Chocolate Cupcakes w/ Vanilla Buttercream Frosting. Salt - A touch of salt goes so well with the chocolate flavor.; Vanilla extract - You might find it odd to have vanilla in chocolate frosting, but the vanilla actually enhances the chocolate flavor.; Tips. Make sure that all of your ingredients are at room temperature. Beat the butter used in the chocolate buttercream for three full minutes with an electric mixer on high speed.

A perfectly domed fluffy chocolate cupcake piled-high with a swirly vanilla bean buttercream frosting. Reduce the speed to low and gradually add the powdered sugar. Once all of the powdered sugar is incorporated, increase the speed to medium-high and add the vanilla, mixing until incorporated. You can cook Chocolate Cupcakes w/ Vanilla Buttercream Frosting using 14 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of Chocolate Cupcakes w/ Vanilla Buttercream Frosting

Prepare 3/4 cup of unsweetened cocoa powder.
You need 3/4 cup of flour.
Prepare 1/2 tsp of baking powder.
You need 1/4 tsp of salt.
Prepare 3/4 cup of butter/margarine.
You need 1 cup of sugar.
It's 3 of eggs.
Prepare 1 tsp of vanilla extract.
You need 1/2 cup of sour cream.
It's of frosting:.
It's 2 cups of powdered sugar.
It's 1/2 cup of margarine.
You need 1 1/2 tsp of vanilla extract.
It's 2 tbsp of milk.

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Chocolate Cupcakes w/ Vanilla Buttercream Frosting instructions

Sift and set aside the flour, cocoa powder, baking soda and salt..
Mix the butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add and beat in eggs, one at a time, then the vanilla. Gradually add and mix the flour mixture, alternating with sour cream, and ending with flour..
Fill up 3/4 of each baking cup with the batter. Bake for approx. 20 minutes at 350°F..
FROSTING: mix butter until smooth, beat in powdered sugar, then vanilla and milk..
Pipe the buttercream frosting onto the cupcakes. Add strawberries and coconut on top for decoration and extra flavor 🙃(optional)..

First, add the softened butter and the Vanilla and mix until thoroughly combined. I've been meaning to share this chocolate cake with vanilla buttercream for a few months now and I am glad I finally got around to it. Classic combinations such as a yellow cake with chocolate frosting , vanilla cupcakes with Nutella buttercream and this chocolate + vanilla are always great to have in your baking arsenal. Let me explain these homemade chocolate cupcakes a little further because they are in the spotlight today. While I have a tried and true homemade chocolate cupcake recipe - which appears with chocolate frosting on my blog and with butterscotch frosting in my cookbook - I wanted to change things up.