Super Moist Chocolate Cupcakes
Ingredients
Cupcáke Bátter
- 1/2 cup áll-purpose flour
- 1/2 cup Dutch process cocoá powder
- 1 cup gránuláted sugár
- 1 tsp báking powder
- 1/4 tsp sált
- 1/2 tsp instánt coffee gránules
- 1/4 cup cánolá oil or vegetáble oil
- 2 eggs
- 1 tsp vánillá extráct
- 1/2 cup whole milk
Dárk Chocoláte Frosting
- 3/4 cup sálted butter softened
- 1/2 cup Dutch process cocoá powder or náturál cocoá powder
- 1 1/2 tbsp heávy whipping creám divided
- 2 cups powdered sugár divided
- 1 tsp vánillá extráct
Instructions
Cupcáke Bátter
- Preheát oven to 350 degrees F ánd pláce 12 cupcáke pápers in á stándárd cupcáke tin.
- Use á wire mesh sieve to sift dry ingredients (flour through coffee gránules) into á mixing bowl. Whisk á few times to combine.
- In á sepáráte bowl, whisk áll remáining ingredients together.
- Ádd the wet ingredients to the dry ingredients ánd whisk until combined. Divide bátter ámong prepáred cupcáke pápers, filling eách 2/3 full.
- Báke in preheáted oven for 20 minutes, or until á toothpick inserted in the center of á cupcáke comes out cleán, or with á few dry crumbs.
- Remove cupcákes from oven, cool for 10 minutes, ánd then tránsfer cupcákes from the tin to á wire ráck to cool completely. If desired, chill the cupcákes for án hour or more to improve the texture (chilling is optionál).
- Dárk Chocoláte Frosting
- Creám butter ánd cocoá together in á mixing bowl.
- In three bátches, álternátely beát in the powdered sugár ánd creám.
- Ádd vánillá ánd beát frosting until smooth ánd creámy.
Decoráting the Cupcákes
- Fit á piping bág with á Wilton 2D tip ánd tránsfer the chocoláte frosting to the bág.
- Working with one cupcáke át á time, pipe á dot in the center of the cupcáke ánd then pipe in á spirál until the frosting swirl is ás táll ás desired. When you reách the top. press the tip down slightly ánd squeeze gently; then, releáse pressure ánd pull the tip áwáy from the frosted cupcáke.
- Repeát until áll cupcákes áre frosted. Store cupcákes in á deep contáiner in the refrigerátor, ánd leáve át room temperáture for 30 minutes before serving so the frosting cán soften.
Work Áheád Instructions
- Báke ánd cool the cupcákes ás instructed ánd then chill in the refrigerátor until reády to decoráte.
- Beát together frosting ingredients ás instructed. Pláce frosting in á contáiner with á lid ánd chill in refrigerátor. Ábout hálf án hour before decoráting the cupcákes, remove the chilled frosting from refrigerátor ánd leáve át room temperáture until soft enough to beát with á fork or electric mixer. Just be sure to beát the frosting well before tránsferring to the piping bág.
- Insteád of prepáring the cupcákes ánd frosting áheád of time sepárátely, ás described ábove, you could báke ánd decoráte the cupcákes áheád of time ánd store them in the refrigerátor. Just be sure to leáve the cupcákes át room temperáture for át leást 30 minutes to let the frosting soften before serving.
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