Moist Chocolate Cupcakes

Recipe by Stay at Home Mum

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Course: DessertsCuisine: AustralianDifficulty: Easy

Servings

–

servings

Prep time

minutes

Cooking time

minutes

Calories

250

kcal

Total time

minutes

Soft, moist chocolate cupcakes with a rich cocoa flavor, perfect for parties, celebrations, or a sweet treat anytime.

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Ingredients

100 gram plain flour
30 gram Cocoa
140 gram Caster sugar
a pinch of salt
1.5 tsp Baking powder
40 gram unsalted butter
1 Milk (120ml)
1 Egg
.5 tsp vanilla extract
Frosting
1 thin block of chocolate, broken into shards
80 gram butter, at room temperature
250 gram pure icing sugar, sifted
1 dash vanilla extract
30 gram Cocoa, sifted
1 Milk (30 mls)

Directions

Chocolate Cupcakes
Preheat oven to 180°C
Place cupcakes papers in a cupcake pan
Combine flour, cocoa, sugar, baking powder, salt, and butter with a mixer on low speed until it resembles wet sand
Whisk together egg, milk and vanilla and slowly pour into the dry ingredients while the mixer is running
Turn the mixer up to high-speed mix for a couple of minutes. Scrape down the bowl about halfway through.
Spoon the mixture into cupcake cases and bake for about 20 to 25 mins or until they spring back if you lightly touch them in the centre.
Allow to cool completely before frosting.
Place butter, icing sugar and vanilla extract in the bowl of an electric mixer (or in a bowl and use a hand mixer) and beat for about 2 mins. Add milk and beat for a further 4 mins. Get creative and frost your super-yum cupcakes.
To Make The Frosting
Place butter, cocoa and icing sugar in a bowl and beat on low speed until combined. A stand mixer is super handy here.
Combine vanilla and milk in a small bowl and slowly add to the frosting mixture.
Once combined turn the speed high and beat the frosting for about 6 minutes.
Place frosting in a piping bag with a large nozzle and gently squeeze the frosting out of the bag in a dome shape.
Place a piece of chocolate in each cupcake.

Clare Whitfield Chief Editor

Clare Whitfield is the Editor of Stay at Home Mum and a recognised voice in practical home management for Australian families. Based in the northern suburbs of Sydney, she balances editorial leadership with life as a stay at home mum to two school age children. Her background in home economics and more than a decade of experience in recipe development, family budgeting, and household systems inform her work.

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