Chocolate Cupcakes

Chocolate cupcakes are the ultimate party food. These are super moist and bursting with rich, chocolaty flavor — and they’re so easy to make. Frost these delicious chocolate cupcakes with buttercream or cream cheese frosting, or try royal icing or even whipped cream.

Submitted by Ladan M Miller
Prep Time:
15 mins
Cook Time:
15 mins
Total Time:
30 mins
Servings:
16
Yield:
16 cupcakes

Ingredients

Original recipe (1X) yields 16 servings

  • 1 ⅓ cups all-purpose flour
  • ¾ cup unsweetened cocoa powder
  • 2 teaspoons baking powder
  • ¼ teaspoon baking soda
  • ⅛ teaspoon salt
  • 1 ½ cups white sugar
  • 3 tablespoons butter, softened
  • 2 large eggs
  • ¾ teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 1 cup milk

Directions

  1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Line a muffin pan with paper or foil liners.

  2. Sift together flour, cocoa, baking powder, baking soda, and salt.

    Flour, cocoa, baking powder, baking soda and salt all sifted together into a bowl.
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  3. Cream together sugar and butter in a large bowl until light and fluffy.

    Sugar and butter creamed together in a large bowl.
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  4. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Stir in the vanilla. Add flour mixture in two batches, alternating with milk; beat well.

    Flour added to mixture, along with milk, until well beaten.
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  5. Spoon batter into the prepared muffin cups, filling each 3/4 full.

    Batter spooned into prepared muffin tins.
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  6. Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the centers comes out clean, 15 to 17 minutes. Remove from the oven and let cool before serving or frosting.

    low angle looking at chocolate cupcakes served on a plate with more cupcakes in the background

    Nutrition Facts

    Calories158
    Total Fat 4g
    Saturated Fat 2g
    Cholesterol 31mg
    Sodium 115mg
    Total Carbohydrate 30g
    Dietary Fiber 2g
    Total Sugars 20g
    Protein 3g
    Calcium 71mg
    Iron 1mg
    Potassium 104mg