Boiling Water Chocolate Cupcakes

Submitted by sheepdoc

"Adapted from Hershey's cookbook - "Perfectly Chocolate" Cake. Made these caramel filled for my birthday, but the caramel filling didn't come out right so I didn't include that part in my recipe. The cupcakes themselves are awesome."

 

• Ready In: 40mins
• Ingredients: 11
• Yields: 30 cupcakes

ingredients

• 2 cups sugar
• 1 3⁄4 cups flour
• 3⁄4 cup cocoa
• 1⁄2 tablespoon baking powder
• 1⁄2 tablespoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 2 eggs
• 1 cup milk
• 1⁄2 cup vegetable oil
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 1 cup boiling water

directions

1. Heat oven to 350. Line muffin tins, or spray with Pam.
2. Sift together dry ingredients.
3. Add eggs, milk, oil, and vanilla.
4. Beat on medium speed 2 minutes.
5. Stir in boiling water. Batter will be thin, but it's ok.
6. Fill cupcakes no more than 2/3 full with batter.
7. Bake 22-25 minutes until toothpick comes out clean.
8. Alternates: Grease and flour pans. 9x13 pan, 35-40 minutes. 12-cup Bundt cake, 50-55 minutes. 2-9" round, 30-35 minutes.

Reviews

[Nicole O.]

I love this! Initially, there weren’t any stars rating this recipe, but I took a gamble and gave it a shot. The taste is delicious, and the texture is perfect! I’m new to baking, and I was a bit worried because the batter was very thin. But the cupcakes came out of the oven way better than I expected.