INGREDIENTS
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Ingredients:
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For Chocolate Cupcakes:
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1 cup all-purpose flour
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1 cup sugar
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1/3 cup Cocoa powder (I used Ghirardelli)
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1 teaspoon baking soda
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½ teaspoon baking powder
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½ teaspoon salt
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1 egg, at room temperature
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1/2 cup buttermilk, at room temperature
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½ cups strong black coffee, hot
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1/4 cup vegetable oil
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1½ teaspoons vanilla extract
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For Salted Caramel Swiss Meringue buttercream
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5 egg whites, room temperature
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1 1/4 cup sugar
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1 ½ cup (3 sticks) unsalted butter, room temperature
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½ cup homemade salted caramel sauce (recipe I used: here)
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2 teaspoon vanilla extract