Homemade Chocolate Cupcakes
Easy to make, light, moist, bursting with chocolate flavor, and with a nice rounded top perfect for a pretty swirl of frosting … this is the Homemade Chocolate Cupcakes recipe you’ve been searching for.
Cupcakes are delicious! Cupcakes are easy to make! Cupcakes are perfect for a party because they are so easy to serve and everybody loves them (even the adults!) We usually use a doctored cake mix for cupcakes. But sometimes we want to go that extra mile and make them from scratch. For those times, we use this tried and true Homemade Chocolate Cupcakes recipe. These cupcakes are light, moist, bursting with chocolate flavor, and come out of the oven with a nice rounded top perfect for a pretty swirl of frosting. Did we mention how easy they are to make? If you need homemade chocolate cupcakes, you’ve come to the right place!
Ingredients You Will Need
How to Make the Chocolate Cupcake Batter
Step 1: Add the flour, sugar, cocoa powder, baking powder, baking soda and salt to a mixing bowl and whisk until combined.
Step 2: Pour the milk and oil into the mixing bowl and mix at a low speed until thoroughly combined.
Step 3: Add the egg, and mix on low for an additional 2 minutes.
Step 4: Add the vanilla and mix on low for 1 more minute.
Step 5: Add the boiling water. Pulse the mixer until the water starts to incorporate with the batter. The boiling water will help the cocoa powder bloom and develop all its chocolatey goodness.
Step 6: Mix on low for two more minutes. Use a spoon or spatula to scrape the bottom of the bowl frequently to make sure that the water gets completely mixed together with the thicker batter that is on the bottom of the bowl. The batter should be thin.
Baking Instructions
Step 7: Place the cupcake liners in a muffin or cupcake pan.
Step 8: We use a medium-sized ice cream scooper to fill our cupcake liners but a spoon will work if you don’t have one.
Step 9: Fill the cupcake liners 3/4 full. If you fill them to the top, the cupcakes will rise up over the edge of the cupcake liner.
Step 10: Bake the cupcakes in an oven pre-heated to 350 degrees for 17-18 minutes.
Step 11: Allow the cupcakes to cool in the baking pan for 10-15 minutes and then remove them from the pan to finish cooling.
Don’t Forget the Frosting!
Now for the most important part! What kind of frosting are you going to make to put on these delicious chocolate cupcakes? Lucky for you, frosting is one of our specialties and we have so many great choices for you to choose from but here are five classics that pair perfectly with chocolate cupcakes:
- The Best Chocolate Frosting
- The Best Mocha Buttercream Frosting
- The Best Peanut Butter Frosting
- The Best Raspberry Buttercream Frosting
- Cookie Dough Frosting
Expert Tips and FAQs
Tips for baking perfect homemade chocolate cupcakes every time:
- Make sure your egg is at room temperature. If you forgot to take it out of the refrigerator, you can submerge the egg in a cup/bowl of warm water for a few minutes to warm it up.
- Use a mixer (either a hand mixer or a stand mixer) but only at the lowest speed. You want to get air into the batter but you don’t want to overmix it either.
- Use boiling water. It will help emulsify the batter as well as help the cocoa powder bloom and taste even more chocolatey and delicious.
How do I know when my cupcakes are done?
It is really easy to figure out if a cupcake is fully baked. Open the oven and lightly touch the top of one of the cupcakes. The top of the fully baked cupcake will bounce back when you touch it. If your finger leaves a tiny indentation, keep baking. But keep an eye on the cupcakes starting around the 16-minute mark, you don’t want to overbake them. An overbaked cupcake is a dry cupcake!
How long will the cupcakes stay fresh?
Homemade cupcakes will not stay as fresh as long as a cupcake made from a box mix, so keep that in mind when you are planning which kind of cupcake to make for your party. A homemade cupcake definitely tastes best the day it is baked. Store your frosted cupcakes in the refrigerator to extend their life.
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Homemade Chocolate Cupcakes
Easy to make, light, moist, bursting with chocolate flavor, and with a nice rounded top perfect for a pretty swirl of frosting ... this is the Homemade Chocolate Cupcakes recipe you’ve been searching for.
Ingredients
- 1 cup All-Purpose Flour
- 1 /2 cup Unsweetened Cocoa Powder
- 1 cup Granulated Sugar
- 1 teaspoon Baking Powder
- 1/2 teaspoon Baking Soda
- 1/2 teaspoon Salt
- 1/2 cup Milk
- 1/3 cup Oil
- 1 Large Egg (Room Temperature)
- 1 1/2 tablespoon Vanilla Extract
- 1/2 cup Boiling Water
Instructions
- Add the sugar, flour, cocoa powder, baking powder, baking soda, and salt to a mixing bowl and whisk until combined.
- Pour the milk and oil into the mixing bowl and mix at a low speed until thoroughly combined.
- Add the egg, and mix on low for an additional 2 minutes.
- Add the vanilla and mix on low for 1 more minute.
- Add the boiling water. Pulse the mixer until the water starts to incorporate with the batter. and then mix on low for two more minutes. Use a spoon or spatula to scrape the bottom of the bowl frequently to make sure that the water gets completely mixed together with the thicker batter that is on the bottom of the bowl. The batter should be thin.
- Place the cupcake liners in a muffin or cupcake pan.
- We use a medium-sized ice cream scooper to fill our cupcake liners but a spoon will work if you don't have one. Fill the cupcake liners 3/4 full. If you fill them to the top, the cupcakes will rise up over the edge of the cupcake liner as the bake.
- Bake the cupcakes in an oven pre-heated to 350 degrees for 17-18 minutes.
Notes
Baking Tips
Make sure your egg is at room temperature. If you forgot to take it out of the refrigerator, you can submerge the egg in a cup/bowl of warm water for a few minutes to warm it up.
Use a mixer (either a hand mixer or a stand mixer) but only at the lowest speed. You want to get air into the batter but you don't want to overmix it either.
Use boiling water. It will help emulsify the batter as well as help the cocoa powder bloom and taste even more chocolatey and delicious.
How long will the cupcakes stay fresh?
Homemade cupcakes will not stay as fresh as long as a cupcake made from a box mix, so keep that in mind when you are planning which kind of cupcake to make for your party. A homemade cupcake definitely tastes best the day it is baked. Store your frosted cupcakes in the refrigerator to extend their life.
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