BEST EVER MOIST CHOCOLATE CUPCAKES (WITH VIDEO!)

 If you also prefer homemade cakes made from scratch over box cake mixes, you will definitely want to check out my Yellow Cake with Chocolate Frosting, Homemade Funfetti Cake, and Best Red Velvet Cake.

This is the be all, end all, of chocolate cupcake recipes. Your days of resorting to a cake mix can be a thing of the past.

If you love making desserts from scratch and have been searching for the perfect chocolate cupcake recipe, your search is over.

INGREDIENTS

 1 cup all-purpose flour

 1 cup granulated sugar

 1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa powder

 1 teaspoon baking powder

 1/2 teaspoon baking soda

 1/2 teaspoon salt

 1 large egg, room temperature

 1/2 cup buttermilk, room temperature

 1/2 cup vegetable oil

 1 teaspoon vanilla

 1/2 cup very hot water

 Chocolate Buttercream Frosting

INSTRUCTIONS

Heat oven to 350 degrees. Line a cupcake pan with paper liners.

Combine the flour, sugar, cocoa powder, baking powder, baking soda, and salt together in a bowl and whisk together.

Combine the egg, buttermilk, oil, and vanilla in another bowl and whisk together.

Add the wet ingredients to the dry ingredients and mix using a stand mixer until combined.

Add the hot water to the batter and mix again, scraping the sides of the bowl as necessary, until combined. Batter will be thin.

Fill cupcake liners only 1/2 full, then bake for 18-21 minutes, until the tops bounce back when you touch them with a finger or a toothpick comes out with only a few moist crumbs when used to test a cupcake.

Cool completely before frosting.

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