Happy Valentine's day!
This is my favorite chocolate cupcake recipe! If you love fudgey chocolate cupcakes you'll love it too. With their pretty pink frosting, my love-cups make the perfect Valentine's day treat!
8 tbsp butter, softened
1/2 cup sugar
2 eggs, lightly beaten
1/2 cup white flour
1/4 cocoa powder
Icing
6 tbsp butter, softened
1 1/2 cups icing sugar
1 tbsp milk
2-3 drops of vanilla extract
Preheat oven to 350. Put butter and sugar in a bowl and beat together until light and fluffy. Gradually add the eggs, beating well after each addition. Sift in the flour and cocoa and fold into mixture.
Spoon batter into prepared muffin pan (I don't use muffin liners, I grease the pan with cooking oil and a pastry brush.). I get about six large cupcakes from this recipe but you could easily make twelve in a smaller pan.
Bake for 15-20 minutes, or until risen and firm to the touch. Transfer to a wire rack and let cool.
To make buttercream topping, put butter in a bowl an beat until fluffy. Sift in icing sugar and beat together until well mixed, adding the milk and vanilla extract.
Enjoy!
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