Dóuble Chócólate Cupcakes

Dóuble Chócólate Cupcakes

Dóuble Chócólate Cupcakes

Ingredients

• Fór the Cupcakes
• 1 cup all-purpóse flóur , spóóned & leveled
• 3/4 cup unsweetened cócóa pówder
• 1 tablespóón córnstarch
• 3/4 teaspóón baking sóda
• 1 teaspóón baking pówder
• 1/4 teaspóón salt
• 1/2 cup vegetable óil
• 1 cup granulated sugar
• 1/4 cup packed brówn sugar , light ór dark
• 3 large eggs , róóm temperature
• 2 teaspóóns vanilla extract
• 3 tablespóóns sóur cream , róóm temperature
• 2/3 cup buttermilk , róóm temperature*
• Fór the Chócólate Buttercream
• 3/4 cup unsalted butter , sóftened tó róóm temperature
• 2 and 1/2 tó 3 and 1/2 cups pówdered sugar , sifted
• 3/4 cup unsweetened cócóa pówder , sifted
• 1 teaspóón vanilla extract
• 1/4 tó 1/2 teaspóón salt
• 1/3 tó 1/2 cup whipping cream

Instructións

• Fór the Cupcakes
• Preheat the óven tó 365F degrees and line 2 muffin pans with muffin papers. Yóu'll end up with abóut 18 cupcakes tótal. 
• In a large bówl sift tógether the flóur, cócóa, córnstarch, baking sóda, baking pówder and salt. Whisk a few times until cómbined. 
• In a separate large bówl using a stand ór hand-held electric mixer ón medium speed, beat tógether the óil and sugars until nó sugar lumps remain. Add in the eggs and vanilla and beat fór an additiónal 30 secónds.
• Turn the mixer dówn tó lów speed and beat in the sóur cream. Then carefully beat in abóut 1/2 óf the flóur mixture fóllówed by abóut 1/2 óf the buttermilk. Then repeat the prócess with the rest óf the flóur mixture and buttermilk until smóóth. Be careful nót tó óver mix the batter. 
• Spóón the batter intó yóur lined muffin papers, filling each abóut 2/3rds full. I gót 18 cupcakes tótal. I like tó use an extra large cóókie scóóp tó make this easier. Bake fór 15-17 minutes ór until an inserted tóóthpick cómes óut clean. Allów the cupcakes tó cóól in their pan fór 5-10 minutes, befóre remóving and cóntinuing tó cóól ón a wire rack. 
• Make the Chócólate Frósting
• In a large bówl using a stand ór hand-held electric mixer ón medium speed beat the the butter until sóftened. Turn the mixer dówn tó lów speed and beat in 2 cups óf the sifted pówdered sugar until well cómbined. Then add in the vanilla, salt, cócóa and abóut 3 tablespóóns óf whipping cream and beat until well cómbined. Turn the mixer tó medium speed and slówly add in 1 tablespóón móre óf cream at a time, fóllówed by 1/2 cup móre pówdered sugar at a time until the desired sweetness level and cónsistency is reached. 
• Fróst the cupcakes using a piping bag and yóur favórite cupcake piping tip (I used a 1M) ór a flat edge knife. Óptiónally decórate with chócólate chips ór sprinkles.
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