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June 3, 2011

One Bowl Chocolate Cupcakes With Vanilla Buttercream Frosting

Seriously the BEST One-Bowl Chocolate Cupcakes with Vanilla Buttercream. Click through for the recipe!

One bowl. Well, two actually… including the icing.

But seriously; you are two bowls away from having chocolate cupcakes.

You should make these because it’s Friday; Friday is a perfect reason for cupcakes.

Share them with someone. Or don’t…

I didn’t share today. I was grumpy. And hungry. Whatevs.

Wait, sharing with you counts… right?

It does. yes yes. I made these for you.

For us. I like you guys like that.

Really. I do.

I do, really.

Seriously the BEST One-Bowl Chocolate Cupcakes with Vanilla Buttercream. Click through for the recipe!

Guess what else I did? Again, totally for US.

…I skipped the gym.

I skipped yoga, too.

Then ate 3 of these chocolate buttercream beauties; just to make sure they were good enough to share with you.

Then I ate one more; just to be extra positive they were delightful and perfectly indulgent.

FYI- dancing around your kitchen while baking does burn calories; if you worry about those type of things.

Who needs a firm tush anyways?

I ignore things like this; denial is a lovely little island I live on. I have no future plans of moving; I quite like it here.

Come sail away with me.

Here at Denial Island we serve cupcakes whenever you please. Seriously the BEST One-Bowl Chocolate Cupcakes with Vanilla Buttercream. Click through for the recipe!

One Bowl Chocolate Cupcakes– Allrecipes.com
Vanilla Butter Cream Frosting– BakerByNature- hey… that’s me!

Ingredients-

For the cake-

2 cups white sugar

1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour

3/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder

1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder

1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda

1 teaspoon salt

2 eggs

1 cup milk

1/2 cup vegetable oil

2 teaspoons vanilla extract

1 cup boiling water

Directions

Preheat your oven to 350 degrees (F). Grease and flour two cupcake tins.
In a large bowl, stir together the sugar, flour, cocoa, baking powder, baking soda and salt. Add the eggs, milk, oil and vanilla, mix for 2 minutes on medium speed of mixer. Stir in the boiling water. Just to warn you, the batter will be thin. Pour evenly into the prepared pans.
Bake 15 to 22 minutes in preheated oven, or until the cupcake tests done with a toothpick. Cool in the pans for 10 minutes, then remove to a wire rack to cool completely.

Vanilla Buttercream Frosting-

3 cups of confectioners sugar

1 cup+2 Tbsp butter, @ room temperature

3 tsp evaporated milk

1 tsp vanilla extract

Directions

Mix butter and confectioners sugar on low until they begin to blend into one another; then add evaporated milk and vanilla, increase speed and blend for 2 minutes.

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Filed Under: Cakes, Chocolate

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  1. eChelly says

    June 3, 2011 at 10:44 am

    These look amazing girl; maybe you should bring me some now mate? Sounds like a good Idea to me πŸ™‚

    Reply
  2. Tes says

    June 3, 2011 at 12:04 pm

    I wanna stick my finger into that frosting! It looks so luscious πŸ™‚

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    • bakerbynature says

      June 3, 2011 at 1:49 pm

      I totally kept dipping my finger in the extra icing!

      Reply
  3. Christina says

    June 3, 2011 at 1:10 pm

    Since you made these for us and all, I would like one for breakfast please. I am loving your blog but I would love it even better if I was eating one of these cupcakes while reading it!

    Reply
    • bakerbynature says

      June 3, 2011 at 1:50 pm

      I ate one for breakfast; totally a good way to start the day!

      Reply
  4. Gina @ Running to the Kitchen says

    June 3, 2011 at 1:36 pm

    I kind of want to lick the frosting off the screen. Yum!

    Reply
    • bakerbynature says

      June 3, 2011 at 1:50 pm

      I wouldn’t judge you if you did!

      Reply
  5. Lucy@The Sweet Touch says

    June 3, 2011 at 1:39 pm

    I could eat a bucket of that frosting!!!

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    • bakerbynature says

      June 3, 2011 at 1:50 pm

      me too, it can get dangerous!

      Reply
  6. yummychunklet says

    June 3, 2011 at 1:40 pm

    Thanks so much for sharing this recipe! I love cupcakes and even more when assembled in one bowl. Great post!

    Reply
    • bakerbynature says

      June 3, 2011 at 1:51 pm

      One bowl= one dirty dish… not bad right?

      Reply
  7. Nourhan @ Miss Anthropist's Kitchen says

    June 3, 2011 at 8:29 pm

    Ahh this looks so good! Less mess means me being happy, which means me eating more cupcakes. Thanks for sharing! πŸ™‚

    Reply
    • bakerbynature says

      June 4, 2011 at 12:23 am

      I like sharing with you!

      Reply
  8. Rosa says

    June 3, 2011 at 11:42 pm

    A wonderful flavor combo. Those cupcakes are surely extremely addictive and really divine!

    Cheers,

    Rosa

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    • bakerbynature says

      June 4, 2011 at 12:24 am

      Hey Rosa! They surely are addictive!

      Reply
  9. Cassie @ Bake YourDay says

    June 4, 2011 at 12:23 am

    This could be a dangerous recipe to know about. One bowl sounds wonderful and I LOVE buttercream!

    Reply
    • bakerbynature says

      June 4, 2011 at 12:29 am

      The buttercream is like angels singing, seriously.

      Reply
  10. Kate (What Kate is Cooking) says

    June 4, 2011 at 3:09 am

    I love one bowl baked goods- less to wash and more time to eat delicious cupcakes πŸ™‚

    Reply
  11. Maria @ Scandifoodie says

    June 4, 2011 at 7:31 am

    Sometimes a little treat is exactly what you need! These look gorgeous πŸ™‚

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    • bakerbynature says

      June 4, 2011 at 2:57 pm

      love treats; they make the days easier to sail through,

      Reply
  12. iga@thedelishdishblog says

    June 4, 2011 at 1:19 pm

    sometimes you just gotta have splurge days—and feel great about them! these look amazing and the frosting looks so fluffy!

    Reply
    • bakerbynature says

      June 4, 2011 at 2:57 pm

      You’ve got it; feeling good about treating yourself is key.

      Reply
  13. Cooking Creation says

    June 4, 2011 at 9:53 pm

    Less cleaning up of the dishes means more time eating up of the cupcakes! They look perfect πŸ™‚

    Reply
  14. Juliana says

    June 6, 2011 at 9:19 pm

    I love the idea of two bowls and you have these beautiful treats. They look light and fluffy…great paired with the vanilla cream. Awesome pictures as well.
    Have a great week ahead πŸ™‚

    Reply
  15. megan {a dash of megnut} says

    June 8, 2011 at 11:25 pm

    yummm. i want one of these right now πŸ™‚

    Reply
  16. Courtney says

    June 10, 2011 at 1:06 am

    Dessert in one bowl = happy bakers everywhere! πŸ™‚

    Reply
  17. Vj says

    June 28, 2016 at 4:54 am

    Hey pretty lady those cupcakes looks so damn yummy….i just wanna dig into them..besides can i know how many grams of butter to use for frosting.Thanks for sharing.

    Reply

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