Moist chocolate cupcakes with strawberry frosting. Looks pretty as a picture and very popular with kids.
Chocolate Cupcakes with Strawberry Frosting
Course: Cupcakes, Sweet TreatsDifficulty: EasyServings
14
servingsPrep time
30
minutesCooking time
20
minutesTotal time
50
minutesIngredients
¾ cup (95g) all-purpose flour
½ cup cocoa powder
¾ tsp baking powder
½ tsp baking soda
¼ tsp salt
2 eggs (room temp)
½ cup sugar
½ cup packed light brown sugar
⅓ cup oil
2 tsp vanilla essence
½ cup buttermilk (room temp)
Directions
- Preheat the oven to 180C.
- Prepare your cupcake pans with liners.
- In a large bowl, whisk the flour, cocoa powder, baking soda, baking powder, and salt. Set aside.
- In a separate bowl, add the eggs, oil, sugars, and vanilla. Beat on medium-high speed until combined.
- Add half the buttermilk and mix for 30 seconds.
- Add half the dry ingredients and mix slowly (so that the flour mix doesn’t fly everywhere) until just combined.
- Repeat steps 5 and 6. Do not overbeat. The batter will be thin.
- Pour the batter into the cupcake liners to fill halfway.
- Bake for 18-20 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the centre comes out clean.
- Take out of the oven and allow to cool completely in the pan.
- Prepare the strawberry buttercream. Recipe can be found here.
- Pipe the buttercream on the cupcakes. Refrigerate until ready to serve.
