Friday, April 12, 2013

Easy Chocolate Cupcakes Recipe

I'm trying to find the best and EASY recipes for cakes as I've been able to burn 2 different type of cookies I made for Easter. Yes, I think there is a time to bake and a time where you should stay away from the oven. Well, the second applies to me right now!
But I don't give up and I'm looking for the least complicate recipe I could ever find and I'll share them with you. Please email me if you have better ones too.

This one comes from Simplyrecipes.com ...let's give it a go!

Ingredients - Makes 12 cupcakes

Cupcakes:


1 1/2 cups all purpose flour

1/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder

1 cup granulated sugar

1 teaspoon baking soda

1/2 teaspoon salt

1 cup brewed coffee (or 1 cup of warm water mixed with 1 1/2 teaspoons of espresso powder or instant coffee granules)

1 Tbsp white vinegar

2 teaspoons vanilla extract

6 Tbsp (1/4 cup plus 2 Tbsp) olive oil



Frosting:



4 Tbsp butter

1/3 cup unsweetened cocoa powder

1 1/2 cup powdered sugar

3 tablespoons milk

1 tablespoon vanilla extract

Method

Cupcakes:



1 Preheat oven to 350°F with a rack in the middle position. Prepare a muffin tin with cupcake liners.


2 In a large bowl, vigorously whisk together the flour, cocoa powder, sugar, baking soda, and salt until there are no visible clumps (cocoa tends to clump up).


3 In a separate bowl, mix together the coffee (or water plus coffee granules), vinegar, vanilla extract, and olive oil.


4 Pour the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients and stir only until they just come together. The mixture should be thin and rather lumpy.


5 Ladle the batter into the cupcake liners, filling them about two-thirds of the way full. Place in oven and bake for 18 to 20 minutes, until a bamboo skewer inserted in the center comes out clean.


6 Remove from oven and let cool in the pan for 5 minutes, then remove from pan and let cool on a rack. Once cool, you can eat plain, sprinkle with powdered sugar, or drizzle or coat with frosting.


Frosting:


While the cupcakes are cooking, make the frosting. Melt butter in a small saucepan and remove from heat. Stir in the cocoa until smooth. Sprinkle in about a third of the powdered sugar, stir, then sprinkle in about a half of the milk. Keep alternating with the powdered sugar and either milk or vanilla, stirring after each addition, until the frosting is the consistency you want, and smooth. If it's too runny, add more powdered sugar. If too stiff, add a little more milk or vanilla extract.


To pipe in a decorative pattern, scoop the frosting into the corner of a ziplock freezer bag. Use scissors to cut away 1/4-inch or so from the tip of the corner. Then just squeeze the frosting out of the bag onto the cupcakes in any design you like.


And these are my cupcakes....


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3 comments:

  1. I have been making these cupcakes and this exact frosting for a year now! It's my absolute favorite.

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  2. Great minds think alike! Your recipe sounds wonderful! I made cupcakes today, too. I put pink sugar on top of the white frosting and forgot that the 3 year old has a reaction to red food coloring (apparently used in pink sugar-lol) He was bouncing off the walls...and I was following behind him! xo Diana ps. You do know you have double word verification on?

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    1. Hi Diana, thank you for letting me know. I'll check that. I looooove pink frosting! I would be bouncing too...I didn't realize hoe full of sugar they are before making them.

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