Happy Saturday, friends! How is your weekend going so far? Have anything fun planned? I plan on celebrating the lovely spring weather by whipping up a big batch of my Jam Scones to share and then maybe just lying out in the sun with an audiobook (have any audiobook recommendations?) for a couple of hours and soaking up all that vitamin D. But first, cupcakes. Today’s recipe is for all you chocoholic bakers out there who are craving a chocolate cupcake but don’t really want a dozen of them sitting around your kitchen. How does just four sound?
This small-batch cupcake recipe makes exactly four perfectly adorable chocolate cupcakes with chocolate buttercream frosting. The recipe is simple, relatively quick (for a cupcake recipe), and 100% delicious. Like my Small-batch Buckeye Brownie Cookies, these cupcakes are made with actual melted chocolate in the batter, so they come out super moist and amazing every time, and the chocolate buttercream is so rich and fudgy that when you take your first bite, you’re going to think you’ve died and gone to chocolate heaven. This is one of those recipes that I love having in my back pocket because it’s the ultimate chocolate dessert when I’m craving something chocolatey, but it’s also something I can easily throw together if I know that a friend is having a birthday or just a bad day (if that friend’s not a chocolate fan, try my Small-batch Vanilla Cupcakes or Small-batch Angel Food Cupcakes). There’s nothing like a cupcake to put a smile on someone’s face.
Small-batch Chocolate Cupcakes Notes
This recipe calls for chopped semi-sweet chocolate, but you can use high-quality chocolate chips instead of a baking bar if that’s what you have on hand. The coffee in these cupcakes doesn’t give them a coffee taste. It just brings out the chocolate flavor. But if you don’t have/like/drink coffee, you can replace the coffee in the recipe with the same amount of hot water. The same goes for the espresso powder in the frosting. Just omit it if you don’t have it. I used a large star tip to frost swirls on these cupcakes. If you plan on just spreading frosting over the top with a knife, cut the frosting recipe in half!
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