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chocolate cupcakes recipe

Chocolate Cupcakes Recipe

Author: Cakes by Lynz
A simply delicious chocolatey cupcake finished with yummy chocolate buttercream!
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Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 23 minutes
Total Time 33 minutes
Servings 12 Cupcakes
Recipe Type Cupcakes
Keyword American Buttercream, Chocolate Cupcakes

Ingredients
  

For the Cupcakes

  • 170 g Self Raising Flour (6oz)
  • 200 g Room Temperature Butter (7oz)
  • 200 g Caster Sugar (7oz)
  • 2 eggs (medium)
  • 30 g Cocoa Powder (1oz)
  • 2 tbsp Milk

For the chocolate Buttercream

  • 312 g Icing Sugar (10oz)
  • 170 g Salted Butter (6oz)
  • 30 g Cocoa Powder (1oz)
  • 2 tbsp Milk

Instructions

  • To make the chocolate cupcakes; add all of your ingredients into the mixing bowl at the same time, making sure to sift the flour and cocoa powder to get out any lumps. It's important to make sure your butter is at room temperature so it mixes evenly though your mixture (you can also use a baking spread like stork for your cupcakes).
  • Using an electric hand whisk or electric stand mixer with the paddle attachment, mix up your ingredients until they are well combined (this usually takes around 30 seconds).
  • You then want to split the mixture into my 12 cupcake cases (this is around 59g of mixture in each case) and bake them in a preheated oven for around 23 – 25 minutes at 180 degrees Celsius.
  • When setting my oven I always use a normal oven setting. If you are using a fan oven you will need to reduce the temperature and bake for a little longer. With a fan over you may find that the outside bakes a little quicker than the inside.
  • Test the cupcakes are baked all the way through by using a cocktail stick or bamboo skewer. Poke it into the center of your cupcakes, if it comes out clean you know they are baked all the way through.
  • You then want to let your cupcakes cool.
  • To make the buttercream; sift the icing sugar and cocoa powder into your mixing bowl. Then add the room temperature butter (you want to make sure with buttercream you are using a real block of butter rather than a spread). You can then add the milk to get the consistency you are looking for.
  • Mix on a medium / high speed for around 5 minutes. You will see your buttercream start to turn really creamy.
  • You can then add your buttercream into your piping bag with a piping tip of your choice and pipe a pretty swirl on the top of your cupcakes.