Monday, April 23, 2012

Cocoa Cupcakes

These are my very favorite chocolate cupcakes.  These guys are absolutely delicious.  I got this recipe from the newspaper in Denver a good many years ago.  They are pretty easy and well worth the time to make cupcakes from scratch.

3 eggs
1 cup vegetable oil
1/2 cup buttermilk
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 3/4 cups sugar
1/2 cup cocoa
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon soda
1 teaspoon cinnamon
2 cups flour
1 cup boiling water

Directions:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Beat together eggs, oil, buttermilk, and vanilla until smooth.  In a small bowl mix together sugar, cocoa, salt, soda, cinnamon, and flour.  Add dry ingredients to egg mixture one-half cup at a time.  Mix until smooth.  Add boiling water all at once.  Mix until smooth. (Batter will be extremely thin.) 
Pour batter into paper lined cupcake tins, filling them about two-thirds full.  (Or bake it in a greased 9 x 13 inch pan.)
Bake at 350 degrees about 30 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.  (If you use a 9 x 13 inch pan the cake will take longer to bake.)
Let cool on a wire rack.
Frost as desired. Try this Fudge Frosting.
Makes 24 cupcakes
 

No comments: