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Classic Chocolate Cupcakes

Servings 18
Author Sarah

Ingredients

Cupcakes:

  • 1 cup butter room temperature
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 1 1/2 cups cake flour
  • 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
  • 4 tablespoons Dutch-Process cocoa powder
  • 4 large eggs
  • 1/2 cup buttermilk
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla

Frosting:

  • 1 cup butter
  • 4-5 cups powdered sugar
  • 4 tablespoons cocoa
  • 5 tablespoons heavy cream
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt

Instructions

Cupcakes

  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
  2. Beat together butter and sugar.
  3. Add eggs, 1 at a time, and mix thoroughly.
  4. Whisk together cake flour, baking powder and cocoa powder.Alternate adding flour mixture and buttermilk to butter mixture, beginning and ending with flour. Mix until just combined.
  5. Mix in vanilla.
  6. Spoon batter into muffin cups and bake for 20-22 minutes, or until a toothpick comes out clean.
  7. Cool in pans for about 5 minutes.
  8. Place on a cooling rack until completely cooled.

Frosting:

  1. Mix butter, powdered sugar, cocoa powder, vanilla, heavy cream and salt together until smooth.
  2. Frost cupcakes.