Chocolate Cupcake Recipe
Who doesn’t love chocolate cupcakes? These miniature cakes have an intense chocolate flavor and a delicate crumb. They are very moist and delicious. Unlike most cupcake recipes, these chocolate cupcakes are versatile and can be used with a wide variety of frosting and fillings. They are very easy to make. This recipe is an adaptation of a recipe by Robyn Stone and has become my go-to recipe for chocolate cupcakes.
INGREDIENTS:
Makes 12 Cupcakes
(1) 130 Grams All Purpose Flour (1 Cup)
(2) 60 Grams Unsweetened Cocoa Powder (1/2 Cup)
(3) 200 Grams Granulated White Sugar (1 Cup)
(4) 1 Teaspoon Baking Powder
(5) 1/2 Teaspoon Baking Soda
(6) 1/2 Teaspoon Salt
(7) 1/2 Cup Buttermilk (See Note 1)
(8) 1/4 Cup Vegetable Oil (See Note 2)
(9) 1 Teaspoon Pure Vanilla Flavor
(10) 1 Large Egg
(11) 1/2 Cup Hot Water (Boiling)
NOTES:
(1) You can replace buttermilk with regular milk, whole or reduced fat. A recipe for how to make your own buttermilk at home can be found here.
(2) Use a flavorless vegetable oil like corn, canola, sunflower or peanut.
PROCEDURE:
(1) Preheat oven to 315 degrees.
(2) Place 12 cupcake liners in a muffin pan.
NOTE: See Baking Solution 107 on how to retain the beautiful colors and designs on your cupcake liners after baking
(3) In the bowl of your stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, add all the dry ingredients (Items 1 – 6) and mix to blend all the ingredients together.
(2) Add the next 4 ingredients (Items 7 – 10) to the flour mixture and mix at medium speed until combined. About 1 minute.
(3) Reduce the mixing speed to low and add the hot water.
(4) Stop the mixer, scrape the bottom and sides of the mixing bowl with a spatula and beat the batter at high speed for 1 minute to incorporate air.
(5) Fill the cupcake liners with about 1/4 cup of batter. The liners should be about 3/4 filled with batter.
NOTE: See Baking Solution 106 on how to properly fill cupcake liners so they don’t overflow
(6) Bake in the preheated oven for 14 to 18 minutes or until a tester inserted in the middle of a few cupcakes comes out clean.
(7) Place cupcakes on cooling rack and allow to cool completely before frosting.
END NOTES:
(1) For even more moist cupcakes, be sure to spray them with a simply syrup before frosting.
(2) Cupcakes can be frosted with vanilla buttercream frosting, chocolate buttercream frosting, peanut butter buttercream frosting (recipe soon), mint buttercream frosting (recipe soon), et cetera. They can also be drizzled with chocolate ganache.
(3) For a moist vanilla cupcake recipe, click here.
Terry Adido is passionate about showing people how easy it is to recreate restaurant quality meals in the comfort of their kitchens. With a style of cooking he refers to as Afro-European Fusion, his meals are influenced greatly by French and Italian Cuisine with a West African twist. If you love good food, you are in for the ride of your life.
Indeed terry u are great well done bro
Thanks for your support Dumski.
Tnks blessed hands
You are welcome.
This tastes good. Good job.God bless you.
It sure does Chichi.
Awesome one again fairy cake father. You rock
LOL. I see you Janet. Thanks.
I will definitely try it out
You should. Its so good.
Terry, you are the bomb! #thumbsup.
Thanks Chisom.
You don’t even want to know how long I’ve waited for this recipe! I’ve tried a million choc cupcake recipes and they just weren’t IT for me, I haven’t tried this yet and I don’t need a fairy to tell me it’s the best cos I know it is. Thanks Terry chop kiss
Thanks for your vote of confidence Dee. Do give it a go.
Butter milk can also be made by adding milk to d curd in equal proportion or that is different.
I am not familiar with that method Pumpwala.
Thanks for this easy recipe, Terry. 🙂
You are welcome Gina.
weldone terry,I changed my email address n i subscribed to ur blog with my new one but till now am not notified of any new post
That’s strange. I’d look into it.
