These Brownie Cupcakes begin with a field of Brownie Cake Combine! They’re wealthy and scrumptious, barely extra dense than most cupcakes, and softer than most brownies. It’s the better of each worlds. When you have chocolate lovers in your life, save this recipe. They’ll like it!
The Components
This is a fast have a look at our substances. Test the recipe card on the backside of the submit for the entire particulars!
- One field of Brownie Combine– We have tried this recipe with two mixes and favored them each: Duncan Hines Double Fudge and Ghirardelli Final Chocolate. Ghirardelli was our favourite because it was a bit extra wealthy however each are nice. I am positive others would work as nicely.
- Eggs
- Melted Butter (We used butter as a substitute of oil for added richness)
- Flour, Sugar, and Unsweetened Cocoa Powder prolong this recipe a bit and provides the brownies a cake-like high quality.
- Bitter Cream provides richness and moisture (we advocate “full fats”)
- Baking Powder for added peak
- Sizzling Espresso (or scorching water). The warmth helps the cocoa to develop, and if utilizing espresso, it enhances the chocolate taste. Sizzling water works nice as nicely.
Methods to Make Brownie Cupcakes
You’ll find the full, printable recipe for brownie cupcakes on the backside of this submit. Here’s a fast have a look at our steps!
- Preheat oven to 350℉. Fill a cupcake pan with paper liners.
- Ignore the directions on the again of the field of brownie combine.
- Mix dry substances in giant bowl and whisk collectively till mixed. (That is the brownie combine, flour, sugar, cocoa powder, and baking powder.)
- Add the remaining substances (eggs, bitter cream, fudge packet (in case your combine has one), scorching water or scorching espresso, and melted butter) and stir till nicely mixed. I discover it best to make use of a rubber spatula for this step.
- Fill the cupcake liners with roughly ¼ cup of batter every.
- Bake at 350℉ for 18-20 minutes or till a toothpick inserted within the middle comes out clear or with just some crumbs hooked up. *Baking instances can range, peek in as the top time approaches.
- Take away the freshly baked cupcakes from the pans simply after eradicating and funky on a wire rack.
Chocolate Buttercream
At this time, we frosted our brownie cupcakes with a easy chocolate buttercream. We used half of our typical quantity since this recipe makes about 20 cupcakes
It is a mixture of softened butter, powdered sugar, a pinch of salt, vanilla extract, milk, and unsweetened cocoa powder. The ensuing frosting is creamy and scrumptious, and really straightforward to work with.
Adorning the Cupcakes
After permitting the cupcakes to chill fully, it’s time to frost! Enhance the cupcakes nevertheless you want. We used a star tip 21 to pipe shells over our cupcakes two completely different patterns.
Listed below are the completed cupcakes! We hope that you just get pleasure from these brownie cupcakes. These can be nice for birthdays, potlucks, or for anybody that loves chocolate!
Extra Chocolate Recipes
We love chocolate truffles and cupcakes and have made many through the years! A few of our hottest are our Triple Chocolate Cake from Cake Combine, German Chocolate Cake, Black Velvet Cake, and Chocolate Bitter Cream Pound Cake.
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For the Chocolate Buttercream
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Preheat oven to 350℉. Fill a cupcake pan with paper liners. (This recipe makes about 18-20 cupcakes)
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This recipe will be ready in a big mixing bowl, simply as when making brownies from a combination. No mixer wanted.
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Mix dry substances in giant bowl and whisk collectively till mixed. (That is the brownie combine, flour, sugar, cocoa powder, and baking powder.)
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Add the remaining substances (eggs, bitter cream, fudge packet (in case your combine has one), scorching espresso (or scorching water), and melted butter) and stir till nicely mixed. I discover it best to make use of a rubber spatula for this step.
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Fill the cupcake liners with roughly ¼ cup of batter every.
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Bake at 350℉ for 18-20 minutes or till a toothpick inserted within the middle comes out clear or with just some crumbs hooked up.
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Take away the freshly baked cupcakes from the pans simply after eradicating and funky on a wire rack.
For the Chocolate Buttercream
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Add butter and blend on low to medium pace till clean. Add vanilla and mix into the butter.
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Add powdered sugar, salt, and cocoa powder.
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Add many of the milk and blend on low pace, growing to medium because the substances change into included.
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Proceed to combine including remaining milk as wanted. It might take 3-5 minutes to succeed in the smoothness and consistency you want. It should take longer if utilizing a hand mixer. As you combine, the frosting will change into very clean. You’ll be able to add further milk (1 Tablespoon at a time) if the frosting is simply too thick or further powdered sugar if too smooth.
Adorning the Cupcakes
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As soon as the cupcakes have fully cooled, frost them nevertheless you want! We used a disposable piping bag fitted with a star tip 21, to embellish the cupcakes with piped shells (and mini chocolate chips for some).
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Retailer in an hermetic container, below a cake dome, or in a bakery field for 1-2 days. After that, you possibly can refrigerate for freshness (however enable to heat to room temp earlier than serving).
We now have tried this recipe with two mixes– Ghirardelli Final Chocolate (19oz) and Duncan Hines Double Fudge (17.6oz). Each got here out excellent. Ghirardelli was my favourite as it’s a bit richer. Tell us in the event you experiment with different manufacturers!
