Best Buttermilk Cupcakes With Two Frostings Recipes

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BUTTERMILK CHOCOLATE CUPCAKES



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Good any time of the year, a chocolate cupcake recipe make a great get-up-and-go treat on busy summer days. These buttermilk chocolate cupcakes have been a frosted favorite with family and friends for at least 35 years. They're really popular at bake sales. -Ellen Moore, Springfield, New Hampshire

Provided by Taste of Home

Categories     Desserts

Time 45m

Yield 2 dozen.

Number Of Ingredients 18

1/2 cup butter, softened
1-1/2 cups sugar
2 large eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1-1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 cup baking cocoa
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup buttermilk
1/2 cup water
FROSTING:
1/2 cup butter, softened
3-3/4 cups confectioners' sugar
2 ounces unsweetened chocolate, melted
2 tablespoons evaporated milk
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/4 teaspoon salt
Chocolate sprinkles

Steps:

  • Preheat oven to 375°. In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in vanilla. Combine flour, cocoa, baking soda and salt. Combine buttermilk and water. Add dry ingredients to creamed mixture alternately with buttermilk and water, beating well after each addition., Fill paper-lined muffin cups two-thirds full. Bake 15-20 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool 10 minutes before removing from pans to wire racks to cool completely., For frosting, in a small bowl, beat butter and confectioners' sugar until smooth. Beat in melted chocolate, milk, vanilla and salt. Frost cupcakes; garnish with chocolate sprinkles.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 239 calories, Fat 9g fat (5g saturated fat), Cholesterol 39mg cholesterol, Sodium 191mg sodium, Carbohydrate 39g carbohydrate (30g sugars, Fiber 1g fiber), Protein 2g protein.

BUTTERMILK CUPCAKES WITH CHOCOLATE ICING



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Provided by Patrick and Gina Neely : Food Network

Categories     dessert

Time 50m

Yield 12 cupcakes

Number Of Ingredients 15

1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoons baking powder
1/4 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt
2 large eggs, room temperature
2 large yolks
1 cup sugar
3/4 cup unsalted butter, melted
2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
1/2 cup buttermilk
1 stick butter, softened
8 ounces cream cheese, softened
3 cups confectioners' sugar, sifted
4 ounces semisweet chocolate, melted
1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Steps:

  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
  • Sift the flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt together onto a sheet of parchment paper.
  • In a large bowl beat the eggs, yolks and sugar together. Add the melted butter, vanilla and buttermilk to the mixture.
  • Add the dry ingredients gradually into the batter. Mix until smooth. It will appear light and fluffy.
  • Ladle and divide the batter evenly among muffin cups and bake for about 18 minutes, or until a toothpick tester comes out clean. Let cupcakes cool on a wire rack for 15 minutes before frosting.
  • For the frosting: Beat the butter and cream cheese until creamy. Add confectioners' sugar slowly, while mixing in melted chocolate and vanilla extract.

BUTTERMILK CUPCAKES WITH TWO FROSTINGS



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Categories     Cake     Dessert     Bake     Gourmet     Vegetarian     Pescatarian     Peanut Free     Tree Nut Free     Kosher

Yield Makes 24 cupcakes

Number Of Ingredients 13

twenty-four 2 1/2-inch paper muffin cup liners
4 cups cake flour (not self-rising)
2 teaspoons baking powder
2 teaspoons baking soda
1 1/2 teaspoons salt
2 sticks (1 cup) unsalted butter, softened
2 cups sugar
2 teaspoons vanilla
4 large eggs
2 cups well-shaken buttermilk
chocolate cream-cheese and lemon cream-cheese frostings
Garnish: India Tree brand sparkling sugar confetti* or other decorative sprinkles
*available at some specialty foods shops and by mail order from Dean & DeLuca, tel. (212) 226-6800, ext. 269

Steps:

  • Preheat oven to 350°F. and line twenty-four 1/2-cup muffin cups with paper liners.
  • Into a bowl sift together flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. In a large bowl with an electric mixer beat together butter and sugar until light and fluffy and beat in vanilla. Add eggs 1 at a time, beating well after each addition, and with mixer on low speed beat in buttermilk until just combined. Add flour mixture in 3 batches, beating until just combined after each addition.
  • Divide batter among muffin cups (batter will fill cups) and bake in upper and lower thirds of oven, switching position of muffin trays halfway through baking, about 22 minutes, or until golden and a tester comes out clean. Cool cupcakes on racks 5 minutes and remove cupcakes from cups. Cupcakes keep in an airtight container at room temperature 2 days.
  • Spread chocolate frosting on half of cupcakes and lemon frosting on remainder and garnish cupcakes with sprinkles .

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