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A close-up of two chocolate cupcakes on a white plate. The cupcakes are topped with whipped cream frosting and dusted with cocoa powder.
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Easy Homemade Chocolate Cupcakes

Decorate these easy Chocolate Cupcakes with whipped cream frosting and the topping of your choice. They're super-simple to make and taste divine.
Course Dessert
Cuisine American
Keyword chocolate cupcake recipe, easy chocolate cupcakes, Homemade Chocolate Cupcakes
Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 20 minutes
Total Time 35 minutes
Servings 16 Cupcakes
Calories 301
Author Erren Hart

Ingredients

For the cupcakes:

  • ¾ cup butter
  • 8 oz bittersweet chocolate chips or dark chocolate chips
  • 1 ¼ cups flour
  • ¾ cups unsweetened cocoa powder
  • ½ teaspoon salt
  • ½ teaspoon baking soda
  • 1 ½ cups granulated sugar
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla
  • 4 large eggs at room temperature
  • 1 cup buttermilk at room temperature

For the Whipped Cream Frosting:

  • 1¼ cups Heavy Cream chilled
  • 6 tablespoons powdered sugar
  • 1 teaspoons vanilla extract
  • 1 tablespoon skimmed milk powder
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Instructions

For the Cupcakes

  • Preheat the oven to 350F/175C. Prepare a cupcake pan with cupcake liners.
  • Add the butter to a microwaveable bowl. Melt the butter in the microwave on high in 30-second intervals until completely melted (be careful the bowl might be hot). Then set it aside to cool slightly. You don't want it to be bubbling.
  • Add the chocolate chips to the hot butter and mix until melted and fluid. Set aside.
    A bowl of melted chocolate
  • Sift the flour, cocoa powder, salt, and baking soda into a separate mixing bowl. Add the sugar, chocolate mixture, vanilla, eggs, and buttermilk and mix until fully combined.
    The batter mixed in the bowl
  • Add the batter evenly to the cupcake pan.
    Batter being added to the cupcake pan with an ice cream scoop
  • Bake 20 minutes or until a cake tester comes out clean.
    The baked cupcakes fresh out of the pan
  • Allow to cool completely on a cooling rack before frosting.
    Chocolate cupcakes cooling on a cooling rack.

For the Whipped Cream Frosting:

  • Place the heavy cream, powdered sugar, vanilla and skimmed milk powder to a mixing bowl.
    powdered sugar and powdered milk added to the cream in the bowl
  • Whip until thick (You’ll know it’s ready to use when you run a spoon through it and it doesn’t collapse into the crevice).
    Whipped cream with a well made by running a spoon through it.
  • Pipe the frosting onto the cooled cupcakes and decorate as desired.

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Notes

Go easy on the heat! Overheating chocolate can make it grainy. Melt the butter gently so it's not too hot or bubbling when you add it to the chocolate.

Nutrition

Calories: 301 | Carbohydrates: 22g | Protein: 5g | Fat: 22g | Saturated Fat: 14g | Cholesterol: 91mg | Sodium: 240mg | Potassium: 221mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 8g | Vitamin A: 635IU | Vitamin C: 0.2mg | Calcium: 94mg | Iron: 1.4mg