Chocolate Cupcake with Chocolate Buttercream Frosting
An easy step by step recipe of rich Chocolate Cupcake with Chocolate Buttercream Frosting
Servings 9
Calories 587kcal
Cost Rs 200
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
Serving: 175g | Calories: 587kcal | Carbohydrates: 78g | Protein: 5.5g | Fat: 33.3g | Saturated Fat: 14.5g | Cholesterol: 85mg | Sodium: 294mg | Fiber: 4.5g | Sugar: 62g
