CHOCOLATE CUPCAKES WITH CREAM-CHEESE FROSTING
- 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
- 1 cup (225gm) cream cheese, softened
- ½ cup (100gm) butter, softened
- seeds from half vanilla pod
- 1 + ½ cup icing sugar, sifted
- Pre-heat the oven to 170C. Line a cupcake tray with cupcake liners.
- Whisk cocoa, flour, salt, baking soda and baking powder into a bowl
- In a large bowl, beat oil with sugar.
- Add eggs, one at a time and mix well after each addition
- Beat in vanilla using mixer at low
- Add the flour mixture to the wet ingredients alternating with milk, starting and ending with flour mixture. Beat until smooth
- Pour the batter into cupcake pans and bake until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean
- To make the frosting, beat the butter, cream cheese and vanilla together until the mixture is light and fluffy.
- While the mixture is still running, add the sugar in parts. Beat until the frosting is smooth and fluffy.
- Generously top the cupcakes with frosting once they have cooled completely.
Recipe by Bake with Shivesh at https://bakewithshivesh.com/chocolate-cupcakes-cream-cheese-frosting/
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