Ingredients:
1/2 cup – Dutch processed dark cocoa powder
1 cup – boiling water
1 1/3 cup – Sifted all-purpose flour
2 tsp Baking powder
1/2 cup room temperature unsalted butter
1/4 tsp salt
1 1/4 cup – Granulated white sugar
2 – Large eggs
1 1/2 tsp pure vanilla extract
Frosting:
4 ounces – Unsweetened chocolate, coarsely chopped
2/3 cup Unsalted butter, room temperature
1 1/3 cups – Sifted powdered sugar or icing sugar
1 1/2 tsp Pure vanilla extract
Preparation:
Pre-heat the oven to 375°F Line 16 cupcake liners and keep it ready. Whisk all the dry ingredients like salt, baking powder and all-purpose flour, keep aside. In another bowl mix the hot water and cocoa powder until smooth and bring the mixture to room temperature.
Beat the butter and sugar until light and fluffy, use a hand mixer or an electric mixer. Add the eggs one at a time and beat in vanilla extract.
Slowly add the flour mixture until everything is incorporated. Finally add the cocoa mixture and mix everything well.
Add the mixture to the cupcake liners until they are 2/3rd full.
Bake for 17-19 minutes until tooth pick inserted comes out clean. Do not over bake the cupcakes as they will lose the moistness. Remove from oven and cool them on a wire rack.
Once the cupcakes cools,you can smear the frosting on the cupcake using a spatula or if you have a piping, use a large 1M thick open star tip to make the swirls on the cupcake.
Frosting:
Melt the chocolate pieces in the microwave or place the heat proof bowl with chocolate on a saucepan of simmering water. Mix it until it melts and forms a smooth texture.
In another bowl beat the butter well, add the powdered sugar and beat again. Mix it until smooth and fluffy. Add the vanilla extract and the melted chocolate, beat until smooth and glossy for about 3-4 minutes.
Smear or add into the piping and decorate the cupcakes as you like!
Kai Ruchi 
These look absolutely heavenly 😀
Cheers
Choc Chip Uru
Oh, I’m definitely making these for my chocoholic nieces!
These do look so delicious and irresistible. Wonderful recipe and photos. Thank you so much for your recent comment too 🙂
Super Delicious cupcakes. wonderfully prepared. Drooling over here.
Deepa
Wow yummy cupcakes! Totally in love with it!
Idk if you knew this, but this is one way to my heart (I just don’t tell anyone) bc it’s kind of like Kryptonite =)
These look incredible! My family is full of chocoholics…they would love these beauties!
Real yummy and tasty cake…. Keep Rocking….
Ooh I’d love a bite of this right now 🙂 So moist and delicious looking!!!My kids would absolutely love this!
What a coincidence. I just baked some chocolate cupcakes. Waiting for them to cool down. That is agonising. A slightly different method. Eggless one.
I will be happy to try eggless cupcakes which I havent tried before…it will be great if you share your recipe too!
These cupcakes looks beautiful with yummy frosting 🙂
Very tempting cupcakes..
I think you are right Deepti, I find that boiling water thing little different from other cupcakes.
These cupcakes look divine, Deepti.
yumyyyyyyyyyyy
Wow, these cupcakes look great…I love how they rises…beautifully done.
Have a great week!
these cupcakes look so delicious. the boiling water probably adds ton of moisture.
wow… these just made me want to bake dem rite away!!!! wish u stayed closer to my place so i could come and attack them as soon as u made it… looks yummmilicious!!!!!