Chocolate Cupcakes

Name: Chocolate Cupcakes
Ingredients: Cupcakes:; 3/4 cup granulated sugar; 5 tablespoons butter or stick margarine, softened; 1 teaspoon vanilla extract; 2 large eggs; 1 cup all-purpose flour; 1/4 cup unsweetened cocoa; 1/2 teaspoon baking soda; 1/4 teaspoon salt; 1/2 cup fat-free milk; Frosting:; 1 tablespoon butter or stick margarine; 1/4 cup granulated sugar; 3 tablespoons fat-free milk; 1 ounce unsweetened chocolate, chopped; 1 3/4 cups powdered sugar; 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

17 ingredients

4 steps

Ingredients

Cupcakes:
3/4 cup granulated sugar
5 tablespoons butter or stick margarine, softened
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 large eggs
1 cup all-purpose flour
1/4 cup unsweetened cocoa
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup fat-free milk
Frosting:
1 tablespoon butter or stick margarine
1/4 cup granulated sugar
3 tablespoons fat-free milk
1 ounce unsweetened chocolate, chopped
1 3/4 cups powdered sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Directions

1

Preheat oven to 350°.
2

To prepare cupcakes, beat first 3 ingredients at medium speed of a mixer until well-blended (about 3 minutes). Add eggs, 1 at a time, beating well after each addition. Lightly spoon flour into a dry measuring cup, and level with a knife. Combine flour, cocoa, baking soda, and salt, stirring well with a whisk. Add flour mixture to sugar mixture alternately with 1/2 cup milk, beginning and ending with flour mixture; mix after each addition.
3

Spoon the batter into 12 muffin cups lined with paper liners. Bake at 350° for 22 minutes or until cupcakes spring back easily when touched lightly in the center. Cool in pan 10 minutes on a wire rack, and remove from pan. Cool completely on wire rack.
4

To prepare frosting, melt 1 tablespoon butter in a small, heavy saucepan over low heat. Add 1/4 cup granulated sugar, 3 tablespoons milk, and chopped chocolate, and cook 3 minutes, stirring constantly. Remove from heat, and cool. Stir in the powdered sugar and 1 teaspoon vanilla. Spread frosting over cupcakes.