Here's my recipe for chocolate cupcakes with chocolate buttercream frosting. It's so easy, you can whip up a delicious chocolaty treat right in your own kitchen!
Debjani's Note
I just got back from a weekend work trip. Even though my job sometimes takes me away on weekends, I truly love what I do. I work as a CSR and ESG specialist, and I've always been passionate about this field. The best part is, Pasta, my daughter, is completely fine with my travels. She never complains, not even once. We've always made sure she understands that she was born into a family of working professionals. I know it's a lot to ask of a five-year-old, so every time I travel without her, I bring her back a special treat or make something at home. It's my way of thanking my understanding little girl. This time, it's a chocolate cupcake with chocolate buttercream frosting that I made.
Thinking about my daughter's upbringing makes me think about my own. I was raised in a traditional joint family by a stay-at-home mom, with the understanding that I would become a working professional. Though growing up, this wasn't exactly something I was directly told.
She didn't go out every day, but she was always busy at home. We lived in a large joint family of over twenty people. My mother, along with my aunts and other female relatives, took care of everything. Their schedules were just as packed as mine is now, from planning the monthly budget to managing our sometimes difficult family. They raised us well, not with fancy desserts, but with wholesome and flavourful meals - with Sunday's Mangshor Jhol. I truly believe I learned my first management lessons from my family.
However, in my case, the situation is quite different. Mine is a typical Chocolate Cupcake with Chocolate Buttercream Frosting type! 🙂
Parenting style at ours
We're a small family: Mehebub, Pasta, and myself. Our parents visit us frequently, though we don't get to see them as often. At the very least, we moved to the closest city possible to them. It was a difficult choice a few years ago for both Mehebub and me. We chose to forgo potentially higher earnings elsewhere, but it felt like the right thing to do for our family, especially Pasta. With our busy careers and social lives, it's important that Pasta gets quality time with family. Our parents also wanted to be close to their granddaughter, so it all made sense. Looking back, I know we made the right decision.
As for our parenting style - let's call it "Chocolate Cupcake with Chocolate Buttercream Frosting" - we're pretty laid-back with Pasta. We don't push her to study. She understands our lifestyles and never complains. She also knows that the time we do spend together is meaningful.
…enjoying our favorite drinks. Of course, she was having a non-alcoholic one.
Here's how I bake and make Chocolate Cupcakes with Chocolate Buttercream Frosting at Debjanir Rannaghar!
Recipe Card
Chocolate Cupcake with Chocolate Buttercream Frosting
Ingredients
To make the Chocolate Cupcake:
- 100 g All-purpose Flour
- 75 g Unsweetened cocoa Powder
- ¾ teaspoon Baking Powder
- ½ teaspoon Baking Soda
- ¼ teaspoon Salt
- 75 g Brown Sugar
- 75 g Granulated Sugar
- 120 ml Vegetable Oil
- 2 Egg
- 100 ml Buttermilk
- 2 drops Vanilla Essence
- 2 drops Chocolate Essence
To make the Chocolate Buttercream Frosting:
- 50 g Unsweetened Cocoa Powder
- 200 g Unsalted Butter
- 400 g Confectioner's Sugar
- 2 drops Vanilla Essence
- 2 drops Chocolate Essence
Instructions
Chocolate Cupcake:
- Take All-purpose flour along with Cocoa Powder, Baking Powder, Baking Soda and also Salt in a bowl and mix.
- Now shift the mixture three times using a sieve.
- Take Oil along with both types of sugar in a bowl and, using a blender, blend until smooth.
- Add Buttermilk and mix that too.
- Now add Eggs at room temperature and blend lightly to get a frothy mixture.
- Add Vanilla essence as well as Chocolate essence and mix
- Now add the flour mixture in three batches to the wet mixture and mix using the cut and fold method to get a smooth cake batter.
- Do not overmix.
- Preheat the oven to 180 degrees C.
- Line a cupcake tin with liners and fill each liner ⅔ with the batter.
- Bake at 180 degrees C for 20 minutes.
- Check the cakes after 15 minutes of baking by inserting a toothpick in the middle.
Chocolate Buttercream Frosting:
- Take the butter at room temperature and blend using an electric blender on medium speed until smooth.
- Add cocoa powder and also both the essence and mix to complete the Chocolate Buttercream Frosting.
Chocolate Cupcake with Chocolate Buttercream Frosting:
- Fill a liner with the buttercream and top the cupcakes with the buttercream.
- Decorate the cupcakes with your choice of garnish and serve!
Notes
- Baking time varies oven to oven. Check the cakes after 15 minutes of baking.
- You can replace the brown sugar with granulated sugar and vice versa.
- You can use butter or half and half instead of Oil.
Nutrition
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About Debjani Chatterjee Alam
I am Debjani Chatterjee Alam. A CSR specialist by profession and a food writer, food blogger, and food photographer as well. I live in Kolkata along with my Husband Mehebub who is an architect by profession, my daughter Pasta, and also my dog daughters Coffee and Luchi.
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