Chocolate Covered Strawberry Cupcakes Recipe
These Chocolate Covered Strawberry Cupcakes offer moist chocolate cake infused with rich cocoa and a luscious strawberry-flavored buttercream frosting, perfect for sweet celebrations.
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 20 minutes
- Total Time: 35 minutes
- Yield: 11 servings 1x
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
- Diet: Vegetarian
Ingredients
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Cupcakes
- 6⅓ Tablespoons Dutch process cocoa powder (sifted)
- ½ cup boiling water
- 1 cup all purpose flour
- ⅞ cup granulated sugar
- 1⅛ teaspoons baking powder
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 1 large egg
- 1 large egg yolk
- ¼ cup vegetable oil
- ½ cup whole milk
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Frosting
- ¾ cups salted butter (room temperature)
- 2 cups powdered sugar (sifted)
- ½ cup strawberry powder
- 4 Tablespoons whole milk
- ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
Instructions
- Cupcakes Heat oven to 350℉/177℃.
- Line a cupcake tin with paper liners or spray with baking spray. Set aside.
- Whisk In a small bowl, whisk cocoa powder and boiling water together. Set aside.
- Whisk In a large bowl, whisk flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt together.
- Add egg, egg yolk, oil, milk, and vanilla.
- Whisk until smooth.
- Whisk in chocolate.
- Portion Use a 3 Tablespoon scoop to portion into prepared pan.
- Bake for 18-20 minutes, or until cupcakes test done.
- Frosting Beat in a medium bowl with an electric mixer, butter, powdered sugar, and strawberry powder until smooth, about 1-2 minutes.
- Add milk and vanilla.
- Beat until light and fluffy, about 2-3 minutes.
- Pipe onto cooled cupcakes.
- Decorate as desired.
Notes
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