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Chocolate Cupcakes with Chocolate Buttercream Frosting

4.84 from 6 votes
Prep Time: 20 minutes
Cook Time: 15 minutes
Assembly Time 20 minutes
Total Time: 55 minutes
Author: Traci Crossland
Decedent, easy to make, and SO delicious. These classic Chocolate Cupcakes with Chocolate Buttercream Frosting are a chocolate lovers dream!

Ingredients

Chocolate Cupcakes

  • 1 ½ cups semi-sweet chocolate
  • ¾ cup unsalted butter
  • 3 cups all purpose flour
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 1 Tablespoon baking powder
  • ¾ teaspoon baking soda
  • 1 ¾ cups sugar
  • 3 large eggs
  • 1 ½ cups buttermilk
  • 2 teaspoons vanilla

Chocolate Buttercream Frosting

  • 8 cups powdered sugar, sifted
  • 2 cups cocoa powder, sifted
  • 1 ½ cups salted butter
  • 1 ⅓ cups milk
  • 4 teaspoons vanilla
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Instructions

Cupcakes

  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
  • Line muffin tins with baking cups, or spray with baking spray.
  • Place chocolate and butter in a saucepan.
  • Heat over low heat, stirring constantly, until both butter and chocolate are melted and mixture is smooth. Set aside.
  • In a large bowl, whisk together flour, salt, baking powder, baking soda, and sugar.
  • Add eggs and buttermilk.
  • Whisk until combined.
  • Stir in chocolate mixture and vanilla.
  • Spoon into prepared muffin pans.
  • Bake for 15 minutes, or until cupcakes test done.

Frosting

  • In a large bowl, whisk together powdered sugar and cocoa powder. Set aside.
  • In the bowl of a stand mixer, beat the butter until smooth.
  • Add powdered sugar mixture alternatively with milk.
  • Beat until fluffy.
  • Stir in vanilla.

Notes

Expert Tips:
  • Don't over-mix the batter.
  • Make sure to sift the powdered sugar!
  • You can make the cupcakes ahead of time.
  • You may need to refrigerate the buttercream in-between frosting the cupcakes.
  • Don't over fill the cupcake liners. About 3/4 of the way full is perfect.

Nutrition

Serving: 1Calories: 472kcalCarbohydrates: 69gProtein: 5gFat: 21gSaturated Fat: 13gPolyunsaturated Fat: 1gMonounsaturated Fat: 6gTrans Fat: 1gCholesterol: 65mgSodium: 285mgPotassium: 216mgFiber: 3gSugar: 53gVitamin A: 549IUCalcium: 80mgIron: 2mg

Nutritional information is only an estimate. The accuracy of the nutritional information for any recipe on this site is not guaranteed.