Throw all your ingredients for these amazing, moist, fluffy homebaked chocolate cupcakes together in one bowl and mix – Its that simple!

The Best Chocolate Cupcake Recipe

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RECIPE:Yield: 24 cupcakes or 1 x 9″ round, 3″high cake

Ingredients

• 340g / 12oz Plain flour, sifted
• 315g / 11oz Caster sugar (USA – granulated)
• 225g / 8oz Butter, softened (eqv. 2 sticks)
• 225g / 8oz Water, room temperature
• 55g / 2oz Unsweetened cocoa
• 3 x 65g/2.2oz Eggs, room temperature (ex-large)
• 40g / 1.4oz Vegetable oil
• 4 tsp Baking powder
• 2tsp Vanilla

Instructions1. Preheat oven to 350f / 180c / Gas Mark 42. Combine baking powder and flour together and stir to combine3. Add sugar, butter, water, eggs, cocoa, oil and vanilla and beat on low speed with an electric mixer using a whisk or paddle attachment until all ingredients are just combined4. Beat on high speed until mixture lightens in colour and becomes fluffy (approx. 1.5 – 2 minutes)5. Line a 12 hole cupcake tray with cupcake liners and fill each liner approximately two thirds to the top using a spoon or icecream scoop6. Place on the middle tray of your oven and bake for 14-18 minutes.7. Check at 14 minutes, then each minute thereafter until the centre of the cupcake springs back when touched.