Powered by Mom's Gooey Fudge Cupcakes Recipe
Oh how we love Fudge Cupcakes!
While we try to eat healthy the majority of the time we do like have our indulgences and fudge cupcakes is one of them! After all how can you resist a gooey fudge cupcake? All of that chocolate goodness oh my! It's all good in moderation so bake a batch and share them, get together with friends, have a little party, bring them to the office. Cupcakes taste even better when they're shared and of course your waistline will be happier that way too 😉
So without further ado let's get onto this fudge cupcake recipe shall we?
Gooey Fudge Cupcakes
Ingredients
- Cupcakes
- 2 C sugar
- 1 ¾ C cake flour
- ¾ C baking cocoa
- 1 ½ teaspoon baking powder
- 1 ½ teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 2 eggs, room temp
- 1 C buttermilk, room temp
- ½ C canola
- 2 teaspoon vanilla
- 1 C boiling water
Frosting Ingredients
- 12oz Ghirardelli dark chocolate wafers, broken into small pieces
- 3 cups of powder sugar
- 3 tablespoon unsalted butter
- 3 teaspoon of Fudge topping
- 1 ¼ C heavy cream
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
Instructions
- Chocolate Cupcake Directions:
- Preheat your oven to 350 degrees.
- Line your muffin tins with paper cupcake liners.
- Take the sugar, flour, cocoa, baking powder, baking soda and salt and whisk it into a mixing bowl.
- Add the eggs, milk, oil and vanilla in a bowl.
- Beat until creamy
- Now add the dry ingredients to the sugar mix continue beating on medium until the batter is smooth.
- Gradually add the boiling water and mix together until well blended
- Using a ice cream scoop and fill the paper lined cupcake tins ¾ of the way full.
- Bake at 350 degrees for 20-25 minutes
- Remove from he oven and let sit for 5 minutes
- Now remove the cupcakes themselves to a wore rack or on the counter
- Allow to slightly cool before transferring to wire racks.
Frosting Directions
- Beat chocolate, and butter together in a bowl.
- Heat the heavy cream in a saucepan to a simmer over medium heat.
- Pour the heated heavy cream over the chocolate.
- Continue to blend until the chocolate is melted and the mixture is nice and smooth.
- Add the vanilla and mix until well blended
- Place the chocolate bowl in a refrigerator for 30 minutes
- Using an electric mixer beat the chocolate mixture on medium speed gradually adding the powder sugar.
- Do this until soft peaks form.
- Scoop the frosting into a pastry bag with a large tip.
- Twist the open end of the pastry bag to push the frosting to the tip.
- Start by frosting on the outside edge of the cupcake working to the center of the cupcake.
- Drizzle Fudge on top of the frosting
Nutrition Information:
Amount Per Serving: Calories: 0Total Fat: 0g
I know it's an overload of chocolate goodness, but wait can you overload on chocolate? Well you might with these fudge cupcakes but don't let that stop you from making a batch. Remember what we said cupcakes are meant for sharing, that way you can have one and not feel guilty and share the rest. You'll make a lot of people happy if you share these Gooey Fudge Cupcakes with them!
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These cupcakes are great. My family loved them. This recipe is a keeper. Thank you again
(Powered by Mom’s Gooey Fudge Cupcakes Recipe) These cupcakes sound so good to me, I want to make some for my family real soon.
Looks so yummy and looks even easier to make ! I will try this
i think these will be a family favorite !!!!! gooey fudge oh yes !!! i think i will be making these a lot and for friends birthdays who won't like these thank u !!!
I need these in my life! I bet this will be the new family favorite!
All kinds of awesomeness here.....they would never last at my house!
These cupcakes sound awesome! I will have to give them a try.
I love gooey fudge so these are perfect.
I love gooey fudge this looks so yummy!
these look so good, now this is the way to a mans stomache===you rock
You had me at gooey fudge. It sounds almost like a cupcake sundae. I have to try these.
Oh wow I would hurt myself on these!
Will have to try and make these very soon. they look so delish!
I honestly don't think I could ever make anything that looked that good (did you go to bakery chef school?). I think I will stick to buying them, because if I made them, they would be a MAJOR temptation to overindulge.
You had me at gooey. I can't imagine ANYONE not liking these, it would be positively un-American. All from scratch, I see, but from the pictures, well worth the effort. Pinned and planned, and I will hide these, trust me!
These look amazing. I am going to try them, it might not look like this for the first few times though lol. Great job they look so yummy.
I can’t tell you how bad i want to lick the icing off that cupcake it looks sinfully delicious,thanks for the recipe will be making these over Easter break !
I am going to have to try that delicious looking frosting. I made some chocolate cupcakes earlier that would be perfect for.
I can't tell you how wonderful these cupcakes look. Thank you for the recipe.
Omg they look fantastic
These look great. Love chocolate, thank you for sharing.
Those look so good. I'd better only make them for a party so they don't sit around calling my name...
you are always making me want to make things! Looks Good.
These cupcakes look AMAZING! I cannot resist chocolate, and I can't wait to try this recipe! 🙂
These look very tasty for spring and summer. I( will be trying this speial recipe as soon as it warms up a bit.
No, sorry, these are NOT for sharing! If I make them, then I'm the one doing the eating. I'll deal with the guilt & remorse later!
Yummy with coffee or milk!
I just love chocolate. These sound so good. Can't wait to make these. Thank you so much for sharing
OMG where have these been all my life.