttercream!!

Make sure to give this heavenly good recipe a try!

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Cupcakes are suitable for many occasions like birthdays, during holidays or even as an every day snack. Kids love these type of chocolatey cupcakes and adults love them too.

you have the chance to be a bit creative too and decorate it however you want with sprinkles or even some white American Buttercream.

These cupcakes can be stored in the fridge for up to 5 days either covered with plastic wrap or in an airtight container.

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Double Chocolate Cupcakes

Preparation Time:

20 Minutes

Cooking Time:

20 Minutes

Total Time:

40 Minutes

Serves:

12 Level of Difficulty:

Easy

Description

This cupcake is like a piece of heaven… it starts of with a moist Chocolate Cupcake and its topped with a rich and creamy Chocolate Buttercream!!

Ingredients

Cupcakes

3/4 cups all purpose flour
1/2 cup cocoa powder
3/4 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp Baking soda
1/4 tsp salt
2 eggs
1/2 cup white sugar
1/2 cup light brown sugar
1/3 cup vegetable oil
2 tsp vanilla extract
1/2 cup buttermilk

Buttercream

1 cup unsalted butter (room temperature)
3 1/2 cups icing sugar
3 tbsp cream
1/2 cup cocoa powder

Instructions

Cupcakes: In a big mixing bowl add in your eggs and both of the sugars. Mx using a whisk until they are nice and fluffy.
Add in your vanilla, baking soda, baking powder, salt, cocoa powder, oil and buttermilk. Mix until fully combined.
Add in your flour and mix until the batter is formed.
Line a 12-case cupcake tin with paper cases and divide your mixture evenly among the cases.
Bake for 18-20 minutes at 175°C. & then set them on a cooling rack to cool down completely
Buttercream: In a big mixing bowl add in your butter and cream using an electric hand mixer for 3 minutes until it whitens in colour and its nice and airy.
Add in your icing sugar, cocoa powder and cream and mix for 3 more minutes until a smooth buttercream is formed.
Place the mixture in a piping bag and start decorating your cupcakes.