Tuesday, March 10, 2009

Chocolate Cupcakes and Vanilla Buttercream Icing

I found this recipe at http://thefarmchicks.typepad.com/. I wish I had a picture of these cupcakes but they were gone in what seemed like seconds. These are the best cupcakes I have ever had and they were really easy to make.

Chocolate Cupcakes
1 cup sugar
1 cup brown sugar (not packed)
1 ¾ cup flour
¼ cup cocoa powder 

1 ½ tsp baking soda
1 ½ tsp baking powder
½ tsp salt
2 eggs
1 cup milk
½ cup vegetable oil
2 tsp vanilla
1 cup boiling water

• Preheat oven 350
• Place all dry ingredients in a mixing bowl and mix
• Add eggs, milk, oil, and vanilla and mix with dry ingredients
• Add boiling water and mix just until blended (batter will be watery)
• Pour batter into well greased cupcake pans
• Place in oven and bake 20-25 min
• Once done, let cupcakes cool on a wire rack and then add icing.

Vanilla Buttercream Icing
1/3 cup butter at room temperature
3 ½ cups powdered sugar
¼ cup milk
1 ½ teaspoons vanilla

Beat butter until creamy
Add in powdered sugar gradually
Then add milk and vanilla

These are so delicious…I hope you love them as much as I did. Visit http://www.thefarmchicks.com/ it is a great website and has so much fun stuff on there!

3 comments:

  1. Barbara and I are going to make these and put them to the ultimate test....the guys at work.
    Uncle William

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  2. THANK YOU, for a TRUE chocoholic family!! Always looking for a new recipe for the HUSBAND to make!! :-)

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  3. Once placed on the table in the break room, the cupcakes evaporated and all that was left were smiles on the guys faces.

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