Chocolate Cupcakes with Chocolate Buttercream Frosting

How is it that I’ve never shared a chocolate cupcake recipe with chocolate buttercream frosting before?? Okay I’ve shared lots of chocolate cupcakes with different kinds of frosting but who doesn’t love this classic combination – chocolate with more chocolate! This is has been my go-to chocolate cupcakes for years now. I created this recipe back when I was reading the how-to’s and sciences of baking books, so I came up with the perfect blend and ratios to get my favorite chocolate cupcake. I’m crazy, I literally dream about these things.

Try these out soon though, you just can’t go wrong with a classic chocolate cupcake with a rich chocolate buttercream frosting. These are made with all the good stuff – butter, sugar, cocoa, cream. And it includes how to make cupcake frosting that is out of this world. Oh and that frosting, it tastes like fudge..so, if you are lucky enough to have any left over just store it in the fridge and eat it by the spoonful. Fudge I tell you.

Ingredients

• 1/4 cup + 2 Tbsp (38g) unsweetened cocoa powder
• 1/2 tsp baking soda
• 1/2 cup (120ml) boiling water
• 1/4 cup (58g) unsalted butter, melted
• 3 Tbsp (45ml) vegetable oil
• 1 cup (200g) granulated sugar
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• Heaping 1/4 tsp salt
• 1 large egg
• 1 large egg yolk
• 1/4 cup (60ml) heavy cream
• 3/4 cup + 2 Tbsp (125g) all-purpose flour
• Chocolate Buttercream
• 3/4 cup (170g) butter, softened (preferably 1/2 cup unsalted butter 1/4 cup salted)
• 2 1/2 cups (326g) powdered sugar
• 6 Tbsp (38g) unsweetened cocoa powder*
• 2 - 3 Tbsp heavy cream
• 1 tsp vanilla extract

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. In large heat proof mixing bowl, whisk together cocoa powder and baking soda. Carefully pour in boiling water and whisk until bubbling subsides and mixture is well blended, allow to cool for 5 minutes. Meanwhile, in a separate large mixing bowl, using an electric hand mixer set on low speed, blend together melted butter, vegetable oil, granulated sugar, vanilla and salt until well combined, about 30 seconds. Mix in egg then eggs yolk. Blend in lukewarm cocoa mixture then blend in heavy cream. Add flour and blend until well combined, while scraping down sides and bottom of bowl.
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