Chocolate cupcakes. These super moist chocolate cupcakes pack TONS of chocolate flavor in each cupcake wrapper! Made from simple everyday ingredients, this easy cupcake recipe will be your new favorite. Perfect Chocolate Cupcakes topped with a chocolate buttercream frosting!

I have tested recipes from every major recipe source and have not been able to find the one I considered to be perfect. This basic chocolate cupcake recipe uses vinegar and baking soda to create an acid-base reaction, causing bubbles to form and thus the cupcakes to rise as they bake. Unsweetened chocolate - adding in melted chocolate will give the cupcakes even more decadent chocolate flavor. You can have Chocolate cupcakes using 14 ingredients and 11 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of Chocolate cupcakes

Prepare 3/4 cup of all purpose flour.
Prepare 1/2 cup of cocoa powder.
You need 3/4 tsp of baking powder.
It's 1/2 tsp of baking soda.
You need 1/4 tsp of salt.
It's 2 of eggs.
Prepare 1/2 cup of white sugar.
Prepare 1/2 cup of light brown sugar.
Prepare 1/3 cup of oil.
You need 2 tsp of vanilla essence.
You need 1/2 cup of buttermilk.
Prepare 1 cup of dark chocolate.
You need 1/2 cup of heavy cream.
Prepare 2 tbsp of colourful sprinkles.

The flavor reminds me of brownies. Buttermilk - this is the key ingredient for moist. These classic chocolate cupcakes are ready in less than an hour, and the perfect dessert for any occasion. I have tried it with Hershey's extra dark cocoa powder as well as other non-Dutch process.

Chocolate cupcakes step by step

Sieve the flour, cocoa powder, baking powder, baking soda and salt together and keep aside..
Whisk the eggs and the two sugars together..
Add oil and vanilla essence to this mix..
Add the flour mix and buttermilk to this mix alternately till a lump free batter is formed..
Line the muffin tray with cupcake liners and pour the batter till half full..
Bake these in preheated oven at 180 degree Celsius for 18-20 minutes or till a skewer comes out clean..
To make the ganache frosting, put the chocolate and cream in microwave safe bowl..
Heat in microwave for intervals of 30 seconds till the cream is warm..
Mix it well till the chocolate melts completely and then let it cool..
For the assembly, let the cupcakes and frosting cool completely..
Put some frosting on cupcakes and garnish with sprinkles..

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