One-Bowl Buttermilk Chocolate Cupcakes October 15
Occasionally, you’ll see a blogger write in that “real” life - in some form - got in the way of blogging and interrupted their flow. I have to say that I, too, recently had that very same conflict and. as a result, my posting schedule was interrupted. I had a busy couple of weeks and, to cap it all off, it was my birthday. I don’t apologize for that last bit, but I do apologize to everyone who enjoys visiting my blog as much as I enjoy writing it. I’ll try to get back on a more regular posting schedule.
But first, here are some cupcakes that I made in honor of my birthday. Don’t worry - I had a “real” cake, too, and I suspect that I may yet have another cake before the week is up. This is just something quick that I through together, taking the very easy eggless chocolate cake and making it a little bit richer by using buttermilk in place of milk and melted butter in place of oil. They’re quite chocolaty, but they are also light and moist. I think that the buttermilk and butter make them have a little more depth than the recipe with oil, but they are both excellent. I think that this serves as a good example of how some substitutions can be made in recipes and still produce good results. You do, however, have to take into account the properties of the things you are substituting. In this case, I reduced the amount of vinegar in the mix because the buttermilk is acidic.
For the cake in the picture, I used lightly sweetened whipped cream as a “frosting.”
But my favorite part was blowing out the candle.
One-Bowl Buttermilk Chocolate Cupcakes
1 1/2 cups all purpose flour
1/4 cup cocoa powder
1 cup sugar
1 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp salt
1 cup buttermilk
1/4 cup butter, melted and cooled
1 tsp apple cider vinegar
1 tsp vanilla extract
Preheat oven to 350F. Line a 12-cup muffin tin with paper liners.
In a large bowl, whisk together flour, sugar, baking soda and salt.
Pour in the rest of the ingredients (it’s helpful to have the buttermilk at about room temperature) and stir until just combined.
Divide evenly into the prepared muffin tin and bake for 14-16 minutes at 350F, or until a tester comes out clean.
Cool completely on a wire rack before frosting.
Joe Oct 14
Happy Belated Birthday Nic!
Santos Oct 14
happy birthday, nic! may you have many more sweet things grace your table and sweet wishes fulfilled in the future.
Precious Moments Oct 15
Happy Birthday Nic, May all your dreams come true.
Kalyn Oct 15
Hope you had a great birthday. Keep on celebrating, the blogging can wait!
Lani Oct 15
I’m a long time lurker of your blog. I can’t help but post my belated birtdday greetings for you. I wish you all the best in life.
Thanks for sharing.
Brilynn Oct 15
Happy Birthday! And happy cake eating!
PennyLane Oct 15
happy belated birthday, Nic. Agree with Kalyn, blogging can always wait!
Cathy Oct 15
Happy birthday nic! Looks like we get the present though - this recipe sounds wonderful!
Lauren Oct 15
so yummy - i’m such a fan of the butter instead of oil and buttermilk… yeeees. happy birthday!!
Bakingfreak Oct 15
Happy happy Birthday!
Stephanie Oct 15
Happy belated birthday!!! Hope you took a little time for you.
McAuliflower Oct 15
Fun recipe! The lack of eggs is interesting.
Glad to see you haven’t expired
Cyndi Oct 15
Happy Belated birthday, Nic. Sure wish I could enjoy those cupcakes, too!
mooncrazy Oct 15
Happy Birthday and thanks for the recipe. I just happen to have some buttermilk left from another recipe and I was wondering what to do, hate to waste.
My Space Oct 15
Happy Birthday Nic!
Nic Oct 16
Thanks, everyone! You’re all just too kind. I wish I could have shared the cupcakes - and not just the recipe.
=)
Julie Oct 16
No worries about the posting. You’re worth the wait! Happy Birthday. Thanks for talking about substitutions in baking. I like learning about that.
Tokyoastrogirl Oct 16
Happy birthday Nic. Thank you for your many recipes, beautiful photos and lots of inspiration.
Laura Rebecca Oct 16
Happy Birthday! The cupcakes look delicious!
Debbie Oct 16
Happy Birthday!
I made some cupcakes like this the other day and they don’t look half as good as yours do. I must not be whipping my cream cheese enough, how do you get the topping so fluffy? 
Bron Oct 17
Happy belated Birthday Nic, the cupcakes look super!
Helene Oct 19
Happy belated birthday! Delicious cupcakes!
Anna Oct 19
happy belated birthday. i made these cupcakes and they were great and so easy. i didn’t have buttermilk and just used a little half and half and reg. milk. still worked, still good. thanks!
Lori Oct 25
Oh Nic, that cupcake is just adorable! I wouldn’t mind blowing out a candle on my cupcake birthday cake next year. I hope your birthday was sweet and happy.
Sophia Sep 29
I decorated mine with m&ms on top and everybody loved them!
Wendy Mar 24
I made these last week but they did not turn out well. I used oil instead of butter because I need to keep them in the fridge after topping them with whipped cream. Also I made buttermilk by adding distilled vinegar to milk.
I’m not sure what went wrong, the cupcakes turned out rather hard and dry.