Chocolate Cupcakes with Vanilla Bean Buttercream

Name: Chocolate Cupcakes with Vanilla Bean Buttercream
Yield: 16
Ingredients: Chocolate Cupcakes; 1/2 cup Dutch-processed cocoa powder; 1 cup boiling hot water; 1 1/3 cups all purpose flour; 2 teaspoons baking powder; 1/2 teaspoon salt; 1/2 cup unsalted butter, room temperature; 1 cup granulated white sugar; 2 large eggs; 2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract; Vanilla Bean Buttercream; 2½ sticks unsalted butter, softened; 1 vanilla bean, halved lengthwise, or 1 Tablespoon vanilla bean paste; 2½ cups confectioners’ sugar (10 ounces); Pinch of salt; 1 teaspoon vanilla extract; 2 Tablespoons heavy cream

Chocolate Cupcakes with Vanilla Bean Buttercream was pinched from <a href="http://www.thecomfortofcooking.com/2011/01/chocolate-cupcakes-with-vanilla-bean-buttercream.html" target="_blank">www.thecomfortofcooking.com.</a>

INGREDIENTS

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Chocolate Cupcakes

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1/2 cup Dutch-processed cocoa powder

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1 cup boiling hot water

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1 1/3 cups all purpose flour

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2 teaspoons baking powder

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1/2 teaspoon salt

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1/2 cup unsalted butter, room temperature

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1 cup granulated white sugar

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2 large eggs

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2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract

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Vanilla Bean Buttercream

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2½ sticks unsalted butter, softened

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1 vanilla bean, halved lengthwise, or 1 Tablespoon vanilla bean paste

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2½ cups confectioners’ sugar (10 ounces)

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Pinch of salt

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1 teaspoon vanilla extract

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2 Tablespoons heavy cream

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