There’s nothing like good chocolate cupcakes and sprinkles to celebrate your birthday. These cupcakes are so easy to make (no mixer is needed) and has chocolate ganache and sprinkles on top – everyone’s all-time favorite!
Photo: Natalie Levin
Chocolate Cupcakes with Funfetti
For the chocolate cupcakes:
- 3 large eggs
- 300 grams (1 1/2 cups) sugar
- Pinch of salt
- 1/2 tsp. vanilla extract
- 200 grams (1 cup) vegetable oil
- 400 grams (2 cups) sour cream
- 70 grams (1/2 cup) cocoa powder
- 210 grams (1 1/2 cups) all-purpose flour
- 10 grams (2 tsp.) baking powder
- 50-100 grams chocolate chips
For the chocolate ganache:
- 100 grams dark chocolate (chopped)
- 125 ml. (1/2 cup) heavy cream
- Sprinkles for serving
- Preheat oven to 170c degrees grease a muffin pan.
- In a large bowl, whisk eggs, sugar, salt and vanilla until blended.
- Add oil and sour cream and beat until smooth.
- Sift in cocoa, flour and baking powder and beat just until mixture is smooth.
- Transfer the mixture into the pan fill up to about 3/4 of the edge of the hole.
- Sprinkle a few chocolate chips over each cake.
- Bake for about 15-20 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center of the cakes comes out with moist crumbs.
- Cool at room temperature.
- Chocolate ganache: in a small bowl put chopped chocolate and heavy cream and melt together in the microwave or over double-boiler until you get a shiny chocolate ganache.
- Dip the top of each cake with chocolate, decorate with Sprinkles and serve.
- You can make the recipe in one 22-24 cm round pan. The baking time will be extended to 35-45 minutes.
- Keep the cupcakes in a sealed container in the refrigerator, but it is recommended to serve at room temperature.
- Add the Sprinkles just before serving.