EGGLESS CHOCOLATE CUPCAKES

Eggless Chocolate Cupcakes

You don’t need any appliances to make these easy eggless chocolate cupcakes with chocolate buttercream frosting.

Ingredients

• Flour-3/4 cup (94g)
•  Baking soda-¼ tsp
•  Baking powder-1 tsp
•  Salt-1/4 teaspoon
•  Unsweetened cocoa powder-3 tbsp (18g)
•  Unsalted butter, softened -3 tbsp(42g )
• Granulated sugar-1/2 cup  (100g)
•  Pure vanilla extract-1/4 tsp
•  Milk-1/2 cup
• Extra  milk, to adjust thickness of batter-1 to 2 tbsp

For chocolate buttercream frosting:

•  Unsalted butter, softened-1/3 cup (75g)
•  Unsweetened cocoa powder-2 tbsp (12g)
• Confectioners’ sugar, sifted-1 cup  (125g)
•  Milk-1-2 tbsp (15-30ml), to adjust

Method

STEP-1
PREPARE THE DRY

Sift dry ingredients: flour, baking soda, baking powder, salt, and unsweetened cocoa powder. And set aside.

STEP-2
PREPARE THE WET

In a mixing bowl, add in soften unsalted butter and make it pomade. Then add in granulated sugar and whisk until light and fluffy. Then add in pure vanilla extract and stir until combined.

STEP-3
FINISH THE BATTER

Add in only a half of sifted dry ingredients and a half of milk. And whisk until homogeneous. And add in the remaining dry ingredients and another half of the milk and stir until very smooth and homogeneous. Adjust the thickness of batter with one or two tablespoons of milk.

STEP-4
BAKE

Divide the batter among the cupcake molds. Fill only 2/3 full. Bake in the oven preheated to 360° F. (180° C.) for about 20 minutes. Out of oven, let cool for 5 minutes in the pan and transfer to a wire rack and completely cool.

STEP-5
CHOCOLATE FROSTING

In a mixing bowl add in softened unsalted butter and make it pomade. Then sift in unsweetened cocoa powder and fold until combined. And sift in a half of confectioners’ sugar and fold until mixed. Then finally add remaining half of the confectioners’ sugar and fold until homogeneous. And adjust the thickness of frosting by adding one or two tablespoons of milk. It should be easily spreadable.

STEP-6
DECORATE

Start piping in the middle and slowly pipe around until you cover the whole surface of cupcake.

EGGLESS CHOCOLATE CUPCAKE