I was reading this post tonight and it got me thinking. Whenever we’re invited to a party or get together, I always try to ask what I can bring. I usually volunteer to bake something since I love making treats and sharing them with others. At the time (usually weeks or at least one week in advance of the event), I’m really excited. Fast forward a few days and I start stressing about exactly what type of baked good I should make. Does the event call for cake, cupcakes, pie, tarts, cookies, etc.? I spend so much time thinking about all of the options, and failing to make any decisions, that I wind up leaving myself very little time to actually bake. It’s a ridiculously bad habit and one I’ve recognized for a while now. I’m a procrastinator in general, though, so I don’t know how much hope there is for me to change my ways.
I made these cupcakes to take to a party last weekend and of course found myself baking them just a few hours before we needed to leave the house. Fortunately, the recipe is pretty much foolproof. No butter to bring to room temperature and just one bowl to mix all of the ingredients. My only complaint about the batter is that it’s fairly runny, which made it difficult to transfer to the tins. Once baked though, the cupcakes are incredibly moist and quite delicious!
I’d originally planned to make buttercream frosting for the cupcakes but when I saw the seven minute frosting in the book and remembered all of the egg whites in my freezer, I changed gears. I love that this frosting doesn’t contain a pound of butter and yet is still tasty. The marshmallow frosting is just sweet enough and paired wonderfully with the cupcakes. I loved the contrast of the dark cupcakes with the bright white frosting. Please note that the recipe below makes a TON of frosting. I frosted all 24 of my cupcakes and didn’t even make a dent in it. I could probably have made 1/4 of the recipe and I still would have had leftovers.
One-Bowl Chocolate Cupcakes with Seven Minute Frosting
Cupcakes
1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
3/4 cup unsweetened Dutch-process cocoa powder
1 1/2 cups sugar
1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda
3/4 teaspoon baking powder
3/4 teaspoon salt
2 large eggs
3/4 cup buttermilk
3 tablespoons vegetable oil
1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
3/4 cup warm water
Preheat oven to 350 F. Line two 12-cup muffin tins with paper liners.
With an electric mixer on medium speed, beat flour, cocoa, sugar, baking soda, baking powder, and salt together. Reduce speed to low and add the eggs, buttermilk, oil, vanilla extract and water. Beat until all ingredients are combined and smooth, scraping down sides of bowl as needed.
Divide batter evenly among lined cups, filling each about two-thirds full. Bake, rotating muffin tins halfway through, until a toothpick inserted in the center of the cupcakes comes out clean, about 20 minutes. Transfer tins to wire racks to cool for 10 minutes before turning the cupcakes out onto the racks to cool completely.
Makes 18-24 cupcakes (the recipe says it yields 18 but I got 24)
Frosting
1 1/2 cups plus 2 tablespoons sugar
2/3 cup water
2 tablespoons light corn syrup
6 large egg whites, at room temperature
Combine 1 1/2 cups sugar, water and corn syrup in a small saucepan. Bring to a boil over medium heat, stirring occasionally, until sugar dissolves. Continue boiling, without stirring, until syrup reaches 230 F.
Meanwhile, in the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the whisk attachment, whisk egg whites on medium-high until soft peaks form. With mixer running, add remaining 2 tablespoons sugar, beating to combine.
As soon as sugar syrup reaches 230 F, remove from heat. With mixer on medium-low, pour the syrup down the side of the mixer bowl in a slow, steady stream. Raise speed to medium-high and whisk until mixture is completely cool and stiff peaks form, about 7 minutes.
Makes 8 cups
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Your cupcakes look AWESOME! Really, really beautiful!!!!
They look great, I love how black the cupcakes are!
Katie xox
Cupcakes look gorgeous! I love things that can be made in ne bowl, so convenient! You could bring these to a gathering here anytime and Id be happy!
The dark cupcakes and the ethereal frosting….mmmmm, heaven! Love it 🙂
Your cupcakes look great! How nice that the recipe doesn’t call for room-temperature butter – that’s a big bonus!
They look delicious! I love the blue and green sprinkles. I’ve seen the recipe for 7 minute frosting before but wasn’t sure how I would like it. I’ll have to try it sometime soon.
Beautiful! I’ve been meaning to try this recipe!
Love this recipe and love your sprinkles…such a pretty color combo!
Cute cupcakes. I love this recipe, so chocolaty and moist. The frosting and sprinkles look great!
Yum! I have tried these cupcakes but not the frosting- I bet they were the perfect combination.
So now you have to bake something else to use up all that frosting! Love the way these cupcakes + frosting look.
Those are gorgeous! I’m so glad to read that these are a hit in the cupcake department. They’re absolutely gorgeous to boot. I love the blue and green sprinkles!
Everyone seems to be exited to see cupcakes at a party! yours look perfect
These are just adorable!
One-bowl is good. Your cupcakes look yummy!
I love the idea of a one-bowl cupcake and you can see in the photo that the cupcakes are really moist. That’s the only problem with cupcakes sometimes – they’re too dry – but obviously that’s not a concern with this recipe. I think I might give this a try – heaven knows I’ve often only got a short amount of time to whip up something to take to lunch or a party, so these should work a treat!
How exciting to find such a quick and delicious recipe, the cupcakes look great! I pretty much always bring baked goods to gatherings and just last week I felt really guilty when I didn’t have enough time to bake something.
I love 7 min frosting.. way more guilt free than buttercream! Was this recipe too sweet? Most are too sweet, but I can’t just reduce the sugar wtihout messing the recipe up!
Yay for cupcakes! xoxo
That’s an amazing frosting recipe! I’m going to give that one a try once I get my stand mixer fixed (otherwise it’ll take a LOT longer than 7 minutes)
I got 7 spare minutes. It seems that those minutes are worth the wait. Yum!
Vincent just walked in and told me, “Oh! Those are beautiful cupcakes!” He knows a good thing when he sees it! Nice…I’m loving the way these look.
These look very moist & yummy!
I’ve heard a lot about these cupcakes and I’m glad they turned out so well for you – they look great! Good to know about the frosting amount, too…
I do the exactly the same thing. I always find myself crippled with choices and indescision. Nice cuppies.
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