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From-Scratch Chocolate Cupcakes with Chocolate Frosting and a $500 PayPal Cash Blog Birthday Giveaway

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These From Scratch Chocolate Cupcakes with Chocolate Frosting are perfect for celebrating! Full of chocolate flavor – they just may become your favorite cupcake too! Plus, a Blog Birthday Giveaway – enter for a chance to win $500 PayPal Cash!

From-Scratch Chocolate Cupcakes with Chocolate Frosting.

Hey friends! I am so excited to have you join me and a few of my blogging friends as we celebrate a few blogging birthdays! I don’t know about you, but at the Love Bakes Good Cakes house, birthdays are always filled with our favorite meal and the birthday girl or boy gets to pick their favorite dessert! I think blog birthdays should be just as much fun – which is why we’re sharing all of these awesome treats! Seriously, read all the way to the end for sugar overload! 🙂 Love Bakes Good will be 3 years old on February 27th …. It has been a wild ride. This little ol’ blog has turned into something much bigger than I ever imagined. I am grateful for my readers (you’re the reason I do what I do!) and my online friends who have turned into real life friends.

From-Scratch Chocolate Cupcakes with Chocolate Frosting with rainbow sprinkles.

I am sharing my favoritest (pretend that’s a word, ‘cuz in my world, it is) cupcake ever …. From Scratch Chocolate Cupcakes with Chocolate Frosting. My bloggy friends have made some pretty incredible treats to help us celebrate too! Plus, what’s a birthday without a gift?! I almost forgot the gift!! We’ve decided to give you the gift …. that’s right, one lucky reader is going to get $500 in PayPal Cash!! *horns blowing*

From-Scratch Chocolate Cupcakes with Chocolate Frosting close up.

 
Yield: 24-30 cupcakes

From-Scratch Chocolate Cupcakes with Chocolate Frosting

From-Scratch Chocolate Cupcakes with Chocolate Frosting

These From Scratch Chocolate Cupcakes with Chocolate Frosting are perfect for celebrating! Full of chocolate flavor - they just may become your favorite cupcake too!

Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 25 minutes

Ingredients

For the cupcakes

  • 2 cups sugar
  • 1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
  • 3/4 cup baking cocoa powder
  • 1 1/2 tsp. baking powder
  • 1 1/2 tsp. baking soda
  • 1 tsp. salt
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 cup milk
  • 1/2 cup vegetable oil
  • 2 tsp. vanilla extract
  • 1 cup boiling water

For the frosting

  • 1/2 cup (1 stick) butter or margarine
  • 2/3 cup baking cocoa powder
  • 3 cups powdered sugar
  • 1/3 cup milk
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • Sprinkles (optional)

Instructions

For the cupcakes:

  1. Heat oven to 350°F. Line muffin pans with paper cups. Set aside.
  2. In a large bowl, stir together sugar, flour, cocoa, baking powder, baking soda and salt. Add eggs, milk, oil and vanilla; beat on medium speed with an electric mixer for 2 minutes. Stir in boiling water (batter will be thin). Fill cups about 2/3 full with batter.
  3. Bake 22 to 25 minutes or until wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean.
  4. Cool 10 minutes; remove from pans to wire racks. Cool completely.

For the frosting:

  1. Melt the butter. Whisk in the cocoa. Alternately add powdered sugar and milk, beating to spreading consistency. Add small amount additional milk, if needed. Stir in vanilla. Spread or pipe frosting over the top of cooled cupcakes.
  2. Top with sprinkles, if desired.

Nutrition Information:


Amount Per Serving: Calories: 258Total Fat: 10gSaturated Fat: 4gCholesterol: 25mgSodium: 194mgFiber: 2gSugar: 32gProtein: 3g

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From-Scratch Chocolate Cupcakes with Chocolate Frosting.

Meet the bloggers helping me celebrate … a few of them are celebrating their own blog birthdays too … they’re all wonderful ladies with great blogs, so be sure to stop by and check them all out!

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Blog Birthday Giveaway.

Birthday Bloggers:
Paula at Call Me PMc – Emily at Nap-Time Creations
 
Blogger Friends Helping Us Celebrate:
Julie at Tastes of Lizzy T – Marcie at Flavor the Moments
Carrie at Frugal Foodie Mama – Julie at This Gal Cooks
Sandra at A Dash of Sanity – Rachael at Eazy Peazy Mealz
Alyssa at What’s Cooking Love – Erin at DelightEMade

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Comments

  13. Chocolate on chocolate WITH sprinkles? You CAN'T go wrong with that. Ever.
    I love any kind of dessert to celebrate a birthday, really. Or, even when there is no birthday. I just have a major sweet tooth!

    Thanks for the great giveaway!

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  25. Happy Bloggy Birthday, Jamie! ♥ I love all cakes, so I usually try to have something different every year! A couple of years ago it was Tres Leches! 🙂

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  32. These cupcakes look amazing! I'm a sucker for chocolate cupcakes with sprinkles! Congrats on your bloggy birthday! Thanks so much for sharing at my Creative Ways Link Party. I hope you'll be back again this week!
    Blessings,
    Nici

    Reply

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