Cake, Cupcake, and Loaf Recipes

Chocolate Cupcakes

Ingredients

- 1 cup all-purpose flour

- 1 cup granulated sugar

- ½ cup unsweetened cocoa powder

- 1 teaspoon baking powder

- ½ teaspoon baking soda

- ½ teaspoon salt

- 1 large egg room temperature

- ½ cup buttermilk room temperature

- ½ cup vegetable oil

- 1 teaspoon vanilla

- ½ cup very hot water

Directions

- Heat oven to 350 degrees. Line a cupcake pan with paper liners

- Combine the flour, sugar, cocoa powder, baking powder, baking soda, and salt together in a bowl and whisk together

- Combine the egg, buttermilk, oil, and vanilla in another bowl and whisk together

- Add the wet ingredients to the dry ingredients and mix using a stand mixer until combined

- Add the hot water to the batter and mix again, scraping the sides of the bowl as necessary, until combined. Batter will be thin

- Fill cupcake liners only ½ full, then bake for 18-21 minutes, until the tops bounce back when you touch them with a finger or a toothpick comes out with only a few moist crumbs when used to test a cupcake

- Cool completely before frosting