Cocoa Velvet Cupcakes Recipe

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Cocoa Velvet Cupcakes
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Ingredients
11
Count
Nutrition
2181
Calories
Total time
25
Minutes
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Ingredients:

  • 4 cups sugar
  • 1 lb (4 sticks) butter
  • 4 eggs
  • 3/4 cup cocoa powder
  • 1 tube of red food coloring, if you want to make an effort
  • 5 cups flour
  • 2 tsp salt
  • 2 cups buttermilk
  • 2 tbsp vinegar

Directions:

  1. Preheat oven to 350ºF.
  2. Prep a bunch of cupcake tins by greasing or with paper liners.
  3. In a large mixing bowl, cream the sugar and butter.
  4. Add the eggs one at a time and mix well after each addition.
  5. Add the cocoa and food coloring to the bowl.
  6. Sift together flour and salt.
  7. Add flour mixture to the creamed mixture alternately with buttermilk.
  8. Blend in vanilla.
  9. In a small bowl, combine baking soda and vinegar and add to mixture. (This is fun! A la second grade science experiments.)
  10. Pour batter into cupcake liners.
  11. Bake for 20 to 25 minutes.
  12. If so inclined, put in freezer for half an hour to cool. This gives them the slightly denser, fudgy texture that I happen to like.
  13. Frost with icing of your choice. I used the not-too-sweet Creamy Vanilla Cream Cheese Icing >Creamy Vanilla Cream Cheese Icing. I topped with nonpareils and slightly icky but pretty Boston Baked Bean candied peanuts.
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Nutrition Facts

Per ServingPer 100 g
Amount Per 1 Serving
Calories 2181.22 Kcal (9132 kJ)
Calories from fat 640.62 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 71.18g 110%
Cholesterol 237.89mg 79%
Sodium 6068.18mg 253%
Potassium 924.47mg 20%
Total Carbs 350.7g 117%
Sugars 153.55g 614%
Dietary Fiber 22.48g 90%
Protein 36.44g 73%
Vitamin A 0.3mg 9%
Iron 13.2mg 73%
Calcium 787.2mg 79%
Amount Per 100 g
Calories 325.23 Kcal (1362 kJ)
Calories from fat 95.52 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 10.61g 110%
Cholesterol 35.47mg 79%
Sodium 904.8mg 253%
Potassium 137.84mg 20%
Total Carbs 52.29g 117%
Sugars 22.9g 614%
Dietary Fiber 3.35g 90%
Protein 5.43g 73%
Iron 2mg 73%
Calcium 117.4mg 79%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
Find out how many calories should you eat.

Tastes

  • salty
  • savory
  • bitter
  • sweet
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Recipe Tags

Weightwatchers Points

  • 48.8
    Points
  • 58
    PointsPlus

Good Points

  • saturated fat free,
  • good source of fiber

Bad Points

  • High in Sodium,
  • High in Sugar,
  • High in Total Fat

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