Moist and airy chocolate cupcakes topped off with creamy homemade vanilla buttercream.
Prep Time10mins
Cook Time18mins
Total Time28mins
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American
Keyword: Cupcake
Servings: 8cupcakes
Ingredients
Cupcake Ingredients:
1/4Cunsalted buttersoftened
3Tbspgranulated sugar
3Tbsplight brown sugar
1tspvanilla extract
1large egg
1/2Call purpose flour
1/2tspsalt
1tspbaking powder
1/4tspbaking soda
1/4Csour cream
1/4Cmilk
1/4Cunsweetened cocoa powder
Vanilla Buttercream Ingredients:
6Tbspunsalted buttersoftened
3Cpowdered sugar
3/4tspvanilla extract
2-3Tbspmilk
Instructions
Preheat oven to 350°F. Line a cupcake pan with 8 liners.
In a large bowl, cream butter and sugars. Add vanilla and egg, mixing until just barely combined. Continue mixing on medium-low, add flour, salt, baking powder and baking soda. Carefully add remaining wet ingredients, mixing well. With the mixer turned off, add cocoa powder. Mix on low until fully incorporated.
Divide batter among prepared baking liners with one large cookie scoop each.
Bake for 15-18 minutes or until a cake tester comes out clean. Cool on a wire rack.
When cupcakes are completely cool, prepare frosting.
In a medium bowl, beat butter, sugar and vanilla. Add 1 Tbsp milk at a time until spreadable consistency is reached. Frost cupcakes as desired.