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February 2, 2018 Cakes & Brownies

Chocolate Cupcakes with Cream Cheese Frosting

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We all love chocolate cupcakes, don’t we? These chocolate cupcakes with cream-cheese frosting are unbelievably good. I love the texture and richness of these cupcakes. It’s such a simple recipe but the result is super yum. I hate to admit it but I did end up eating more than half of the batch I made. Either I have zero self control or these cupcakes are too good to be resisted. Make them in your kitchen and tell me what you think.

Chocolate Cupcakes with Cream Cheese Frosting

I think cupcakes make for perfect presents, especially when they’re homemade. Since, we’re in the valentine month, I though it’d be a good idea to share this recipe now. The recipe is easy to follow and I bet you can make the most delicious chocolate cupcakes, even if you’re not a baking pro.

How to make Moist Chocolate cupcakes

These chocolate cupcakes are fairly easy to make. They’re super moist and chocolatey, and an instant mood lifter! I use my basic chocolate cake recipe to make these, and top it with a simple cream cheese frosting. One thing you should keep in mind while making cupcakes is to not overfill the liners. Leave space for it to rise. Use good quality cupcake liners. Fill 2/3rd of each liner with batter. Equally distribute batter within each mould, I like to use an ice cream scoop for this.

Can I make these cupcakes without eggs?

You can make these cupcakes eggless by substituting eggs with Greek yogurt. I like using Greek yogurt instead of regular dahi because homemade curd is usually very watery. If you don’t have Greek yogurt, you can use market bought curd or hung curd. Just get rid of all the extra water and use only thick curd for this recipe. Follow my recipe for the Easiest Eggless Chocolate Cake instead of this one, if you do not wish to use eggs.

Frosting the chocolate cupcakes

When it comes to frosting, there are several options but my favorite is the cream cheese frosting. I flavor it using seeds from a fresh and plump vanilla bean. I’d highly recommend using a vanilla bean but if you can’t get your hands on it, you can also use pure vanilla extract. I use Britannia cream-cheese for this recipe. Philadelphia cream-cheese is also a great but a more expensive option.

Allow your cupcakes to cool completely before you start frosting them, you do not want the frosting to melt! You should also try to cover the top of the cupcake entirely with frosting. This locks in moisture in the cupcake, and it does not get dry! Besides, who doesn’t like extra frosting, haha! You should also check out my post on Tips to get your cupcakes right, I’m sure it’ll be helpful!

 

CHOCOLATE CUPCAKES WITH CREAM-CHEESE FROSTING
 
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Ingredients
CAKE
  • 1½ cups all purpose flour
  • ¾ cups cocoa powder
  • ½ tsp baking soda
  • 1 tsp baking powder
  • ¾ cup vegetable oil
  • 1½ cups sugar
  • 2 eggs
  • ½ tsp vanilla extract
  • ¾ cup milk + 1 tsp white vinegar, mixed together and rested for at least 5 minutes
  • a pinch of salt
FROSTING
  • 1 cup (225gm) cream cheese, softened
  • ½ cup (100gm) butter, softened
  • seeds from half vanilla pod
  • 1 + ½ cup icing sugar, sifted
Instructions
  1. Pre-heat the oven to 170C. Line a cupcake tray with cupcake liners.
  2. Whisk cocoa, flour, salt, baking soda and baking powder into a bowl
  3. In a large bowl, beat oil with sugar.
  4. Add eggs, one at a time and mix well after each addition
  5. Beat in vanilla using mixer at low
  6. Add the flour mixture to the wet ingredients alternating with milk, starting and ending with flour mixture. Beat until smooth
  7. Pour the batter into cupcake pans and bake until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean
  8. To make the frosting, beat the butter, cream cheese and vanilla together until the mixture is light and fluffy.
  9. While the mixture is still running, add the sugar in parts. Beat until the frosting is smooth and fluffy.
  10. Generously top the cupcakes with frosting once they have cooled completely.
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Comments

  1. Minal says

    February 22, 2018 at 4:45 am

    For the cupcakes you have not mentioned for how long you have to bake it?

    Reply
    • bake with shivesh says

      February 22, 2018 at 4:48 am

      as the recipe says- bake until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean

      Reply
  2. Minal says

    February 22, 2018 at 4:54 am

    can you pls give an approximate on how many minutes. or do i need to check the cupcakes every 5 mins or so starting from how many minutes, 20?

    Reply
  3. Pragati says

    February 11, 2019 at 7:04 am

    Hey, what’s the approx time I need to bake them for ? I put them in for 15 first, 5 next. They were still raw. I put them in for another 10 minutes and they came out crisp 🙁

    Asking for an approx time cos I don’t want to keep opening the oven door.

    Reply
    • Shivesh says

      March 2, 2019 at 5:19 pm

      Hey! takes about 20 minutes but really depends on your oven

      Reply
  4. Devaki Bhadgaonkar says

    March 25, 2019 at 9:25 am

    What is the difference between these choc cupcakes and your choc muffins?

    Reply
  5. sakshi baweja says

    April 3, 2019 at 9:18 am

    Which Cream cheese to use pipeable consistency? Will Brittania cream cheese work for it?

    Reply
    • Shivesh says

      April 28, 2019 at 6:09 pm

      Absolutely.Britannia cream cheese is great

      Reply
  6. Apeksha says

    August 11, 2020 at 9:14 am

    Which company cream cheese can we use to.make cream cheese frosting..

    Reply
  7. Hemakshi says

    November 8, 2020 at 6:59 pm

    How many cupcakes will this recipe make?

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  8. Arpan says

    November 22, 2020 at 1:56 pm

    Loved the outcome of the condensed milk eggless carrot cake recipe. Thank you for sharing.

    Reply
  9. ruchi says

    June 10, 2021 at 1:37 pm

    how many cupcakes does this make?

    Reply
  10. geet says

    August 1, 2021 at 9:06 am

    what kind of butter should be used in the frosting? salted or unsalted?

    Reply

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