Easy Chocolate Cupcakes

Name: Easy Chocolate Cupcakes
Ingredients: 1 cup All-purpose Flour; 1/2 cups Unsweetened Cocoa Powder; 1 teaspoon Baking Powder; 1/4 teaspoons Baking Soda; 1/4 teaspoons Fine Sea Salt; 1 teaspoon Chai Spice Mix (optional); 1/2 cups Granulated White Sugar; 1/2 cups Light Brown Sugar, Packed; 1/3 cups Vegetable Oil; 1/2 cups Buttermilk; 1/3 cups Hot Water Or Hot Coffee; 1/2 Tablespoons Vanilla Extract; 1 Large Egg

13 ingredients

4 steps

Ingredients

1 cup All-purpose Flour
1/2 cups Unsweetened Cocoa Powder
1 teaspoon Baking Powder
1/4 teaspoons Baking Soda
1/4 teaspoons Fine Sea Salt
1 teaspoon Chai Spice Mix (optional)
1/2 cups Granulated White Sugar
1/2 cups Light Brown Sugar, Packed
1/3 cups Vegetable Oil
1/2 cups Buttermilk
1/3 cups Hot Water Or Hot Coffee
1/2 Tablespoons Vanilla Extract
1 Large Egg

Directions

1

Preheat oven to 360°F (180°C) and line a 12-cup cupcake pan with liners.
2

Add all dry ingredients (flour, cocoa powder, baking powder, baking soda, salt, chai spice (if using) to a large bowl and whisk until well combined.
3

Add all wet ingredients (sugars, oil, buttermilk, hot water or coffee, vanilla, egg) to a medium bowl or measuring cup and whisk until smooth. Add wet ingredients to the dry ingredients and stir (no whisk-use a wooden spoon or spatula!) just until combined. The batter will be thin.
4

Divide batter between prepared cupcake liners. Bake for 20 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into the middle comes out clean. Cool in the pan for 5 minutes, then remove to a cooling rack to cool completely before adding any frosting.