Chocolate Cupcakes with Easy White Icing | Everyday Food with Sarah Carey

Who doesn't love cupcakes? I do. My kids sure do. They're the perfect portable, poppable treat. If you're planning on baking up a batch for a party, picnic, or school bake sale, you might be tempted to buy a boxed mix, but don't! It's too easy to whip up the most delicious cupcakes from scratch. Click through and let me show you my favorite chocolate cupcake recipe
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I'll teach you the trick for getting them super moist -- plus a super-easy white icing. Try making these at home, and you might find you have some new best friends!
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Recipe Ingredients:
For the Cupcakes
3/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
3/4 cup all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
3/4 cup (1 1/2 sticks) unsalted butter, room temperature
1 cup sugar
3 large eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/2 cup sour cream
Easy White Icing
Sprinkles (optional)
For the Icing
1 1/2 sticks unsalted butter, softened
1 pound (3 2/3 cups) confectioners' sugar
1 to 2 tablespoons milk (optional)
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Nutrition Info:
Cupcakes, per serv: 245 cal; 15 g fat; 3 g protein; 26 g carb; 2 g fiber
Icing, per serv: 248 cal; 11 g fat; 0 g protein; 37 g carb; 0 g fiber
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Sarah Carey is the editor of Everyday Food magazine and her job is to come up with the best ways to make fast, delicious food at home. But she's also a mom to two hungry kids, so the question "What's for dinner?" is never far from her mind -- or theirs, it seems! Her days can get crazy busy (whose don't?), so these videos are all about her favorite fast, fresh meals -- and the tricks she uses to make it all SO much easier.
Chocolate Cupcakes with Easy White Icing | Everyday Food with Sarah Carey