BEST EVER MOIST CHOCOLATE CUPCAKES

This is the be all, end all, of chocolate cupcake recipes.  Your days of resorting to a cake mix can be a thing of the past.  If you love making desserts from scratch and have been searching for the perfect chocolate cupcake recipe, your search is over.

I know these are big claims, but honestly, I feel like I have tried every chocolate cupcake recipe on the planet.  And while there are many good chocolate cupcake recipes out there, this one is hands down the best chocolate cupcake recipe ever.  I’m pretty confident you will agree.

The recipe calls for hot water, which is super important to achieving super moist chocolate cupcakes with an intense chocolate flavor.  It doesn’t have to be boiling, but it needs to be really hot because the heat is going to react with the cocoa powder, causing it to “bloom”, which brings out as much chocolate flavor as possible from the cocoa powder.

The hot water is also going to create a pretty thin batter, too.  Don’t be alarmed by that!  The thin batter is going to allow the baking powder and baking soda in the batter to really do their magic and the cupcakes will rise and dome beautifully, with a wonderful texture thanks to all the scientific magic going on behind the scenes.

Ingredients

• 1 cup all-purpose flour
• 1 cup granulated sugar
• 1/2 cup cocoa powder
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 large egg, room temperature
• 1/2 cup buttermilk, room temperature
• 1/2 cup vegetable oil
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1/2 cup very hot water

Instructions

1. Heat oven to 350 degrees.  Line a cupcake pan with paper liners.
2. Combine the flour, sugar, cocoa powder, baking powder, baking soda, and salt together in a bowl and whisk together.  
3. Combine the egg, buttermilk, oil, and vanilla in another bowl and whisk together.
4. Add the wet ingredients to the dry ingredients and mix using a stand mixer until combined.
5. .......................................

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