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Decadent Dark Chocolate Cupcakes with Homemade Vanilla Frosting

August 27, 2012 by Mom on the Make 3 Comments

Dark Chocolate Cupcakes with Vanilla Frosting

Decadent Cupcakes

Oh my goodness, these are so good.  I love homemade frosting and I love moist cupcakes.

So, when I found this recipe, it went on my “to make” list about a month ago.

Finally I made them a few days ago.

The family raved and raved.

Poor Mountain Man only got two of them.

I need to make them again soon.

They’re pretty easy to make and the few extra steps are so worth it.

Here’s the scoop:

Ingredients for Hershey's Dark Chocolate Cupcakes with Vanilla Frosting

Gather Ingredients: sugar, flour, Hershey’s Dark Chocolate Cocoa, eggs, baking soda, salt, butter, vanilla, vegetable oil, milk, water

Dark Chocolate Cupcakes Dry Ingredients

Mix sugar, flour, cocoa, baking powder, baking soda and salt in large bowl

Cupcakes wet ingredients

Add eggs, oil and vanilla to dry ingredients and blend on medium for 2 minutes

Add Boiling Water

Add 1 cup boiling water to bowl and stir in

The boiling water will create a very moist cupcake in the end.  At this point, the batter will feel a little runny, but there is no need to worry.  It is supposed to somewhat runny at this point.  This step makes the texture of the cupcakes perfect and very moist.

 Scoop out batter

Scoop out batter. I used a 1/4 cup and this was perfect to fill the cupcake liners halfway full.

cupcakes ready for oven

Fill cupcake liners halfway full and they are ready for the oven!

 

cupcakes in oven

Place cupcakes in oven at 350 degrees for 25 minutes

Homemade Vanilla Frosting Ingredients

Homemade Vanilla Frosting Ingredients: 2 sticks softened unsalted butter, 4 cups powdered sugar, 2t vanilla

mix butter

Blend butter until broken up

add powdered sugar

Add 4 cups powdered sugar little by little, then add the 2t of vanilla and blend for 2-3 minutes until the frosting is at desired consistency. You can add water, but I did not need to.

cooled cupcakes

After cupcakes have cooled on wire racks, you can frost them

All done

Aren’t they beautiful?

cupcake

And then there was one. They disappear quickly. 🙂

I want to thank Aly at 17 Sirens for sharing this recipe. I did not add coffee as Aly suggests, but I’m sure that would add a nice flavor kick too!

Enjoy!

For print out:

Decadent Dark Chocolate Cupcakes with Homemade Vanilla Frosting
 
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Ingredients
Dark Chocolate Cake:
  • 2 cups sugar
  • 1-3/4 cups all-purpose flour
  • ¾ cup HERSHEY’S SPECIAL DARK Cocoa
  • 1-1/2 teaspoons baking powder
  • 1-1/2 teaspoons baking soda
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 cup milk
  • ½ cup vegetable oil
  • 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
  • 1 cup boiling water
Vanilla Frosting:
  • 2 Sticks Softened, unsalted butter
  • 4 cups powdered sugar
  • 2 teaspoons vanilla (or more to taste)
  • 1-2 teaspoons water (optional)
Instructions
  1. Heat oven to 350°F. Line 2 cupcake tins with paper liners.
  2. Gently mix together sugar, flour, cocoa, baking powder, baking soda and salt in large bowl.
  3. Add eggs, milk, oil and vanilla to dry mixture and beat on medium speed for about 2 minutes. Stir in boiling water. Your batter should be somewhat runny or pourable.
  4. Use a ¼ cup measuring cup or liquid measuring cup to scoop out dough. Fill each cupcake liner about halfway full.
  5. Bake 25 to 30 minutes or until wooden toothpick inserted into center comes out clean. Remove from pans to wire racks. Cool completely.
  6. Vanilla Frosting
  7. Place your butter in a bowl and mix for a minute to break up the sticks.
  8. Add powdered sugar a little at a time, completely incorporating into the butter.
  9. Add vanilla. Mix for 2-3 minutes. If you frosting is too thick, add 1-2 teaspoons of water to thin.
  10. Frost your cupcakes and ENJOY!
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Comments

  1. Rosey says

    August 31, 2012 at 2:53 am

    My mom always made homemade frosting but I’ve yet to do it. This makes it tempting. The pics are great!

    Reply
    • Mom on the Make says

      August 31, 2012 at 4:28 am

      It really is easy to make the frosting and so worth the homemade taste. Hope you enjoy them as much as we did! I’m probably going to make another batch this weekend. 🙂

      Reply
  2. Katherines Corner says

    September 3, 2012 at 1:23 pm

    homemade is always the best. These look delish. Thank you for sharing at the Thursday Favorite Things blog hop linky party. Sorry I’m a bit slow getting here xo
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