Best Homemade Chocolate Cupcake Recipe

Best Homemade Chocolate Cupcake Recipe

There are more than one thousand cupcake recipes out there on the internet, I'm not exaggerating, but we only use one or two of these recipes over and over without trying the other ones. For me, this recipe is one of the best ones with a really good texture and amazing taste of chocolate.

Servings 5
Calories per serving 531 Cals
Prepare Time 15 min
Cook Time 20 min
Total Time 35 min

Ingredients

100 grams butter
70 grams dark chocolate 70%
2 large egg
1 teaspoons vanilla extract
0.75 cup sugar
0.5 cup yogurt
0.25 cup boiling water
1.5 cup four
3 tablespoon cocoa powder
0.25 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon baking powder

Instructions:

1
Preheat the oven to 180C.

Preheat the oven to 180C.

2
Melt the chocolate and butter over a bain-marie or in the microwave.

Melt the chocolate and butter over a bain-marie or in the microwave.

3
Mix eggs, sugar, and vanilla with a mixer until they are combined and become creamy in color. (Mix them for about 3 to 5 minutes.)

Mix eggs, sugar, and vanilla with a mixer until they are combined and become creamy in color. (Mix them for about 3 to 5 minutes.)

4
Add the yogurt and the boiling water to your mixture and whisk them a little.

Add the yogurt and the boiling water to your mixture and whisk them a little.

5
Add melted chocolate and butter to your batter.

Add melted chocolate and butter to your batter.

6
Sift flour, salt, baking powder, and cocoa powder and add them to the batter and whisk them until everything is combined.

Sift flour, salt, baking powder, and cocoa powder and add them to the batter and whisk them until everything is combined.

7
Put the cupcake capsules inside the cupcake tin and fill 2/3 of the capsules with your dough.

Put the cupcake capsules inside the cupcake tin and fill 2/3 of the capsules with your dough.

8
Put the tin inside the oven for 15 to 20 minutes depending on your oven temperature.

Put the tin inside the oven for 15 to 20 minutes depending on your oven temperature.

9
Let the cupcakes cool down, then you can decorate them with whipped cream. Enjoy it!

Let the cupcakes cool down, then you can decorate them with whipped cream. Enjoy it!

Reviews (1)

Christina
I absolutely love this recipe!! It’s my all-time favorite chocolate cake/cupcake recipe!!! I always hear that it’s the best chocolate cake/cupcake they have ever had whenever I make it. This chocolate frosting looks so delicious!!!!

Cook Detail

Servings 5
Calories per serving 531 Cals
Prepare Time 15 min
Cook Time 20 min
Total Time 35 min

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Tips and tricks

  • اf you have an electric the oven you can put it at 170C.
  • The eggs should be at room temperature.
  • For decoration, you can use cheese frosting, whipped cream, or chocolate ganache.

Background & History

This cupcake is a miracle for a chocolate lover like me to have with a cup of tea after a long working day. If you want it to have fewer calories you can remove the frosting, the cupcakes are still really delicious without them.

Nutrition Facts (per serving)

Calories 531 Cals
Calcium, Ca 124.26 mg
Carbohydrate 70.28 g
Cholesterol 119.71 mg
Fat 24.67 g
Fiber 3.35 g
Folate 23.49 ug
Iron, Fe 2.23 mg
Magnesium, Mg 56.66 mg
Niacin 0.72 mg
Protein 9.34 g
Sodium, Na 168.37 mg
Sugars 37.15 g
Thiamin 0.07 mg
Vitamin A 627.29 iu
Vitamin B6 0.06 mg
Vitamin C 0.2 mg