"These one bowl chocolate cupcakes are easy to make, foolproof and absolutely delicious! Deep chocolate flavor, and perfectly sweet...."
INGREDIENTS
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⅓ cup hot water or hot coffee
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1.5 oz Dutch cocoa powder (about 5 - 6 tbsp, do not pack the cocoa into the spoon)
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¼ tsp salt (use ½ tsp, if you don’t mind a slight salted flavor in your chocolate cupcakes)
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1 stick unsalted butter
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¼ cup sour cream (straight from the fridge)
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½ cup brown sugar
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½ cup white sugar
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2 large eggs
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2 tsp vanilla extract
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1 cup of AP flour (spoon and leveled)
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¾ tsp baking powder
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½ tsp baking soda
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Chocolate Swiss meringue buttercream ((intermediate option for buttercream))
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Chocolate buttercream ((easy option for buttercream))
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Vanilla Swiss meringue buttercream ((intermediate option for buttercream))
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Vanilla buttercream ((easy option for buttercream))