Chocolate Cupcakes with Chocolate Cream Cheese Frosting Recipe

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These are the world's best chocolate cupcakes, so stop looking! The chocolate cream cheese frosting is so good that you'll want to eat it with a spoon! The cake is soft and moist.

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FOR THE CUPCAKES – 3/4 cup plus 2 Tbsp all purpose flour – 1 cup sugar – 1/4 cup plus 2 Tbsp cocoa powder – 1 tsp baking soda – 1/2 tsp baking powder – 1/2 tsp salt – 1/2 cup buttermilk – 1/4 cup vegetable oil – 1 egg – 1 tsp vanilla extract – 1/2 cup hot coffee or hot water FOR THE CHOCOLATE CREAM CHEESE FROSTING – 6 Tbsp unsalted butter, room temperature – 8 ounces cream cheese* – 1 tsp vanilla extract – 1 pinch salt – 3 cups powdered sugar – 1/2 cup cocoa powder

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Preheat oven to 350F. Line a 12-cup muffin pan. Mix flour, sugar, cocoa powder, baking soda, baking powder, and salt in a large bowl. Mix well.

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Instructions

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In a separate basin, mix buttermilk, oil, egg, and vanilla. Whisk smooth. Fold wet ingredients into dry ingredients in bowl. Add hot coffee when there are a few dry flour streaks. Just blend everything, don't overmix.

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Divide batter between muffin tins, filling them 2/3 full. (If you load muffin tins above 2/3, cupcakes may flow over the sides like muffins.)

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Bake cupcakes for 15-18 minutes until risen and a toothpick put into the centre comes out clean. After baking, let cool before icing.

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FOR FROSTING Break butter and cream cheese into big pieces. Blend until smooth in a food processor with salt and vanilla essence.

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Blend briefly between adding 1 cup of powdered sugar and cocoa powder. You may need to scrape the bowl sides twice to ensure smoothness.

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To Frost Cupcakes Place a generous spoonful of frosting on each cupcake and carefully spread it with a small spoon or butter knife.

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If you ice cupcakes like me, you may have leftover frosting. You should have enough frosting to pipe all 12 cupcakes unless you want tall cupcakes with lots of icing then double or 1.5x the recipe.

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Also see

Blueberry Zucchini Cake with Lemon Buttercream Recipe 

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