Just tried dis and its awesome,d taste is out of dis world.U just made me a choc cupcake addict bro.Keep d good work and more grace.
Wow! That was fast. Thanks for the review.
Thank you teacher.
You are welcome Chinelo.
Thanks …so in all d receipes whr butter milk is there we hv to use milk with lemon or vinegar.
If you are looking for a substitute, yes.
Thank you so much Terry…its a must try.
Anyway there’s a lot I learn from you.
You are welcome Nolie.
Thumbs up Terry! so detailed hmmm you make baking seam so easy.
I have a question though, in place of coco powder in chocolate cakes can nutella be used.
I have a jar of nutella and I don’t know what to do with it.
Thanks Esther. Nutella cannot serve as a substitute for cocoa powder. You can however add it to your buttercream recipe to make nutella buttercream.
Terry u’re just too much. Tnx so much for helping me out in my Baking difficulties. A friend introduced ur site to me nd u’ve bn so helpful since then. I call u”my new boss”since then. Thump up to u my boss. More wisdom nd grace IJN.
Thanks Bukky. Nice having you here.
Thanx Terry. You are the best. God bless you.
Thanks Joy.
Nice work Terry,God bless you.
Thanks Amaka.
Terry u have come again o. Well done! Definitely baking this today. Will be letting u know my experience.
I look forward to your feedback.
Tanks Terry, u re such an inspiration,
Thanks Queen.
Uncle Terry, May you live forever. I tried this saturday night. It was mind blowing. Everyone loved it. Thank you so much. I’m really grateful.
I am glad to hear that. Thanks for the feedback.
This is my husband’s favorite and I made it for the first time 2 days ago. Love, love, love! I just put a second batch in the oven! Gratednutmeg.com has me feeling like a professional baker, lol. Thanks Terry!
lol. But you are a professional baker. Nice one.
I believe this recipe can be used for bigger cake in bigger pan. Thanks Terry for this.
I have never tried it, but I am guess the answer is yes.
Just tried it. Taking it right now. It’s just wow. My first chocolate cake. I even did it without a mixer, but it came out really great. Thank terry, God bless you
Awesome! I’m glad you loved it.
Hi Terry,can I use only baking powder?witout baking soda?tnkz
Hi. No.
Hi Terry, I’m so glad I stumbled on your blog. I have noticed that hot water is included in most chocolate cakes recipes, what is the reason for that, and can you use this recipe to bake whole cakes.
Hi Amina. The hot water helps to dissolve the cocoa powder (which does not dissolve well in cold water) and helps the CP to “bloom” i.e. bring out as much flavor from the CP as possible. In the case of chocolate, chocolate only melts wit heat. Yes, any cupcake recipe can be used for whole cakes and vice versa.
Thank you so much Terry. You inspire me.
Thanks Terry, I love your work and I am following your page closely. I am definitely going to try this.
Thanks Ese. Do give it a go.
Hi Terry. You have been an inspiration. Thank you. Please do you have the recipe for this in a whole cake rather than cupcake sizes? Or can I use this same recipe? Thanks
Hi. Thanks. No I do not. Any cupcake recipe can be used for a cake and vice versa. You can also find chocolate cake recipes on this website.
Thanks Terry. Can this recipe be used for cupcakes only
Any cupcake recipe can be used for a cake and vice versa.
u r doin a gr8 job
Thanks Teju.
pls what formula can i add to make my cup cake last for about one mnoth
I have no idea and I won’t want to eat such a cupcake.
Best chocolate cake ever. My pickie eater son who has never liked my chocolate cakes loves this one so much. Thanks Terry
Awesome!
Thanks 4d recipe, I really appreciate us effort n goodwill. Pls can I use evaporated milk in place of buttermilk? If yes, what will be d measurement? Thanks
Hi Ummu. Dilute the evaporated milk and add lemon or vinegar to it to make buttermilk. Recipe here.
hi Tery my name is kemi….have been usin g this recipe for a while now but recently i tried to make this cake again…bt this timeit frustrated me in the sense that when its baking it rises up (normal) then before i know it it deflates……both in the cupcakes and wen i tried to bake it in an 8inches pan it kept breaking into pices….oh God i was frustrated this day..please whats wrong