Chocolate cupcakes with white chocolate frosting, an easy chocolate cupcake recipe I made when I was still fairly new to baking. Step by step recipe below.
In a recent survey on the left sidebar of this blog, I had asked what makes you visit me. Is it easy recipes, step by step recipes, the food pictures, food photography tips or anything else. A vast majority of you liked the step by step recipes so I dug up this one from the drafts. I made these chocolate cupcakes with white chocolate frosting when I was going for this barbecue party and I volunteered to bring dessert.
The basic recipe for these chocolate cupcakes with white chocolate frosting is from Joy of Baking. I changed the frosting recipe to make it more colourful. I also wanted something I can carry with me and just spread on at the party since packing it after frosting would just make it a mess. Also, I didn’t have icing bags or pipes!
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So, let’s get started on these chocolate cupcakes, shall we?
Chocolate Cupcakes with White Chocolate Frosting
Ingredients
For Chocolate Cupcakes
- 1/2 cup 50 grams cocoa powder
- 1 cup 240 ml boiling hot water
- 1 1/3 cups 175 grams all purpose flour
- 2 tsp baking powder
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1/2 cup 113 grams unsalted butter at room temperature
- 1 cup 200 grams white sugar, powdered
- 2 large eggs
- 2 tsp vanilla extract
For White Chocolate Frosting
- White chocolate chips or bars - 1/2 cup melted in a bowl over a bowling pan of water
- Butter - 2 tbsp
- Icing sugar - 1 tbsp optional
- Milk - 2 tbsp or enough to make it spread-able
- Salt - a pinch
Instructions
For Cupcakes
- In a small bowl stir until smooth the boiling hot water and the cocoa powder. Let cool to room temperature.
- In another bowl, whisk together the flour, baking powder, and salt.
- Then in the bowl of your electric mixer, or with a hand mixer, cream the butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add the eggs, one at a time, beating until smooth.
- Add the egg mixture to the dry ingredients little at a time, combining well without lumps. Don't over-mix.
- Next, add in the vanilla extract. Then add the cooled cocoa mixture and stir until smooth.
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (180 degrees C). Lightly butter, or line 16 muffin cups with paper liners.
- Fill each muffin cup two-thirds full with batter and bake for about 16-20 minutes or until risen and toothpick inserted into a cupcake comes out clean.
White Chocolate Frosting
- Melt 1/2 cup white chocolate chips or chopped white chocolate in a bowl over a pan of boiling water.
- Add milk, butter, sugar and salt to this and combine well.
A line up of ingredients required for the chocolate cupcakes.
The first thing to do is mix 1/2 cup (50 grams) cocoa powder and 1 cup (240 ml) boiling hot water until the cocoa powder is well incorporated. Set aside and let it cool to room temperature.
In another bowl, mix 1 1/3 cups (175 grams) all purpose flour, 2 tsp baking powder and 1/2 tsp salt. You can use a sieve for this but I just used a spoon and mixed it for 2-3 mins until combined well.
Now its time to bring out the butter, sugar and eggs. Combine 1/2 cup (113 grams) unsalted butter at room temperature, 1 cup (200 grams) powdered white sugar and beat well. If you have an electric beater, beat this mixture for a good 3-4 mins. If using a hand beater, beat for 7 mins.
Then add 2 eggs, one at a time, and mix well. Also mix in 2 tsp vanilla extract at the end.
Add this mixture, little at a time, to the flour mixture and mix well in one direction, without any lumps.
I think it would be better if you add the dry mixture to the wet one little at a time. This should prevent lumps better. The mixture above took over 1o mins to be mixed properly without lumps.
Next, add the cooled chocolate-water mixture to the above (you can add this in one shot or little by little) and mix well for another 5 mins.
That’s when we get our chocolate cupcake batter!
Grease muffin/cupcake liners and place in the tray.
Pour the batter up to more 3/4 of the way. I could have poured more batter than this because at the end, my cupcake wasn’t as chubby as I wanted it to be.
To Prepare the Frosting while the Cupcakes are Getting Baked
Melt 1/2 cup white chocolate chips or chopped white chocolate in a bowl over a pan of boiling water. What you see above is a picture of when I microwaved them. Don’t do that, the bottom of the bowl will burn and the whole thing won’t melt like you expect!
Add milk, butter, sugar and salt to this and combine well.
Slather frosting on the cupcakes when they are done and bite!
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Naga, it worked!:-) slight judgement error in size of pan etc, but it came out well. used a smaller pan and the batter was above half level and bottom center was taking time to cook, and top layer became too brown, not totally burnt though! After convection cooking, when I realized except for bottom center, all portions were well done, I MW cooked under 70% power for 5 min, and it was done! 🙂 R and A loved the cake, and so did I. Hoping to try more recipes soon:-) luv ~Shreya
just like sig i do not have the patience for the step-by-step shots! kudos to you – this is a great post for those who are still beginner bakers. nice post nags!
Oh I know that thing, step by step pictures, washing hands a zillion times, but surely the camera takes a toll. Nice pictures Nags.
Looks yummy and really chocolatey. Thanks for those step by step recipes.
I always add the dry ingredients bit by bit to the wet since its easier to get a lump free batter that way.
Also, those spongy kind of cake recipes need the dry ingredients to be "folded" into the egg mixture so that the batter doesn't lose all the air that has been incorporated by beating the eggs.
Just one more thing – I have always melted both white and dark chocolate in the microwave – just that I zap it for 10-15 seconds at a time only. Remove and stir and zap again and then repeat till the chocolate melts fully. No burning this way….
Miri
Nice pics..lot of patience Nags..:)
Gorgeous cupcakes! I wish I had the patience to take step by step pix… but i'll say this, it really helps ! I am SCARED of baking and this is really helpful! Thanx!