Basic Chocolate CupCakes

By Pikachutherecipereader

This recipe is a basic chocolate cupcake recipe I found in my food network magazine. I made these with the chocolate frosting recipe also in the magazine. These cupcake were Yummy and easy to make. I will defiantly be making these again.

Ingredients

• Ingredients
• 1 cup of flour
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 3/4 cup of milk
• 1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
• 1 cup sugar
• 3/4 vegetable oil
• 1 egg
• 1 teaspoon vanilla

Details

Servings 12
Preparation time 10mins
Cooking time 35mins
Adapted from images.search.yahoo.com

Preparation

Step 1

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 350* and line 12-cup muffin pan with paper liners.

2. Whisk one cup of flour and 1/2 teaspoon each baking soda and salt in a bowl.

3. Heat 3/4 cup of milk until hot but not boiling; pour over 1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa powder in a large bowl and whisk until smooth. let cool slightly.

4. Whisk in 1 cup of sugar, 3/4 cup vegetable oil, one egg and 1 teaspoon vanilla until smooth.

5. Whisk in flour mixture until just combined.

6. Divide batter among the muffin cups. Bake until top springs back 20 to 25 minutes. Transfer to a rack and let cool 5 minutes in the pan, then remove the cupcakes to the rack to cool completely.

7. Make your frosting, then pipe or spread on the cup cakes.