Best Chocolate Cupcakes with Buttercream Frosting
Ingredients
Chocolate Cupcakes
- 1 cup sugar
- 1/2 cup + 1/3 cup all purpose flour I use GFJules (affiliate link)
- 1/3 cup Hershey’s Cocoa
- 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 egg
- 1/2 cup strong black coffee I used decaf
- 1/2 cup buttermilk or sour milk to sour milk: use 2 teaspoons white vinegar plus milk to equal 1/2 cup
- 1/4 cup canola oil
- 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
Vanilla Frosting (recipe halves well)
- 1 box confectioner sugar
- 2 teaspoons vanilla
- ½ stick butter or dairy free butter softened
- 4½ tablespoons milk or dairy free milk
Chocolate Frosting (recipe halves well)
- 6 Tablespoons butter or dairy free butter softened
- ¾ cup Hershey’s Cocoa
- 1 teaspoon Vanilla extract
- 2⅔ cups powdered sugar
- 4 to 6 Tablespoons milk
Strawberry Frosting (recipe halves well)
- 1 box confectioner sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- ½ stick butter or dairy free butter softened
- 1-2 tablespoons milk* For a deeper strawberry flavor, skip or use less milk and more strawberry puree
- 3 tablespoons strawberry puree I mashed strawberries, then strained out the juice with a strainer
Instructions
Cupcakes
- Heat oven to 350 degrees F and line muffin tins with baking cup liners.
- In large mixer bowl, blend sugar, flour, cocoa, baking powder, baking soda and salt.
- Add egg, coffee, buttermilk, oil and vanilla; beat on medium speed for 2 minutes (batter will be thin).
- Pour or spoon batter into prepared muffin tins. Bake 17 mins, then cover loosely with foil and bake another 5-10 minutes or until tooth pick inserted in center comes out clean.
- Cool completely. Frost as desired.
Vanilla Frosting
- In a small mixing bowl, beat butter. Add remaining ingredients, and mix until combined and creamy. Makes 2 cups frosting.
Chocolate Frosting
- In small mixer bowl, beat butter. Add powdered sugar and cocoa alternately with milk; beat to spreading consistency. Blend in vanilla. Makes about 2 cups frosting
Strawberry frosting
- In a mixing bowl, beat the butter. Add remaining ingredients* and mix until well combined and creamy. Makes 2 cups frosting.
These cupcakes are unbelievably delicious. I’m wondering if recipe can be baked as a cake also? In an 8×8 pan perhaps? Thanks.
Yes! It is based on a cake! Here’s the link to The Best Chocolate Cake! We loooove this cake!
Thanks so much. Will make this for next family birthday.
Great! Hope you love it!