Chocolate cupcakes with colored buttercream frosting

A rich, tender homemade chocolate cupcake topped with my favorite buttercream frosting. I tried a few chocolate recipes  until I tweaked this one that I think is perfect, a chocoholic’s dream. You will have a rich and moist chocolate inside with the perfect buttercream frosting.

Also, because Spring is here and I love the warm weather  and the flowers blooming with all their beautiful colors I played withe the  buttercream frosting colors; hope you will find them as cute as I do .

This is a great go-to chocolate cupcake recipe you will use over and over again !

Ingredients for the cupcakes:

•  85 gr cocoa
• 250 gr flour
• 300 gr sugar
•  1 1/2 tsp baking soda
•  3/4 tsp baking powder
• 3/4 tsp salt
• 2 eggs
• 2 spoons sour creme
• 3 tsp sunflower oil
• 1 tsp vanilla essence

Ingredients for the buttercream frosting :

• 250 gr softened butter
• 600 gr powdered sugar, sifted
• 1 tsp vanilla essence
• 1-2 tbsp whole milk

 

Directions : 

1. Preheat oven to 170˚C . Butter two 20 cm round cake pans; dust with cocoa.
2. Sift cocoa, flour, sugar, baking soda, baking powder, and salt into the bowl of a mixer. Beat on low speed until just combined
3. Raise speed to medium, and add eggs, buttermilk, water, oil, and vanilla. Beat until smooth, about 3 minutes and then divide the batter in the cupcake tray
4. I have a cupcake tray for 12 cupcakes and from this recipe I’ve made 17 cupcakes.
5. For the buttercream: we put the softened butter into the mixture and we will wipe it for about 5 minutes on a high speed.
6. We will start adding the powder sugar a quarter at a time and after each addition we will mix it for about 2 minutes, we will start mixed on a low speed not to end up with a massive cloud of dust and once it incorporates on a low speed to bring it to a high speed for 2 minutes. Do this until you incorporated almost all your sugar .
7. When your buttercream get’s a little chunky you will need to add the vanilla and 2 teaspoon milk.
8. If you like the consistency stop, if you like it to be smother you add another teaspoon of sugar .
9. Decorate the cupcakes in the colors you want or you can use it like this !

Enjoy !