These super chocolatey Devils Food Cupcakes are most certainly going to be a favorite of the chocoholic in your life.
There isn’t anything that specifically determines a chocolate cake as devil’s food cake, but they do tend to be a bit more airy and have quite a bit of chocolate in them!
This moist and fluffy recipe for Devils Food Cupcakes also uses coffee extract to further enhance the chocolate flavor.
Ingredients (makes approximately 30 cupcakes):
- 3/4 cup cocoa powder
- 1/2 cup boiling water
- 1 1/2 cups (3 sticks) unsalted butter
- 2 1/4 cups sugar
- 1 tablespoon coffee extract
- 4 large eggs, lightly beaten
- 2 3/4 cups all purpose flour
- 1/4 cup cornstarch
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup whole milk
- chocolatey buttercream frosting