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  • World's best chocolate cupcakes

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    World's best chocolate cupcakes
    Servings: 24
    by Nancy Miyasaki
    193 recipes
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    These cupcakes are adapted from a recipe from a very famous bakery. It's a bit more work than making them from a box, but totally worth it. The rich chocolate flavor of the cake makes them a treat even without frosting.

    Ingredients

    • 1 pound butter
    • 2 1/2 cups granulated sugar
    • 2/3 cup dark brown sugar
    • 7 eggs
    • 6 ounces baker's unsweetened chocolate
    • 4 1/2 cups pastry flour
    • 1 tsp baking powder
    • 2 tsp baking soda
    • 2/3 cup cocoa
    • 2 tsp pure vanilla extract
    • 2 1/2 cups butter milk

    Directions

    1. Preheat oven to 375 F.
    2. Cream together the butter, granulated sugar, and brown sugar. Beat in the eggs.
    3. Melt the chocolate in a double boiler over simmering water and allow it to cool.
    4. Stir together the flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt and cocoa. Add the vanilla to the buttermilk.
    5. Add the cooled, melted chocolate to the egg and butter mix. Then alternately mix in the dry ingredients and the buttermilk.
    6. Add cupcake papers into muffin tins and fill them slightly more than halfway with the batter. This should yield between 18-30 cupcakes depending on the size of your tins.
    7. Put in the oven and bake for 20-25 minutes.
    8. After they have cool, frost with butter cream and decorate as you wish.

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    Reviews

    • Kathleen
      Kathleen
      I haven't tried these yet but they look and sound amazing!
      • Foodessa
        Foodessa
        Not just BEST...but the WORLD's best...wow...that's a tall order. I'll certainly take your word for it.
        I am however a little concerned about the amount of butter used.
        Do you think the recipe would be incredibly altered if I substitute a part with grapeseed oil?
        Thanks for sharing a popular bakery secret ;o)
        Flavourful wishes, Claudia

        Comments

        • Carol
          Carol
          I need to know if the pastry flour is a whole wheat, or if you can also get it in white. Which did you use? Thank you!
          • ShaleeDP
            ShaleeDP
            I tried this and it went well :)))
            1 reply
            • Carol
              Carol
              the pastry flour..is it whole wheat or white flour? I want to make these....
            • ShaleeDP
              ShaleeDP
              Thanks for the cupcake recipe. I will add this to my 'to-do' baking stuff :)
              • teresa
                teresa
                Wow - I would love to try these but look at th calories!! Seriously! I would feel so guilty taking more than one bite . . .

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